lying to my kids

Recently a discussion took place on one of the forums I frequent. The original poster (op) mused about lying to kids and said she's pretty honest.

Some of the responses astonished me. Some people said 'I never ever lie to my kids, and how can you expect them to be honest if you lie and it's disrespectful etc.

Ok seriously? I lie to my kids all the time. All. The. Time. Like Caillou is still asleep.Of course I would love to read you this book for the thousandth time. Mama will be back in 2 minutes, just lie in bed and wait for me. Caillou is broken. Your going potty thrills me. I am so interested in playing play-doh.

And the lies I tell my husband, don't get me started. Yes, I sure appreciate the one time in our entire marriage that you vacuumed without my having to ask. Of course I don't mind going to your work an hour out of town with two kids in tow to help you out. Can we have sex? I want it SO bad. I love my crap minivan and of course I don't wish you made more money so I could trade it in.

But really, are these really harmful? I'm sure hoping they aren't. Because life is going to get a lot more complicated if I have to stop.

Too cute

I'm still pregnant, and really sick, so not much computer time these days.

Here's a super cute Katja video to tide you over.

Early Days

The plan, so to speak, is to document this experience in blog-world, especially the early days, because I think this will be hush hush for a few weeks at least. I did another test this morning, and the line was there - ever so faint, but I had hubby look at it, and he saw it too. He thought faint meant 'maybe', and I tried explaining that it did not - then later tonight he said, 'do you really think there is a little person in there?' - I was all, um...yeah actually there definitely is. Dumbass.

MIL made a comment when we were talking about the potential next baby about us having to move out to the country we'll need so much room. I was kind of annoyed, as I always am when I carefully think something through only to have someone kibosh it. Then I joked about it later to hubby - MIL would make a great disaster planner, she's unspeakably good at predicting the Worst Case Scenario.

Moving on - early symptoms

Shortly after conception (within a few days), I started to feel some cervical sensitivity during intercourse.
Within a week I started feeling like Katja was really a lousy nurser - it feels like she is sucking so HARD.
I was super-crabby with hubby, and attributed it to PMS. this was about 8 days post-conception.
I am so unbelievably thirsty.

things I'm doing

Upping my fish oil intake
Forcing hubby to order vitamins so I can start taking multis again, plus folic with B
Lowered caffeine intake - I only had one cup today, I plan to go to 1/2 a cup tomorrow
Making sure I eat fruit/veggies and drop my carb intake (this is so FREAKING HARD when people are providing me with things like warm Tall Grass Bakery cinnamon buns as well as rhubarb apple crisp. Really people. Work with me here.
Upping my exercise levels. I'm not at my ideal weight right now, I'm probably 10 pounds heavier than ideal, which (a) really shows on my 5'1" frame; and (b) is not healthy for baby or for me. The goal is to walk daily for 30 minutes (that fell by the wayside when school holidays started and rainy weather set in for a couple of weeks), and also to do a more intense workout 4 times a week, 3 at minimum.

And I will definitely be taking pics, but not until tomorrow. Ugh, I am not looking forward to my flabby early pregnancy pic.

Eek.

I did a HPT this evening, since AF is a day overdue, and there's the faintest hint of a line.

More news as events warrant. I'm keeping this to myself for a little bit, I think. I kind of like having a little secret.

Some Pretty Big News

We are officially TTC - trying to conceive baby #4. Half of me is thrilled, half of me is seriously wondering if all the drugs I used to do have fried my brain. So I'm not really telling anybody, except blogworld, becuase nobody reads this anyway. And now I feel like I've told someone. Yeah, actually I'm really excited!

Unfortunately, months 1 and I suspect 2 have yielded no results. Part of me is a bit bummed, only because I've conceived first try (or without trying) so this weeks to be taking a while. I'm a bit worried that the complications from Katja's birth or that dysplasia I had a year ago is to blame; or a myriad of other things. I should also eat less carbs, but that's what I eat when I'm worrying about my health, so, that's probably not happening. OK 90% not happening. I'll try. Starting tomorrow, and except for Meredith and Levi's birthdays. And mine and Dan's if necessary. That seems doable.

And...that's about it. Yup, going to (as I read on a blog once) overpopulate this fine world, one beautiful baby at a time.

Great Book!

I just got this book out of the library, and I love it! I love knitting socks, but lots of patterns elude me because I don't know how to do a short row toe or a short row heel, for example - many of the patterns I want to make are written for an experienced sock knitter, and while I consider my knitting abilities quite good, I don't know much beyond the basic sock recipe, cast on, do ribbing, knit leg, flap heel, pick up stitches, knit gussets, decrease for toe, bind off. I can do this in a pattern, too.

Lately I've been wanting to get a bit fancier. So far I've started (and frogged due to a small gauge issue - if the person I was making these for had thicker legs, this would have been perfect. I got all the way to the gusset on the first sock and ripped it out. I realized as well that the two skeins ofI yarn I got, while from the same colourway and dye lot, do not match. One batch is really dull, like the dye didn't take properly. I got the stuff in Chicago at Loopy Yarns, I really wanted to get some Lorna's because I was in their hometown. But I'm pretty unimpressed. The yarn is nice, but not ohmigodineedmoreofthisstuff nice. The squishy sock yarn I got in Minnesota at the Yarnery in Minnesota is more pettable. I'm not linking Yarnery because the sales clerk was really bitchy, I raced in their 30 minutes before closing on Sunday, because we had made a special trip to go to the shop, we actually finished at the museum early so I could go; then we drove around because we got idiotic mapquest (not linking them either, grrr!) directions that required us to go the wrong way down a one way street. So I finally get there, all frazzled. The clerk wanders over after a while and asks halfheartedly if I want help, when I say no she seems relieved. Then I went to check other yarn, and chat with another customer, who on hearing I'm from out of town is super-hospitable and even tries to push some sock reinforcing thread on me.

So then I'm browsing the yarn right by the till and this lady asks when they close, and the clerk says "RIGHT at five" - 'in a don't you dare even think about trying to make a purchase after 5:00' voice. Then one of her friends comes in and she's all friendly and chatting. Then I asked for a winder, and she says "they're right there" (the sign was there but they were obviously sold out). Treated me like I was a total idiot.

So anyway, I'm not going back. I go to too many cities and visit too many excellent yarn shops to put up with that crap. Sorry Yarnery people.

Where are the Environmentalists?

And why aren't they screaming at the media in the wake of historic disasters in the USA, China, and Myanamar.

How is it possible that people are still roaring by me in their Hummers, smoking cigarettes, buying toxic cleaners, and advocating for more, not less, plastic bags?

Click here for a little insight into this.