Bummer! (sorry, whining ahead)

My mom was going to come over today, but somethings have come up and she isn’t coming . . . feeling kinda bummed out, haven’t seen her for a month and was looking forward to a visit (not to mention that she planned to help with a couple of cleaning projects ;)

Guess I’m just feeling kinda bummed out and a bit sorry for myself this weekend. Been spending a lot of time home alone lately, more than usual even, and with my back giving me grief its been hard to spend that time doing the things I need to be getting done . . .

Yesterday we spent the day cooking. We first went shopping then came home and made a giant vat (something like 2 1/2 gallons) of his Grandmother’s Sauce recipe, the one he waited 4 years before even teaching me to make! We also made a few trays of mannacotti and lasagna to put in the freezer for later. We’re trying to start stocking up on stuff so we can pick and choose more when to cook. Plan to have the new big freezer pretty well filled with things like sauce, soup and trays of pasta that just need to be baked, before the kiddo arrives. The hard part was I was on my feet for the better part of 8 hours and my back was not the least bit happy about it.

I think it must be the hormones, but I’m getting more and more nervous about having everything ready in time. The nursery is waiting for the Plasterer to come and redo the walls (they have a very textured finish now and we’d like them flat) and it could be a couple more weeks before they can come. Can’t do much of anything else on the room until they do, few more things in there to box up, but since it requires sitting on the floor to sort the piles I can only do a little at a time! DH is going to paint the furniture, I can’t because of the fumes . . .

Yes, I know “logically” that we will likely get done everything that really needs to be done before the baby arrives. Its just that I feel like I need to be doing things to get ready. Yesterday with stocking the freezer helped, knowing that there is some stuff out there ready, even though its stuff we will most likely eat before July, at least I know we’ve started to get the food stuff ready and we’ll cook again later in the month in another big batch . . .

Knitting wise
I’m currently working on a baby hat. I’ve got some K1C2 - Richesse et Soie (Cashmere/silk) that has been in the stash for about 4 years now and I’ve decided to make a baby hat & sock set in pale blue and another in pink & white (since we don’t know if its a boy or girl) because after seeing the silly hat the hospital sent out neice home in I just can’t bear the thought of our baby having to wear one of those! My little one will have a handknit hat from Mom to wear home! And what better, softer material could you get than a cashmere/silk blend? Plus the yarn is a fine gauge and nice and light and since we are having a summer baby the hat will be about the right weight. I think DH may think I’m being a little silly about the whole hat thing, but I just can’t help myself! I can blame this on the hormones too, can’t I?

Inspirations
We had a ton of orders for the Mystery & Sock kits and for the Spring yarns so I’ve got my work cut out for me with the dyeing. I got some done the other day and hope to do another batch today. I do have to try to pace myself a bit as I can’t do 2 days of standing out there for long periods in a row . . . but if I can just make a little dent today inbetween resting then perhaps I can spend tomorrow getting more of it done.

Well, off to get to work, wish me luck!