Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

Happy Birthday, Noah!

Just got word that Noah was born around noon via emergency c-section. Mom and baby are doing well. I haven’t heard yet if Noah is going to require a brief stay in the NICU since he was born at 34 weeks. But mom’s (Catherine’s) health is doing much better now that Noah has been born.

I’m on the home stretch of Noah’s blanket. I’ve finished the border rows on the last side and I’m about 1/3 done the triangle edging. I should have no problems getting this finished before the baby shower (which was postponed until after Noah’s was born).

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Weekend Re-cap

I feel like I got a lot accomplished, but I have no photos to show for it. Saturday was spent with the girls for our monthly stitching day. We took a break about 1:30 to run to the hospital to visit with Catherine. Sue drove my car so I could finish up some preemie socks for Noah that I had made with leftover sock yarn. I haven’t gotten a picture yet, but I’ll try to remember to bring my camera on Thursday when we stop by again. On our way over, we stopped by Coldstone to get Catherine some ice cream (cake batter with oreos mixed in). Catherine liked the little socks and I brought my copy of 50 Baby Bootees to Knit for her to look through. She liked the little sailor ones best so I’ll work on those next. Baby bootees are great, they are super quick! I even got Mirella interested in knitting because of that book.

I left the girls at the hospital while I ran to my oboe lesson. Except when I got there, I realized that I had left my oboe at Sue’s house! If I was a quicker thinker, I would have just told Jim that I wanted to play the English Horn and that would have been that. But instead we chatted for a bit and then I left.

I beat the girls back so I got some good time in on the Alphabet blanket. I finished up the third border on Saturday (my goal for the week) and then worked some on my second Jaywalker sock. I’m on the instep and should have a finished pair soon. Sunday I picked up for the final border and got most of that complete. All I have left is the triangle edging and it will be finished.

Sunday started with a phone call from my sister. Everyone wave to my lurker sister, Traci. She stopped by yesterday to pick up my Gallery Glass supplies so she can make some stuff for her shop.

And finally after seven weeks of only running about once a week, I’m getting back on track. DH and I ran 6.5 miles yesterday. It wasn’t my best run, I ended up having to walk twice (for a total of maybe 0.5 mile). I was super super slow, but that’s okay. I need to get back on track and then my speed will get back to where it was (which is only super slow).

I also did some stuff around the house. I finally got the seedlings started for the pepper and tomatoes (only about a month late). I got the baseboard heater off the wall in the den so I can tear off the paneling. And while the house power was down (the fuse box is so mislabeled that we just turn the entire house off instead of trying to figure out which one goes where ever since I found out the hard way that the AC power goes through the hall light box), I took down the kitchen light/fan and the dining room light so I can swap them. I got the old dining room/new kitchen light back up before nap time hit hard. So, this weekend I have to get the light/fan up in the dining room. Until then I have the leads protected with caps. DH will still be trying to switch that light on at least twice a day.

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I won! I won!

Okay, it is only sock yarn and who couldn’t use more sock yarn (the answer would be Adelle since she had a contest to give it away). But I actually won something. It was even random and all that. I’m hoping that the new sock yarn will be a good fit for my mom or sister. But not to worry if it isn’t, I have a plan for that…

Okay, gotta go. I’ve only been at work for 9.5 hours…

In Catherine news, it looks like Noah might get to stay until April 10 before he gets kicked out. For those who might worry, Noah is very happy where he is and has no intention of leaving early. The health of the mother is what is driving the early dismissal. So, it looks like in the end Catherine will have a month long hospital stay (she has to stay an extra week after delivery for observation).

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I'm getting Married!

Huh?!

Super Secret Project Reveal

I just got news that Catherine is in the hospital until Noah (the baby) arrives. So, either she has a computer and will see this which could only cheer her up or she doesn’t which means it is safe to post. Either way, I need to get cranking on this project.

I’m knitting Debbie Bliss’ Alphabet Baby Blanket for Noah in Knitpicks Shine Sport in color butter (which I thought was more cream than err butter). I bought the yarn for this project last Feb and started the blanket about three days before she got the pregnancy results in August. I finished the body of the blanket sometime in Feb (picture below) and at this point have the top border finished and the bottom one mostly done. I still need to pick up and knit the two side borders. Then after a tiny bit of grafting at the edges and it will be done.

My plan was to get it done before the baby shower (which was tentatively scheduled for April 14). But it looks like Noah will be here sometime in the next two weeks. The plan now is to have the baby shower after Noah is here. So I guess it could still be April 14.

Some quick history. Catherine is a 4th grade teacher and after infertility treatments finally became pregnant with Noah. Like her mom, Catherine is having liver and kidney issues that can only be solved with delivery of the baby (her mom’s health insurance paid the hospital twice, once for the solution of the kidney issues and once for delivery of the baby, so the hospital gave her half the insurance money).

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