400+ yards of sport weight Henry’s Attic Prime Alpaca in light grey was cast on today for the Lace Ribbon Scarf. I have Araucania Nature Wool Chunky in Olive coming in the mail for make Nob Hill and I plan on finally finishing up a few straggler projects I have lying around.
I have finished the endpaper mitts & they are so tooth rootingly cute (sorry no photos yet). I have 1/2 of the herringbone mittens finished & they are adorable & tiny & going to someone else who needs mittens because Lake Erie is cold. I’m finally going to re-cast on (for the 4th time) Matt’s durrow. Because I love him I won’t tell you how much I already hate this sweater.
This weekend Matt and I are getting our taxes done. I think this will be the first year ever we will not have to owe money. I honestly will never understand the child deduction and the marriage penalty. Our government wonders why we have so many unwed mothers & fathers? Do the math, it makes financial sense.
Last night was the baby shower for a lady in our knitting group. It seems like she has really expanded in 2 weeks so she must be close. I left early. Baby showers are still quite painful for me and celebrating another person’s fertility isn’t something I can do right now, even if that does drop my karma points.
I’m starting to explore IUI. It’s something I said that I wouldn’t do, I said that I wouldn’t go past the fertility drugs, but I think I lied. I don’t know how far I’m willing to go anymore, but I know that I still want this more than anything in the world (so does my husband) and I’m willing to research more and more options I once considered un-doable.
Also? Some wisdom for the day, unless you know why someone already doesn’t have children (either that they don’t want to, are waiting, or something else) don’t ask. It’s never going to be any of your business, it’s embaressing, there is never a good enough answer. It’s just plane never ok. Asking someone every other day this question (as I have recently been privelaged to) is playing with fire.
