Cafepress here I come!

I finally got a lone design added to three products at my new Cafepress Store. I'll be working on it more today, and I'll hopefully get a few more designs up. Whoot!

For the first little bit it'll probably just be some cloth diapering and maybe some breastfeeding stuff... Then as I get more time to design I'll be adding cool stuff like knitting, big/little brother/sister shirts, and whatever else my overactive mind comes up with.

So lucky

How did I end up with such amazing friends?

My excellent friends Megg and Chris sent me the cutest feel better card, with such lovely sweet messages written by each of them on the inside. It totally made my day, yesterday.

I <3 you guys.

Another reason why Arizona sucks

I make no secret of the fact that my Midwest heart does not much like it here in the Southwest. I mean honestly, the high today is 113. I thought if I put it in blue, it might trick my mind into thinking it's not so hot. It doesn't seem to be working. Meh.

Another downside to the Southwest aside from the neverending heat is all the yucky, nasty bugs and other dangerous creatures that seem to be everywhere. Normally I am not the squeamish type. Spiders don't bother me one little bit. Unless of course you're talking about a black widow that has decided to set up camp right outside my door. We've had about 5 of these such spiders recently. EEK!

Normally I'm a catch and release sort of girl, but I really don't feel comfortable having bunches of these little guys (err... gals) hanging around with my two dogs and very curious and grabby Ellie. I feel bad that they have to die, but they really must to preserve my sanity.

Leah so totally rocks!

Leah rocks my socks off.

She sent me this great package that totally made my day. It's a Healing Hearts Baby Loss Comfort Kit from Earth Mama Angel Baby. It's filled with such lovely, yummy things. I can't wait to use all of them.



Thanks SO much Leah!

Have they lost their minds?

So, the one online forum I regularly post on (referred to as "The Pin" from here on out) has officially lost its mind. Lately it seems as though there has been this crazy admin uprising that requires very specific (and silly) rules be followed and strictly enforced. I'm not a big fan of regulating what people can and can't post about, but I can recognize a need for the powers that be to keep some sort of order. For the most part everyone that posts there is very civil. There are only a handful of times I can remember in the year and a half I've been lurking/posting there where true moderation was needed.

But really, the level of policing of the posts on The Pin, a forum about effing cloth diapers, is just too much. Admin (not the mods... they're just doing their job) really needs to get a grip.

I wish I could say I was done with the now craptastic Pin... but I'd miss all the lovely people.

Sigh.

The List

The Good:
- Ellie rocks
- I have some super-awesome friends

The Bad:
- Everything else

So, who wants to come visit and cheer me up? Clearly no one in my family is up to the task and seem to actually be actively trying to make things worse.

Anyone, anyone?

It's only going to get up to 113 this week. Not TOO hot.... really... it's a dry heat. Eh, who am I kidding. :P

Artistic visions and stuff...

I've been at the whole art thing again. Yes, I know, I should probably stop pretending that I know anything about art and stick to programming, which I know I'm good at.

But, nonetheless, I just can't seem to stop myself.

Check out the banner at the top of Miss T's blog. Yep, I made that! I know her from a message board we both actively post on. Just in case you were wondering, she's awesome and is a GREAT knitter. I'm a little jealous of her skills. ;) I'll get there eventually.

Also, my friend Meg's site is finally up and running. I helped her configure the shopping cart software she wanted to use, setup her hosting, setup her database, and did all the design stuff on the site as well. Although, in that case, it was more a culmination of her artistic vision and my Photoshop skills. There's still some work to be done, but all in all I think it looks great! Oh, and btw, if you happen to be a cloth diaper/wool user and haven't tried her wool wash bars, you MUST. They are simply the best.

More to come soon on my new Cafepress store once I finally get my designs uploaded...

Infinite sadness...

The tickers are gone, the baby has died.

I am so very sad.

First ultrasound

So, I had my first ultrasound this morning.

Even though my LMP (last menstrual period) was 4/10, I know I ovulated late. My best guess is that my EDD (due date) is somewhere around 1/25/2008. That would put me at about 6 weeks, 5 days according to my tickers (see right).

I went in for a dating ultrasound this morning just to make sure everything was all fine and dandy and to confirm the fact that I'm right about the late ovulation and all. According to the tech, I'm only measuring 5 weeks 5 days. Unless I'm doing my math wrong, that would mean that the faint positive test I got on Mother's Day was only a few days (if that) after ovulation, which is impossible. That would also mean that I got the very dark and convincing positive tests at around 10 DPO (days past ovulation). Seems unlikely to me...

The weird thing is that even though I'm supposedly only 5 weeks 5 days, they did see a "flicker of a heartbeat". I saw it too.

The tech was in a hurry as they seemed to be running about 35 minutes behind schedule. Perhaps she mismeasured in her haste?

Despite my protesting that the dates don't make any sense, they said don't worry, everything looks fine, and seeing a heartbeat is always a good sign.

Also, they said I have a very, very small subchorionic hemorrhage. I guess it's not uncommon and is nothing to fret about. She made a point of saying over and over again how tiny it is, so I guess I'll try not to think too much about it.

In a way, I'm lucky to have it because I get another ultrasound on July 5th to make sure it's healing itself.

Even so, it's going to be a loooooong four-week wait.

I can knit! (sort of)

As part of a trade for helping her setup her new website (still a work in progress, but it'll be up soon), Meg from Sudz 'n Dudz sent me a set of Denise knitting needles. I've been coveting them for a while, and was thrilled to finally get my hands on some. WOOO!

I was anxious to learn to knit in the round. My first project, a hat, was a total disaster. Despite my being extremely careful, there were dropped stitches and various other weirdness EVERYWHERE. It was so bad, I actually threw it away. Thank goodness I have enough sense to use cheap acrylic yarn when I'm learning something new.

Luckily, my second attempt turned out so much better. Again I used cheap acrylic yarn expecting another disaster, so it's not the highest-quality... but at least the knitting itself turned out ok. Not perfect, but not too bad for a beginner.

as always, click for bigger




As a side note, in case you were wondering, I hate double-pointed needles.