Oh My God!!!

Ok, first there were the chocolates and the cute little hat and socks for Scott. Than the ducks and the lovely roving and yarns. But dear secret pal, or as she has told me that she is called Val, you have so outdone yourself. This last week has been a little bleah because dumb me forgot to pack yarn and all my roving had been mailed to me. Well roving arived today, and than your package. Let me say again, oh my god!!!!!!! Here's the rundown of what Val ssent to me, and you can decide if she's the bestest in the world.

• An utterly adorable sweater for Scott
• A matching teddy bear for Scott, both can be seen on her blog here
• A big skein of mid-weight wool in bright blues and mauves
• another skein of wool, this time yellow and green and brown sock weight
• 2 skeins of Jaggerspun in their cassis (a dusky rose) to use with the following item
• The Peacock Feathers Shawl pattern from FiddleSticks Knitting
• A pair of Addi Turbos to knit the shawl (dream item)

If this wasn't enough, and for me it was so much more than I could have hoped for when I signed up for SP8, there was also a $25 gift certificate for White Lies Designs, the website I have drooled over for about 3 years now. I kid you not, I started to cry when I saw the envelope there in the package. All this generosity from a total stranger. Val, I can only hope that your partner was as generous to you as you were to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Move

Well, I am going off line for a while. For those not in the know, I'm moving from S. CA fo MN on the 29th so I'm finishing up the packing and than of course the move and setteling in itself. I'll let y'all all know when I'm settled back in out there.

Scotty Update

I just have to say this (and I don't really mean it, but you'll all know what it's like)

Hospitals SUCK. That being said, I have just spent the last 8 days, over 2 visits, with my little 10 week old son. Scott stoped breathing last Friday morning and so we went to Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and they did a whole battery of tests, decided he was stable cause he didn't stop breathing at the hospital, and sent us home withOUT a monitor. I didn't speel for 2 days/nights because hubby works nights and so I was home along with the baby and hubby sleeps in the days so I was caring for the baby. Tuesday night he stopped breathing again, and so back to CHOC for more tests and strange as it may sound, happily he had an episode there at the hospital. So a monitor was sent home with us tonight when we got to come home. Now I have the "joyfull" chore of getting the rest of my stuff packed up for my move to St. Paul MN on the 29th. Good news is hubby no longer has to work nights, last night was his last. WOOHOO!

In knitting news, I have made a fingerless glove. Yes, not a pair, a single glove. It's cute but I ned to find a way to tighten up the wrist. And I FINALLY got GOL. It only took 3 ordering trys from Borders where I used to work before they were able to get me a copy.

Hospitals

I hate hospitals.

Scott stopped breathing on friday morning (he started again thankfully) and I have just spent the last 60 hours at CHOC trying to find out what's wrong. Damn doctors have no idea, so here we are, home again. I don't think I'll ever sleep again, I'll just be watching him to make sure he's still breathing. They could have sent us home with a monitor but nooooooo, insurance says that he's medically stable and there's no need. Well, fuck them.

Sorry, a little wound up, stressed out, and all the other emotions that come with not being able to really hold your baby and walk with him when he's tired and wanting to be at home, not the hospital. Poor kid barely slept the entire time, every time he drifted off he would get woken up by someone wanting to check his vitals or a noise from the other bed, or the hall, or whatever. Slept 18 hours straight on release, barely woke up to eat and get changed in that time period.

Poor munchkin.

Baby Shots

WAAAA, my baby hurts and I can't do anything about it. *SNIFF*

Scotty had 5, yes that's 5, shots today and the poor little tyke isn't a happy camper. I can't blame him, his legs are all swollen at the shot sites and he's got a slight temp. I feel like a bad mommy cause all I can do is give hugs and kisses and can't make the pain go away.

WAAA

Niece Update

Well, Kitty is fine. Sorry for the lag in posting this, but she was released on Thursdat evening. The doctors decided it was an ubstructed bowel and cleared that and now she's all better. Reason for the lag in on my way home from visiting her that day a damn bus driver shut the door on my leg! I just can't get a break can I?

Leg is major sprained and might be muscle tear in the quad, not sure yet. Have fun y'all.

Need good thoughts

Yesterday morning about 3:30am my 3.5 year old niece went into the hospital with what they thought was apendexcitis (can't spell, sorry). Than they thought it was gull stones and that the gull bladder would have to be removed. Now they have no damn idea what's up. She seems to be ok, but only as long as she doesn't streighten up. The temp she had when she went in has gone back down, so I am at wits end.

Please, She needs all the prayers, good thoughts, wiccan charms or whatever you believe in that she can get. I'm hoping that the doctors can figure out today what's wrong with "my" little girl, since she calls me daddy.

She was saying last night that she was all better and wanted to come home with her little cousin, but since she also said she wouldn't admit if it still hurt if she could come home........it got a smile and a laugh but she's still there at the Children's Hospital.

Needless to say, I'll keep y'all posted. Please keep her in your thoughts. If you'd like to see pictures they are at http://photos.yahoo.com/kittyroseprincess .


Thanks everyone