I feel very behind on the blogging at the moment, mostly because I haven’t had much time to myself this last week. Sophie had a few fussy nights for some reason – I’m thinking it may be because I ate some ice cream and maybe she really doesn’t like the milk products. Too bad, so sad, time to get back on the weight-loss wagon anyway. On top of that, she’s gotten a lot more active lately, and we’ve had to change her evening sleeping arrangements. We had – um – been putting her down to sleep in the swing (with the swing swinging) in the evenings because it seemed to help her sleep better, especially in the early days when she had somewhat fussy evenings. Then we would take her up to bed when we went up ourselves. In the last couple of weeks, she had been waking up and wiggling around a little too much for my comfort. So I decided it was time to transition her to the crib, especially before she gets any older and more aware of the change in routine. And that’s what we’ve been doing the last few evenings. Knock on wood, it’s been going pretty smoothly.
Tonight I taught the first session of a new knitting class at the Yarnery, and it went really well. It’s a two-color knitting class and they all seemed to pick up the tricks I was teaching them right away. I start with knitting with the hand you’re not used to using, then we do a little math to figure out how many to cast on because we’re designing the hat as we go, then I show them a provisional crochet cast on and send them home to practice knitting with their other hand for the week before we try using both hands at once. I love it when they all have good attitudes and there are no party-poopers in the bunch. I’ve been enjoying a very pleasant streak of nice knitters in my classes lately.
Last week I put up an auction on e-bay for a few skeins of yarn from my stash that I knew I would never use and that had no sentimental value to me. I’m not the kind of person who has to hold on to something if I don’t love it or need it, and I thought I could get at least a few dollars out of the deal. Silly me – the auction closed yesterday with one bid – I’m getting 99 cents plus postage. That might just cover the cost of posting it. Oh well, I’m sure it’s going to a good home. Now I have a little space left in one of my stash boxes that could hold something new and exciting too.
I’ve been having a lot of fun shopping for my yarn-ball swap partner. I bought a couple little things at the store tonight, and I’ve been experimenting with another little item that I made to put in it as well. It turned out okay, and I think I’m getting pretty close to ready to wrap the things all up and ship it off. Hopefully by the middle of next week it will be done. I have all month to get it shipped, but I don’t want to procrastinate on this.
That’s about it. I haven’t updated the allergy page this week at all even though I have been cooking. I’ve just been too busy dealing with a fussy baby and having fun with a rampant toddler. Julie is loving the summer weather. We spent a good chunk of the afternoon splashing in the wading pool again today. She already has tan lines from her swimsuit (despite plenty of sunscreen). I need to post some swimpool pics – it’s on the to-do list, I promise!