Down the home stretch!

Well. Today was officially the last day of work before my scheduled C-section. Actually, it worked out pretty well since I had originally taken off this Friday through next Sunday due to my son's spring break, which is always Good Friday and the week after. Little did I know that my C-section would be scheduled for that week and I actually get 13 weeks off with the new baby rather than the 12 week FMLA. One week extra, hooray!

Well, I got my new spinning wheel, SpinOlution's new travel wheel, the Bee. I would post pictures, but I haven't gotten any so no pictures as of yet. It's performing waaaay better than I thought it would and I've already spun up a nice lace weight yarn on it. Of course, when I get on a spinning "trip", I usually go way overboard because a couple of weeks ago I decided I needed to upgrade my carder. Don't get me wrong, I love my Strauch Finest but I wanted something, oh, electric driven. So I knew that Strauch had recently put out an electric version of the Finest, but I had told myself a few years ago that if I were to upgrade, I'd upgrade to the Pat Green Supercard, especially since it has like three heads and it runs only on 2 amps so it's pretty environmentally friendly. So needless to say, I sent the check a couple of weeks ago and just this afternoon I spoke to the very nice Paula Simmons Green who told me that my Supercard will be shipping on April 23rd! So there will be posts soon with pictures of (hopefully) both my new Bee and the Supercard!! Wow. I really am way more addicted to fiber and fiber related equiptment...actually I even have a list of potential wheels for my next wheel purchase. I wonder if there's counselling for this kind of addiction?

Two new babies on the way!

I am now almost six weeks away from my scheduled C-section and I have officially started the pregnant waddle. I have slowed significantly, it takes me twice if not three times longer to do certain things and don't expect me to ever put the pedal to the metal. It is a little aggravating, I'm used to speeding around work and the place I used to work at called me "Taz" because I was constantly doing my work at breakneck speed. Now a snail could easily breeze by me. I am getting larger, although I am not nearly as large as I was with my son, but I will have to admit it's nice to slow things down a bit and not rush quite as much. She seems happy, she also tends to wake up at around 9pm when I'm trying to get to sleep. That is her time for stupid fetus tricks. I just hope that when she pops out, she won't keep those same hours because I'm am not a night owl, I'm a morning person to the Nth degree, the earlier in the AM the better. I like to go to the Super Wal-Mart at 4am! That's about it on news on one of my new babies. Now, I have another new baby on the way. This one I won't have to endure major abdominal surgery and a four to five inch scar. I have ordered the brand spanking new Bee spinning wheel from SpinOlution. I have high hopes for this wheel, my Golding wheel as spoiled me with its really high ratios for spinning. I'm so used to the high speed that when I started looking for a travel wheel, I wanted one that spun at least a 24:1 if not higher. This baby is not only a travel wheel, but it can get an approximate ratio of 35:1!! Woo-hoo! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore my other wheels (Golding, Timbertop, and Schacht) but they are large, heavy and do not travel well. Especially my Golding, it's a well balance and precise wheel that I don't want to risk damaging or knocking it out of alignment by travelling with it. So I needed a travel wheel. All the other travel wheels I looked at either had low ratios to spin on or I just thought they looked ugly or funny. Then I found the Bee. It just came out and it looks and sounds marvelous to me. It's been paid for in full, but I don't know when I'll get it. Hmmm....I wonder if the hospital will allow me to spin a maternity yarn while I'm there for my manditory four night stay....








































































This is the new SpinOlution Bee! It's coming in the mail and I can't wait!!

Damn it all to hell!!

As of now, this pregnancy was going along pretty well, I haven't gained nearly as much weight as my first pregnancy (oh, that was about 80-90 lbs gained...it was fun....), so I thought things would go smoothly. Wrong!! I just got my results for my one hour glucose tolerance test, it was abnormal!! Now I get to have the fun 3 hour glucose tolerance test!! Lucky me!! (If you haven't figured it out yet, yes, I'm being sarcastic)

My two cents on today's historic inauguration

Since no one can escape the big event today, I thought I would throw in my thoughts on Barack Obama's inauguration and presidency. First I would like to make clear that I am NOT a political person, any one of my friends or family will attest to that. I believe that politics, like religion, tend to separate rather than unify. For that reason, I stay out of the arena of politics and do not subscribe to any set faith, I have my own faith, beliefs and ideas that are unique to me and I do not expect anyone to follow it or subscribe to it, it is my own. But it is hard to ignore what is to happen in about thirty minutes from now, the first minority president. It is historic in the fact that for the first time in US history, there is a person who will be in power that is not classified as "white". I embrace this change, but I also realize that this is just a very small step for the US. It is an important step, but one that will help move this nation forward rather than back. What I eagerly wait for is a day in which people do not see race. What amazed me about this election was how the fact that Obama was NOT white was constantly put in the foreground. He is often classified as African-American. Yes, it is true, he is not all white, but he is half white, much like my own son and his unborn sibling, and it bothers me that he is classified by his non-white race. It's almost like because he is not 100% white, he is automatically NOT white. I do not see my children as Asians simply because they are not all white, but I see them as the best part of myself and my husband, the best of both worlds. This nation prides itself as a "melting pot", yet a few years ago a study said that our melting pot was more like a tossed salad. I take pride in the fact that my son and my unborn child are two of the growing number of members in this country's melting pot. I hope that the melting pot continues to grow and that soon race is something that is not seen, but something to learn of in your history class. I'm happy that I can point to Obama and tell my son that, like him, Obama is a "mutt". That what he learns everyday in school is true, that here in America, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from, all possibilities are open to you if you work hard and want it badly enough. I know that in both of my children's future, people will want to try to classify them according to their racial background, but I hope that they will be able to rise beyond that and maybe, the world will change for them in their lifetime. Yes, today is a historic day, but I remember that it is only a small step, one that is hopefully followed by many other small steps that will lead to a future blind to race.

I'm feeling technology challenged

I'm an electronics ho. There. I said it. I love any kind of electronic gadget, you name it, I love it. I'm especially suckered by any new type of technology. Which makes it kind of strange that I didn't get a laptop before now. HP bought the company that my hubby works for so he got a really good deal on a HP Pavillion for me for Christmas. It came early, but I'm really not complaining. But the darn thing is so complicated to me. Maybe I'm just feeling a little dumb. That or Windows Vista really does suck. Nah, I'm not going to blame Vista, it's just I'm really not a computer geek and I'm trying to translate computer geek into something I can understand. Plus I'm a little grumpy because I'm not going to be able to connect wirelessly to our router until Wednesday or Thursday. Hopefully I'll be able to connect to the web with no problems. Nothing new has happened, just taking a week off of work and trying to get holiday stuff done. I've also got quite a bit of back pain going on, even though I've only gained 14 pounds since I got pregnant. It's kind of incapacitating at times, but I'm getting thought it!! Anyway, I'm off to make holiday goodies so I can make other people fat so I won't feel as fat...hey, it's just part of spreading the holiday joy!

Secret's out!

The last time I posted, I said that something did happen and I'm ready to tell all! I'm knocked up! Plus, it's a girl!! Yay!! I'm due in April and so far everything is going well. I was wicked sick for the first trimester, but now, I'm in what they call the honeymoon period of the pregnancy. I'm just trying to enjoy it while it lasts! Other than that little announcement, nothing much has happened. I just made a custom order for some knitting/spinning tools from a seller on Etsy named Karatstix. If you haven't seen her stuff, check it out! It's all handmade and painted and it's really nice stuff! Of course since I'm obsessed with dragonflies, I had to get my tools all with dragonfly designs. Hmm...maybe I should name the new kid after a type of dragonfly....nah...

Wow, has it really been that long since I've posted?

Wow. I had no idea it's been this long since I've posted. Okay I just wicked lied. I know I haven't posted in a long long long time, but it's not like I lead this cool, fascinating life, ya know? Seriously, since April, nothing much has happened in life...well, there I went and lied again. Something did happen, but I'm not gonna share right now. But I will share that my big bro Mark came to visit for a week (and he actually didn't die of boredom!) and ran a marathon here in DE. He came in third in his age group and got a spiffy plaque! Here's a pic and big bro, I'm way proud of you!!