A BIG Day

Welcome to the world little Grayson Joseph!  Sadly, I don't have a picture of my dd with him that doesn't show too much skin.  ;-)  More to follow though.  He was born at my daughter's favorite time (yes, she has one.  lol)  7:33 p.m.  It's her favorite because 7 is Joe Mauer's number and 33 is Justin Morneau's.  She's quite the Twins fan. 

Grayson was actually a gray-son.  His little face was almost black looking.  Apparently he had the cord wrapped around his neck twice.  Scary stuff, but all's well.  He pinkened up even before we left.  He's got a lot of dark hair, more than Jackson had.  (I hate to start comparing them.) 

I was at my first piano lesson.  The teacher said we're running out of time, I looked at my watch and it was not quite 7:35. So that's probably right while he was coming out.  Eric came with to the lesson and we called Amanda's phone as we were leaving the lesson.  Zach said "We just had a baby."  He said it sort of full of wonderment.  Calmer than usual.  So we jumped on 694 and headed straight on out there.  He's a beautiful little guy.  His brother was born on 6-6 and this one was born on 8-8.  Both were ten days early.  Amanda's consistent.  

We'll go back down to see them tonight.  Curt's going to meet us there and then we'll, of course, go to dinner.

Charlotte the Second

Hey all.  My ds and I left last evening for the store and this is what greeted us as we crossed the threshold of our front door.  Isn't this cool?  Incredible too, there's nothing to which the web is even attached.  I sent dh a pic in an email this morning and he, at first, thought it was a UFO.  [chuckle]  All I used was a simple flash on a not-too-expensive camera.  Nature's great...as long as it stays out of the inside of my house.  As a knitter, I have to say it's so cool that she can do this without a circular needle and knowing decreases and/or increases.  I look at this and start wanting to knit up some more ponchos.  ;-)

So anyway, went through and cleaned ds's bookcases and shelf they're on.  It took so little time, maybe 10 minutes, but feels so dang good!  :-)  Plus, it was a trip down memory lane for us both.  We found the I Spy books we used to spend countless hours with.  And a picture of the two of them (dd and ds) from 10 yrs, 1 month ago.  WOWSERS do they change a lot.  Of course I never do...

OK, just off to take care of some more responsibilities of an average grown up.  And to buy garbage bags.  Viva la Costco!  Ta-ta.

Olympic Sized Tree Felling :-)

Wow, so last night ds and I heard huge movement on our deck.  Not an uncommon occurrence during a storm as we have a table and chairs out there that are regularly hurled around or at least across the deck during such weather.  However, the next morning I wake up and look out the upstairs bathroom window and BAM! this is what I see:The dead Maple in our backyard that I'd deftly avoided calling to have removed, was no more.  : )  Big relief!  What's more is that there was minimal damage and the cats were having a blast slinking around the branches.  DH had a golf tournament that day so on Sunday we cleaned up the debris.  Now to have our stump ground.  That's all that's left.  I love happy little accidents like that.

In honor of the Olympics, which, despite the 40th anniversary of the Munich Massacre of the 11 Israeli Olympians, refused to honor the dead, I made the pancakes this morning in the shape of the five rings. 

Actually, that's how I always make them but it reminded me of the festivities.  :-) 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

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Screw the Olympics and screw England and the BBC. 

Sale at Babies R Us.  Very fun time.

Oh my.  It's been awhile.  December was filled with drama.  The non-good kind.  I've been sorta hiding out since.  However, big news: Our second grandson is coming in August!  His name is Grayson Joseph and I'm sure he'll be just as perfect and gorgeous as our first one.  Here are some things I made for him.  (Pics are on other computer, dang.)

The smallest brown on the right that you can't see is for Grayson.  I made Jackson a big one for Easter.  Didn't know about Gray then. 

Ok, I guess this isn't for Grayson, but I will make him one to match since they'll be sharing a room.

Hi all.  Yesterday was a perfectly nice, non golf-on-t.v. day for once.  Hubby and son went down to do some work at a job site and then we all headed to uptown to look for a freezer.  Doesn't sound too exciting?  That's cuz you're not me!  lol  (I'm starved for mental stimulation...no jokes please.)  We also headed over to the Galleria and had lunch at my fave place Big Bowl.  Chopsticks and all.  Num-E!  On our way home we stopped at a couple Schmitt Music stores to find Metallica for the violin.  (Chuckle)  We ended up with the Beatles and some songs from LOTR and some other movies.  Here's a story from yesterday as I told it on Facebook:

Ok, so we were at Schmitt Music in Brklyn. Ctr. yesterday and I happened to ask the guy working there if he'd experienced any ghosts. (Cuz all the local ghost books say there's at least one in there.) He said no and explained how each version of the ghost stories was wrong. HOWEVER, in the spring, once it starts warming up...there are s-n-a-k-e-s, yes you read that rightly, SNAKES! that drop. from. the. ceiling!

Honestly, I think I'd rather see ghosts. lol

Can you believe that?!!  Apparently the snakes (garters) come in during the autumn when it starts to get cold and voila! there they are in the spring. 

In happier Schmitt related news - my wonderful hubby encouraged me to sign up for piano lessons.   I have always wanted to play piano.  We finally bought one about nine yrs ago, but then I lost my job and couldn't afford lessons.  I tried teaching myself through dvd's etc.  That doesn't work very well.  I can play Mary Had a Little Lamb, Jingle Bells and Ode to Joy with some chords, but that's it.  I hope by next year I can play Christmas carols on Christmas Eve and all that family type stuff.  :-)

On Saturday my dd wrote on FB that she'd like to see a Twins game before her newest edition of human (baby) comes.  Little Grayson is due in a few weeks.  Anyway - what started out as just her and me going - turned into all four of us getting perfect seats (for over $200!) and having an excellent time.  The Twins even won.  Wonder of wonders.  We took mass transit.  No comment.  Oi. 


Lately I've been crocheting a lot more than knitting. Here are some items:

Grayson's little sailor hat

Something in girls' colors.  For future granddaughter.

Same as above.

Same as above.

As you can see, while I love neutrals and 'boy colors', I've had my fill for awhile.  I'm 42 and finally turning into a girl!  lol

OK, off to finish my floppy brimmed summer hat - and probably a beach bag to go with it.  Thanks for stopping by. 


Aug. 2, 2012 update: Here's the floppy hat, a pattern on Ravelry (for free) called Adorable Ruffles.  I didn't use dk wt., used worsted instead, with a 4 mm. hook (!!) so it turned out larger than I'd planned.  It fits my 13 yr old!  Still, it's really cute and I'm hooking a bag to go with it. 

The dk. purple is from my stash.  That's what I'm using for the beach bag.  It'll be nice to get that huge 710 yds. skein out of storage.