Monday Ramble
All day long, I've been thinking of stuff I wanted to mention in the blog. Let's see how much of it I can remember...
First, the freshest in my mind - a bit of a rant. I just had another angry-making interaction with a doctor's office! This time it was an appointment for myself. I'd met with a nurse practitioner at this office about a month ago, and on her recommendation had scheduled an appointment with a doctor to consult about having a certain procedure. Then, Joe takes off work and comes home early so I can go to the appointment, I get to suffer through the humiliation of an exam, and then the doctor tells me that she doesn't *d0* the procedure, and proceeded to tell me that I should do XYZ instead. X being quit nursing Sophie, Y being put up with the problem, and Z being take a drug every day (and pay the $30 copay every month) until menopause. And that may or may not solve the problem, but at least we'll know we tried. I left the room feeling humiliated and angry.
I should not have been scheduled with that doctor. Thankfully, we ran into the nurse practitioner on the way out, she saw the look on my face and got me to tell her what was wrong, and has now scheduled an appointment with a doc who *does* do the procedure, and she swears is her favorite. Still, that will probably mean another day leaving work early for Joe (I'm not going to explain this problem to my MIL - I'd rather tell the whole Internet about it than try to explain it to her - so I'm not going to ask her to watch the girls for this one.)
Okay, and without going into details in public, anyone out there had or considered having an ablation? If so and you're willing to discuss it via e-mail, that'd be great. shellyk at shellykang dot com.
And now let's talk about something nice. Brownies! mmmm....brooowwwnies....
I made them (obviously) in my new Bakers Edge pan. See how all the pieces have lots of crust? That's the point. Mmmmm! I've been coveting this pan for well over a year now, and finally I just broke down and bought it. We had dinner guests on Friday, and they were a good excuse to bake. I immediately gave away the leftovers to my awesome neighbors so that I wouldn't be tempted to eat them. Good thing, too, because I thought about those brownies All.Weekend.Long. I'm still thinking about them, actually.
I also spent the weekend thinking about Rhinebeck and wishing I were there. Joe says once I'm done nursing Sophie, I can take a knitting vacation of my choice. This might be it next year. For those of you who were there and blogged about it this year? I am so jealous! I would have loved to be at that Ravelry party. I would have totally crashed it.
But instead of oogling all things fiber in upstate New York, I got to buy a new minivan (still loving it!) - and to answer a couple of questions - no, no stickers on the new vehicle. I put them on the Civic because I figured it couldn't look any worse than it already did, all covered in hail damage, so that was my chance to express myself in the particular medium. The van color is dark pearlized gray. Yes, I got the automatic doors, and they so totally rock.
Yesterday we spent some time in the yard raking leaves, a chore that I actually look forward to with the girls. Julie loves jumping and playing in the piles, and I see my job when we're out there as 80% entertaining them, 20% getting the leaves raked.
Oh, yeah, she's wearing the leggings and the tiger hat I knit for her last year. Sophie got in on the leaf-lovin' action too.
I finished the little mittens for the Mitten Fairy last night, and threw them in the washer today. Before:
And After:
And to sum up that quickie project, they are Malabrigo leftovers from the hat and mittens I made for Julie last winter, knit in the Felted Gauntlet Mittens pattern by Jean Christensen available at the Yarnery.
Alright, I promised a ramble, and you sure are getting it. Another little thing I've been up to is entering some of my stash in Ravelry. I kind of want to clean out my yarn closet, so I'm combining some bins into bigger ones so that I can store them in my upstairs (clothes) closet. I just finished entering my collection of Brunswick Pomfret, a yarn that hasn't been made for at least 20 years, and with which I have something of an obsession. Looking at it all the last couple of days, I am a little scared of just how much of an obsession I seem to have. I love this yarn to death, but it's frustrating to knit with it because when I design something, it needs to be in a yarn that's currently available. Still, I will get around to knitting with it. Really.
Those are just two of the 24 colors in my collection, totaling almost 20,000 yards. And that's not including the little bin of scraps! Ack!
Tonight Sophie tried on a couple of hats I pulled out of the FO stash - more hand-me-downs from Julie. The green one is cute, but a little tight.
This rainbow one is also cute, and a little loose, but serviceable.
I'm still clicking away at the little leggings. I think the legs will be done before bedtime tonight.
Ah, and finally, speaking of bedtime, that leads us into some utterly gratuitous cute-kid pics.
Bed time has evolved into a little wild goofy time the last week or so. Sophie thinks it's hilarious to hide under the covers on our bed and play peekaboo.
These photos are grainy because they came off the Sidekick, and because Sophie was moving so fast.
Julie gets in on the action, too. A moment before I took this one, both girls were climbing all over poor Joe.
Believe it or not, there are about ten other things I was going to mention, but I think we've all had enough for one night!
First, the freshest in my mind - a bit of a rant. I just had another angry-making interaction with a doctor's office! This time it was an appointment for myself. I'd met with a nurse practitioner at this office about a month ago, and on her recommendation had scheduled an appointment with a doctor to consult about having a certain procedure. Then, Joe takes off work and comes home early so I can go to the appointment, I get to suffer through the humiliation of an exam, and then the doctor tells me that she doesn't *d0* the procedure, and proceeded to tell me that I should do XYZ instead. X being quit nursing Sophie, Y being put up with the problem, and Z being take a drug every day (and pay the $30 copay every month) until menopause. And that may or may not solve the problem, but at least we'll know we tried. I left the room feeling humiliated and angry.
I should not have been scheduled with that doctor. Thankfully, we ran into the nurse practitioner on the way out, she saw the look on my face and got me to tell her what was wrong, and has now scheduled an appointment with a doc who *does* do the procedure, and she swears is her favorite. Still, that will probably mean another day leaving work early for Joe (I'm not going to explain this problem to my MIL - I'd rather tell the whole Internet about it than try to explain it to her - so I'm not going to ask her to watch the girls for this one.)
Okay, and without going into details in public, anyone out there had or considered having an ablation? If so and you're willing to discuss it via e-mail, that'd be great. shellyk at shellykang dot com.
And now let's talk about something nice. Brownies! mmmm....brooowwwnies....
I made them (obviously) in my new Bakers Edge pan. See how all the pieces have lots of crust? That's the point. Mmmmm! I've been coveting this pan for well over a year now, and finally I just broke down and bought it. We had dinner guests on Friday, and they were a good excuse to bake. I immediately gave away the leftovers to my awesome neighbors so that I wouldn't be tempted to eat them. Good thing, too, because I thought about those brownies All.Weekend.Long. I'm still thinking about them, actually.
I also spent the weekend thinking about Rhinebeck and wishing I were there. Joe says once I'm done nursing Sophie, I can take a knitting vacation of my choice. This might be it next year. For those of you who were there and blogged about it this year? I am so jealous! I would have loved to be at that Ravelry party. I would have totally crashed it.
But instead of oogling all things fiber in upstate New York, I got to buy a new minivan (still loving it!) - and to answer a couple of questions - no, no stickers on the new vehicle. I put them on the Civic because I figured it couldn't look any worse than it already did, all covered in hail damage, so that was my chance to express myself in the particular medium. The van color is dark pearlized gray. Yes, I got the automatic doors, and they so totally rock.
Yesterday we spent some time in the yard raking leaves, a chore that I actually look forward to with the girls. Julie loves jumping and playing in the piles, and I see my job when we're out there as 80% entertaining them, 20% getting the leaves raked.
Oh, yeah, she's wearing the leggings and the tiger hat I knit for her last year. Sophie got in on the leaf-lovin' action too.
I finished the little mittens for the Mitten Fairy last night, and threw them in the washer today. Before:
And After:
And to sum up that quickie project, they are Malabrigo leftovers from the hat and mittens I made for Julie last winter, knit in the Felted Gauntlet Mittens pattern by Jean Christensen available at the Yarnery.
Alright, I promised a ramble, and you sure are getting it. Another little thing I've been up to is entering some of my stash in Ravelry. I kind of want to clean out my yarn closet, so I'm combining some bins into bigger ones so that I can store them in my upstairs (clothes) closet. I just finished entering my collection of Brunswick Pomfret, a yarn that hasn't been made for at least 20 years, and with which I have something of an obsession. Looking at it all the last couple of days, I am a little scared of just how much of an obsession I seem to have. I love this yarn to death, but it's frustrating to knit with it because when I design something, it needs to be in a yarn that's currently available. Still, I will get around to knitting with it. Really.
Those are just two of the 24 colors in my collection, totaling almost 20,000 yards. And that's not including the little bin of scraps! Ack!
Tonight Sophie tried on a couple of hats I pulled out of the FO stash - more hand-me-downs from Julie. The green one is cute, but a little tight.
This rainbow one is also cute, and a little loose, but serviceable.
I'm still clicking away at the little leggings. I think the legs will be done before bedtime tonight.
Ah, and finally, speaking of bedtime, that leads us into some utterly gratuitous cute-kid pics.
Bed time has evolved into a little wild goofy time the last week or so. Sophie thinks it's hilarious to hide under the covers on our bed and play peekaboo.
These photos are grainy because they came off the Sidekick, and because Sophie was moving so fast.
Julie gets in on the action, too. A moment before I took this one, both girls were climbing all over poor Joe.
Believe it or not, there are about ten other things I was going to mention, but I think we've all had enough for one night!
posted by Shelly Kang at 9:44 PM
3 Comments:
i think it's appalling that ANY doctor should pass judgment on whether you should still be nursing or not. shame on him/her. that's a decision that is between you and your child. i hope things go better with the next one. good luck.
Please, please be sure to have your iron levels checked on a regular basis! You're a busy mom, and you need all your energy-- and congrats for not taking that first opinion lying down!
I know three women who had ablations and all three highly recommend it -- wonder why they waited so long. Of course that means no more babies. Make sure you're ready for that.
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