In the Saddle

Just spent the last 24 hours taking care of Jonny after a wicked stomach flu hit him suddenly on Saturday night. It really stinks (no pun intended) to witness someone you love be that sick and know that there’s nothing you can do to help them but bring them Gatorade, saltines and lots of water. Plus, I am an emetophobic (trust me, it’s a word) - which means I’m phobic of vomiting - so I’m totally freaked now that somehow this is going to be passed along to me within the next few hours (what’s the incubation period?), even after the excessive hand-washing and sleeping in a separate bedroom. But I digress into selfishland. I’m glad he’s starting to feel better and I hope this never happens to him again, cuz it sure sucks.

The silver lining is it forced us to miss our flight back to Chicago this morning, so I got to stay home in NY for one more day and enjoy a lovely, quiet day with my mom. Between the care-taking, we napped, ate, chatted, listened to the constain stream of rain outside, and watched a Bridezillas marathon, and I completed about 2/3 of the sweater I’m knitting (started it on Wednesday…daaaaaaamn I’m fast!). And now, as I sit in her little office where my nephew’s crib is, and I smell his baby smell in the room, and look at the pictures she has on her desk of our family, I am grateful.

Thanksgiving weekend, indeed. Now, to check on Jonny one last time before I go off to sleep.

…this has been a fantastic weekend. Family, friends, babies galore, a fantastic new computer, dinner last night at my favorite sushi joint, dinner tonight at my favorite italian joint (that I’ve been going to with my family since I was a wee lass)…

I’m so tired, and I don’t even care. 

My brilliant brother-in-law is now setting up my maccy mac. I’m so excited…post from the newness to follow…

…well, as Christmas approaches, Hanukah arrives even earlier (well, only by a few days this year). What to buy for the fam? The babies are easy - there are tons of fun things - but the fam itself. Hmmm…this will require lots of careful thought and some searching. Gifts are always very special to me - I like to put a lot into them. There’s nothing better than knowing you got something perfect for someone.

Let the holiday season…and the search for the perfect gifts…begin!!!

After several years of being some incarnation of blond-ish…I went dark for winter. Loving it. Miss Val…whatcha think?

I’m still not happy with the look of my tumblog. Hmm…don’t have time at this moment, but plan on fixing this later. Indeed.

Jonny’s response to my wanting to color my hair a bit darker. What a love.

I wish I could be one of those people who has everything in order on her desk, all things filed away appropriately, five emails in her inbox that make up her “to do” list. I can hear Jonny now - you CAN be that type of person, you CHOOSE not to be - but I beg to differ…I think there are people who are inherently like that and people who are not. If I’ve been this way since I was a little first grader (if not before that…but that was the earliest that teachers ever commented to my mother about me having a messy desk) and I didn’t then know what procrastination is, I think it’d be pretty safe to say that this is a part of my make-up. That’s not to say that I should just throw up my hands and say “oh well, it’s who I am…” I don’t agree with that. But it does make it harder to actually achieve…that and the fact that I do now know what procrastination is (and love it)…

What can I say - some habits are like old boyfriends…you leave them behind as much as possible, but every so often they creep up on you.

lovepuppy:

Season 1, disc one starts now.

Get ready to watch all four discs in a row (or whenever you have a spare moment…) - they’re that addictive. Enjoy!!!

If five years ago you told my two best friends from high school that their “I don’t cook anything but pasta” “I won’t get married until I’m in my late 30s” “I don’t want a ‘normal’ life” Alison would turn into a complete Holly-Homemaker, they would have laughed their asses off. And now, today, I can honestly say that I, Holly Homemaker, am so excited about the purchase/gift I gave myself:

Kitchenaid food processor, you and I are going to be best friends.

I just finished knitting two blankets for my twin nephews - a small labor of love for two small adorable little boys. Here is blanket (with a hood) number one…this was the original pattern (from Lion’s Brand…free on JoAnn’s website):

The stitches up close (alternating rows of knit and seed stitch in double stranded green and charcoal yarn) (photo complete with a strand of my hair in there…I shed a lot):

My model: Beanbottom

And here’s blanket #2 - a little bit different stitching…I didn’t want to make them the same. Twins (and all siblings, I think) need to have their own identities.

The stitches up close (alternating squares of knit and purl with double stranded yarn of navy and tan):

Beanbottom doing an ANTM-worthy modeling job.