Ian sees the world through rose-coloured eyes

I sat the boy down for breakfast this morning and noticed something a little... off. His eyes looked a bit red. Well, a lot red. (the shade of this blog or thereabouts) (Also, the second I thought it might be infectious my own eyes started itching) So I had to keep him home from preschool. I took him to the walk-in clinic, and was thereby advised that he does indeed have the Dreaded Pinkeye. (I only have psychosomatic pinkeye)

We were given a prescription for eyedrops, and we went to the drugstore to pick it up. We had to wait for it for 20 minutes, most of which Ian spent advising strangers that his Mommy and Daddy think he has a pink and red eye.

Sigh.

I took a picture:

He wouldn't hold still, and the pink eyes didn't really show up. So I digitally enhanced it:

Then I found out the hard way that he can shoot lasers out of his eyes:

Hopefully the eyedrops will help both conditions.

Maybe I am just a little too uptight.

I don't think Jason Mraz knows what "godforsaken" means. "Godforsaken" means basically that God doesn't want it, so it is horrible, unwanted, and wretched. As in "I feel sorry for my sister living in a godforsaken northern wasteland."

I like this song. I really really do. But seriously? Every time I hear this I want to stick a knitting needle through my speakers.

He needs to find his godforsaken dictionary.




(anyway, I am sure he did his bestest)

Epic Mom Fail

I took Ian to the pool yesterday. We went all the way out to Spryfield to swim in the (weak) wave pool. Ian had a great time.

Sadly I forgot his swimming trunks. I decided to let him stay in his undies instead. They were pale blue cotton undies. We were having a high old time in the waves, then he noticed the slide. He swam like mad to the ladder, climbed to the top, and ran to the slide. That's when I noticed it.... His undies were practically clear.

All I can say is thank goodness for Lighting McQueen. He was very...strategically placed.

Where have I been? What have I been doing?

Who knows? I don't know. I guess I have been really busy lately. I am doing volunteer work, which keeps me busy. I feel like I am running around 24/7. But nothing I am doing seems interesting enough to write about. I guess because it is all routine day in day out stuff. I haven't even been taking pictures. As far as knitting goes, I have been doing some, but it is all reruns. Socks, mitts, etc. I really need to get out of this rut.

We did do something interesting today, actually. (But I forgot the camera) We went to see the Reptiles out at the Exhibition Park. Very cool. Ian got to pet an alligator. I think it was the same alligator as last year. He liked that part the best. Travis liked the big pythons. I liked the turkey vulture. I think a house just isn't a home without a turkey vulture and am planning on getting one forthwith.

I think I shall head out to the SPCA right this minute!

25 Random Things about Me

This is going around facebook. I figure if I put it on here, it will import to facebook, and I will get a blog post done as well! Two birds with one stone!

1. I like to knit. I like expensive yarn. I know my stash is not big by some standards, but I am starting to feel the need to reduce it in size, and I am currently on a Yarn Diet

2. The first time I had sushi I hated it. But I tried it a few more times and now I love it. A lot.

3. I hate getting impractical or useless gifts. I would rather get a vacuume than jewelery or perfume. The only exceptions are books and movies.

4. I love movies. I love everything about movies. The trailers, the studio logos, all of it just fill me with a sensation of anticipation like nothing else.

5. I used to read all the time, but since my son was born, I hardly read at all. I am disappointed in myself for this.

6. I spend way too much time on the internet.

7. I am a terrible housekeeper, and nothing anybody can say, and no resolves I can make will ever change that. But at least the How Clean is Your House ladies are never going to show up.

8. I want to have a little farm, with u-pick apples and blueberries, bees, and chickens, and a huge garden. I don't want a big house.

9. I love my son, and I want another child. But I am not sure I can do the first 3-6 months with a newborn again. That was hard for me.

10. I started dating my husband when I was 16 and he was 15. We had some breakups in the early years, but we are pretty solid right now. In 2 years, it will be half my life.

11. I don't mind being 30.

12. I live in Nova Scotia. I love it here so much, I never want to leave. Sometimes I think it is the place I was always meant to be.

13. I have been all over Canada, but I have never been anywhere else.

14. I think cheese is one of Mankind's Greatest Accomplishments.

15. I can't stand margarine. That s*** is foul.

16. I also can't stand turnips, and they put a nasty flavour into everything they touch.

17. I don't believe in ghosts, but I am afraid of them. I don't find slasher movies scary, but ghost movies scare the hell out of me. The Ring is the scariest movie I ever saw.

18. I really REALLY like TV. I think there are some fantastic shows out there.

19. I like some things about camping, but I never want to go for more than a day because I don't like being cold, wet, or dirty. I hate sleeping in a tent.

20. I make all my own bread. I love my new breadmaker.

21. I know how to spin yarn. I am not good at it, and it isn't my favourite hobby, but it is fun sometimes for a change.

22. I drink more coffee than water.

23. I love my cat but it is an entirely one sided relationship. Unless you consider creepy stalking to be love.

24. I rarely wear makeup. Only for special occasions.

25. I have always wanted someone to throw me a surprise party, but nobody ever has.

ROFLMAO!

Kinda cute, if you are a total dork. (But don't bother watching after the song ends.... LAAAYYYMMMMEEE!!!)

Starting from Scratch.

I know it has been a long time, but hey... at least I warned everybody in the banner above. So no complaining!

(nstead of going over everything I have done over the last few weeks, (and it was a lot... you all should be jealous) I am just going to start over as if this were a brand new blog. Maybe I will change the colours as well. Any thoughts?

Ian is doing pretty well. Awfully mouthy, though. He seems to have some trouble distinguishing himself as a child as opposed to one of the parents. He enjoys talking back when I tell him something almost as much as he enjoys ordering us about. Luckily, we are both still bigger than him.

We went swimming yesterday. He really needs swimming lessons. He is very confident in the water but can't actually swim. I should be putting him in soon I think. I think I ought to take a swimming class as well. I can swim, but some stroke improvement probably couldn't hurt. I try to get away each time we go to the pool for some actual exercise. Yesterday I swam 4 lengths of the pool, then did 6 more with a kickboard.

I am starting volunteer work at the MFRC tomorrow. I will be going skating with the daycare kids (more free exercise). I am really looking forward to it, actually. We will see how it goes.

I have several knitting projects on the go right now, which I am to lazy to photograph today. Maybe on Wednesday. I am making a pair of ribbed socks for Ian out of leftover yarn from Travis's socks. I am kind of stalled out on that right now because I am not sure if I have enough yarn to finish. I may need to make the feet out of a different yarn, but I don't really have anything that matches. I am also making a pair of pink-striped ribbed socks. I have one finished but haven't started the second because I can't find my notes from the first one. I need the notes to make it match!

I am also knitting a blanket. It was supposed to be a wedding gift but the wedding was ages ago, so we gave them something else. It is going to be a big blanket. It takes a long time to do each row. It gets boring. That is why it isn't done.

I am also making a pair of honeycomb mitts for Ian. I found some Briggs and Little in the exact colours of his coat. This project is currently the most likely to be finished. Also on the needles is the long-suffering Anty Beryl Sweater. The ants are long gone, but the sweater remains. It is awaiting sleeves and a collar. I am also considering adding a zipper and some embroidery. Also, maybe a hood depending what I have left for yarn when I am finished.

I think I may be getting a destash box from a Ravelry group I am in sometime soon. I am kind of excited. Small things amuse me I guess.

And my plans for the rest of today?

1. Remove 9 miles of train track from living room floor to allow for vacuming.

2. Clean fish tank, currently home to only one Catnip and one Darrell (the original Darrel... New! Lemon Fresh Darrel sadly passed just after we returned from holidays. We are just glad we got to see him...(sob)...one last time. :::breaks down and cries... recovers... catches breath::: Anyway, we flushed him down the toilet to be with the first dead Darrell, plus both Larry and Larry 2...THE REVENGE)

3. Somehow finish dishes, despite having no dish soap. And I was just at the grocery store yesterday, DAMMIT!

4. Wash more laundry in the new washer. (the old washer went the way of the Darrels the day we got home from AB...which rocked when we had all that suitcase laundry to do. We got a fancy-pants new front loader instead.)

5. That's about it. It's too cold to take Ian outside (shut up Alberta. I know it is only -15, but it isn't a DRY COLD. You just don't get it.)