There has been quite a bit of fiber activity lately, even if I didn't have the batteries to post pictures. However, new rechargeables have been purchased, and I have set of regular old batteries that will last me until the rechargeables are ready, so here we go...


I have another set of hat and baby socks ready for the pregnancy resource center. I have heard via the pastors wife that the director is just thrilled with the things I have already sent. I was worried she might need blankets or something else, but since the hat and socks fit the bill, I'm going to get back on track with knitting one set at least a week. I really like this set that I have just finished, I think the brown and baby blue go so well together. I think next I am going to make a striped set.

I have finished the first set of increases on the first sleeve of the cabled sweater. Now instead of increasing every 6 rows, I am increasing every 4. I am really eager to get to the top of the sleeve and see if I can get the saddle to work. I'm a little worried about it, but I think it's going to be fine. Other than that, I am spinning. I am plying some singles, and spinning the stuff I want to get done to sale. There is so much going on around here it is taking a lot longer than I had thought it would.

DH is off today, (His first day off from both school and work since the new school year started) and is spending this morning working on our stupid car. We are supposed to go out to dinner this evening while his dad watches the kids. I really hope that happens, we really need the time alone to decompress. Then, next week, he will have Thursday and Friday off and we are planning on doing something with the kids. I have no idea what.

Reagan had her birthday and I didn't post a picture of her and her cake. Better late than never, right?

All my kids are growing up so fast.

I did make a new blog to write about my weight watchers adventure. If you are interested in that, it is over here .

Chad and I had to catch the sheep on Tuesday so we could measure them for new sheep coats. I have been wanting to take a peek under those coats for quite a while, just to see what was going on under there. People who keep sheep for their wool use sheep coats to keep dirt and debris (burrs, hat, twigs, leaves, poop) out of the sheeps wool. Not having to deal with all that stuff makes it easier to process the wool once the sheep is sheared in the spring.

Once we had caught Tootles and measured his coat so we could get the next biggest size up, we pulled the coat back a little to reveal what lay under neath. To say I was happy with the results is an understatement. These sheep were sheared last Febuary, and their coats were awful, full of burrs and just really hard to clean. Tootles coat now is really clean, long, and pretty.














Ivy's coat was just as nice, I can't wait to shear next spring.

We made a trip to the emergency room Tuesday night. The kids were outside playing, Chad was swinging a stick, and Reagan stepped up behind him and he caught her in the eye. At first it seemed like there was no damage besides a small scratch on her eyelid, but as the evening wore on, she kept complaining about pain, so we decided to take her in. We went to the hospital Sean is working at, and were seen fairly quickly. They put some drops in her eye and then looked in her eye with a black light. She had a fairly large cut across the middle of her eye, right over the iris and pupil. I could see it from across the room. It's amazing how all the worst case scenarios can instantly flit across your mind. After a trip to the eye doctor yesterday morning, we are on the look out for a couple of things. We know what to watch out for, and are giving her the right medicines. We are also praying, because it's the most important thing we can do at this point. Really, we are so blessed it wasn't much worse, the opthamologist was surprised the stick didn't go right through her eye.


(Update: Well, it's Friday morning, and Reagan's eye is already better. Not as red, doesn't hurt as much, she can open it more. We still have at least a months worth of treatment to go through, but she's much better today.)


If you haven't been able to post a comment to my blog, it's because I switched to the Blogger Beta. I didn't see on there before I switched that I was not going to be able to get comments except for others who are also in the blogger beta. So that sucks. I hope that they get that feature working soon, I miss hearing from you! I'm putting up an email link, if you feel you have something to say