The kiddo's socks

I am working on the gussets on sock #1. It's going so well I am a little scared, lol. But I have my lifeline, so I think it's all ok for the moment ;) DD loves they way it is striping. Narrow stripes on the cuff, a bit thicker on the heel flap, even thicker as the heel turns and now back to narrow around the foot.

Done and Done!

Update

I've got about 2 inches to go before I start decreasing for the toes. I was derailed by work yesterday, didn't even get a chance for lunch, let alone a chance to knit. And today doesn't look any better, since we have bigwigs coming this afternoon.

Insomnia

I have insomnia. So this article caught my attention, 5 foods that help you sleep: cherries, oatmeal, toast and warm milk (bananas is the last food, but I don't really care for bananas unless they are in daiquiri form or accompanying ice cream, lol).

Cherries have melatonin, which is something I take as a supplement regularly. That helps me get to sleep. But I wake up frequently through out the night. I am lucky in that I generally can get back to sleep in a short amount of time, but it's not really restful.

After my daughter was born, I took a sleep aid / anti-depressant. That was brilliant, because it helped on both fronts, it helped with my post-partum depression and it helped me sleep. When I couldn't sleep, it of course amplified the depression. I quit taking that when I lost my medical insurance and didn't feel the need to go back on it when I got new insurance. But I surely do miss the sleep aid part!

Turned the heel

Whew! Got the heel done, after much angst. It's not like it's really all that difficult, I just can't count, lol. And idiot that I am, I said last night as I put my knitting away, that I needed to put in a new lifeline before I went any further. So what did I do this morning? Just started knitting and somehow managed to screw up the turning of the heel. My last lifeline was before the heel flap.

But the heel is turned, a new lifeline is set and I am on the home stretch!

Now if I could just get the kiddo to finish cleaning out her toy box. She only started 2 hours ago and now there are piles of junk all over my living room: keep, toss, donate. The toss and donate pile are much larger than the keep pile, which is good, but I want all the piles gone, lol.

My goal is

to finish my second sock today. I have to. Because I slipped and landed in a pile of sock yarn at the LYS this morning. Only one skein demanded to come home with me, but it's soooooooooooo pretty (It's Lorna's Laces Girly Stripe Sock) and I keep hearing it call my name...

We won't mention the 10 year old girl that keeps petting it and giving me puppy dog looks, since this pair is for her ;)

Quiet day to myself

I took today off, since it's our anniversary and lately I've been working close shifts on Mondays. I just didn't want to do that tonight!

So the kiddo is at school, the hubby is sleeping and I am enjoying the quiet. In a little bit I will go get showered and dressed and head out to Sam's and the grocery store. I need to pick up some things to make hubby a birthday cake. As usual he gets a chocolate raspberry cake with chocolate ganache topping instead of frosting. Yum! And soooo easy to make, if a bit messy because of the ganache, lol.

I guess I have dawdled long enough, since the coffee is gone and I've just spent the last 30 minutes surfing the web, lol. Chocolate cake lead to a search for the recipe to link to, that lead to the library, which went to Amazon next, then from there to the Signature needle site, lol.

Valentines

Monday is a BIG day in our house. Valentine's Day always is around here. But this year is especially big, because it is our 20th wedding anniversary. (And hubby's birthday too, but who's counting those anymore, lol).

We don't have any big plans. Neither one of us cares for crowds and long waits on the day, so we go out on another night to celebrate. But we both arranged to have the day/night off work, so at least we can spend the time together :)

I love you, honey :)

Socks! (Again, lol)

I am about to the toe decreases on Sock 1. Sock 2 has been cast on and the cuff will begin soon :) Yay!

Disappointment

I think one of my favourite chain restaurants has changed their recipes whilst I wasn't looking. One night after we had just moved here I decided the restaurant was close and I wanted Italian Nachos. So I brought some home and settled down happily to eat them. Hmmm. They just weren't as good as I remembered them being.

And recently I decided I really, really wanted their Spicy Shrimp & Chicken and I didn't want to cook it (We got the recipe a few years ago from the guy who created it!). It's one of my favourite meals EVAH! And again I was disappointed. It didn't have the kick I remembered, and it was almost dry, way too little alfredo sauce.

Now maybe it's because we make our own, and we probably add a bit more spice than they do. Maybe I am just used to our version now. But I honestly think they changed their alfredo, and they certainly aren't as generous with it now as they used to be. I will give them this, there was quite a bit of shrimp and chicken in the meal, BUT we used to buy their family platter and have meals for two days. Like everyone else, they have cut back on their portions. That was a bit disappointing as well, because I had hoped to have leftovers for lunch the next day.

Ah well. Now I know. Just buy the ingredients and make it myself ;)

In happier news, I bought my mom a new HP printer yesterday. After the $50 trade in I got for my old printer, the $50 instant savings and the $83 Rewards check I had, it cost me the big $17 and I got free shipping directly to my mother. But the bestest thing: thanks to training with HP I'm going to get $100 rebate! So my mom is happy, and I am even happier, lol.

Anyhoo, better get moving and get ready for work. Ciao!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

They canceled school today due to dangerously cold temps. It's -8 F by my thermometer with windchills down to about -20 to -30!

Can we cancel work too? Please? ;)