I don't like Tuesdays.

Most people don't like Mondays (tell me why!), but around here, it's Tuesday. None of us like them. M doesn't because we don't let him go play with friends, because it's unfair to L. It also isn't fair to M, but what else can we do? The rest of us hate it because it's SCIG day. L's doing very well on it (we haven't visited the ped since he started it), and it's going much better since we started using his thigh for the infusion. (See the picture--that lump is the IG. He refers to that as his Incredible Hulk leg. And yes, that's his upper thigh, not his knee!)

I hate that we have to do this with him, but I do think that it's worth it. L's not as upset about it since a couple of brothers who also have to do it, but it is still really hard for a not-quite 6 year old. We let him watch TV and he gets a sucker for the actual stick. It all works, but it's just not a normal way to do things.

On the bright side, he eats like a pig afterwards. We're pretty sure that he's the only child in Madison County that asked for 2 helpings of curry for dinner tonight. Tonight, we'll have B&Js after the boys go to bed (they are having dessert now), and relax for a week. (Only 3 more months and then we're off for the summer. Yeah!)

January in Kentucky

Today was the last Saturday in January. We were going to use the gift certificate B's sister E and her husband F gave us for the movies to try and see Charlotte's Web (which is, of course, not showing here anyway), but I went outside at 10:00 am and discovered that it was warm. As in upper 50's, lower 60s warm. Yes, early spring like temperatures. We couldn't waste a day like that at the movies!

So we went down the highway to Indian Fort Theater and went hiking/geochaching. We hiked up to the East Pinnacle, which is pretty high up. All of us made it with no real problems, including L. He also kept up a running commentary about everything he saw. Of course, he saw quite a lot. Plants, rocks, dogs, trees, beautiful views (his words), the river, boats...

The hike is amazing. There are lots of overlooks (similar to the Gorge), which of course I won't go out and look because I do not like heights. At all. But the three boys did go out and look, and no one fell off. I did take a lot of pictures. We didn't find the cache at the top, but we did find the Consolation one. Actually, B did find the cache, he just couldn't get to it. (NO, I am not telling where it is.) There were lots of people out today too. It's nice to know that we aren't all lazy in this county.

Then we went home and I made homemade spring rolls. Yum. I'm leaving with my favorite shot of today.

Knitting While Waiting

I am waiting for yarn to arrive. I'm part of a swap, you see, and the person I'm knitting socks for wants knee highs. That's fine, but I need to have yarn. Oh well, I have yarn for other things.

I have two projects on the needles right now. One is for B. I'm working of the back. It's pretty easy knitting. I haven't gotten too far on it yet, as it's also boring knitting, and I cast on 122 stitches. But it will be a nice sweater, and B isn't likely to outgrow his sweaters, unlike some I can mention. The color is even pretty close. We have SUN today.
I am also finally knitting a pattern that my SP from KnittyBoard SP 7 sent me, Giotto by Anna Bell. I'm using yarn that my Spooky SP from KnittyBoard sent me, Opal mit kostbarer Seide (Opal Silk). It's fun to be able to do a project from different items that my SPs (both from the Netherlands) sent me. I have about another inch on the leg before I start the heel.
Here's a close up of the cuff/leg.

Just the Facts

We have been busy, but not with much that's interesting.

1.) I've been cleared to do all normal activities, after the de-sinusfication. Details about the surgery are really interesting. He basically destroyed my sinuses. I now have open, airy air spaces in my head instead of the dark, dank sinuses that captured mucous and got infected. I apparently have no sinuses at all any more, just a nose. (As far as I am concerned, good riddance!) Of course, I'm going to have more allergy/asthma symptoms now with no filters, but considering the humdinger of a headache I had all of 2006, it's a fair tradeoff.

2.) Because of #1, I have started biking again. It's just inside on the trainer (I have to be really careful about temperatures now), but it's a start for the goal: The Horsey Hundred in May. A century ride on Saturday in Georgetown, KY, and a shorter, fun ride on Sunday. That's how I am spending Labor Day weekend. So far this week, I have ridden 120 minutes. On Friday, I'm hoping to make another 120 minutes. Unfortunately, the trainer is boring. I make myself ride during television.

3.) I'm getting better with my new pedals. <--That's what they look like. Maybe I won't fall over when I take the Dolce outside for the first time this spring.

4.) L's IEP meeting went pretty well, although they seem to be thinking about some "new" issues that no one is admitting yet.

5.) M's Academic Team (he's the Captain!) has a record of 2-1. They lost to the semi-private school.

6.) I cast on for a new pair of socks for me. The yarn for my swap hasn't come yet, so I'm hoping that will help it come faster.

7.) B's at a diocesan budget hearing in Corbin. It's the first evening I've had alone since last December. He'll have a few more that he needs to attend, but once Convention is over, those will be over.

8.) The boys and I are reading Peter and the Shadow Stealers. It's a good book, but M really misses Gregor.

9.) Maisie asks to go outside by ringing the bell that hangs on the door knob of the back door.

The ice storm

Well, that ice storm and snow we were supposed to get?
That was going to shut down the bluegrass?
That was finally going to give us a snowday?

It didn't happen. We got rain, instead. Lots of it.

I'm telling you, we have two seasons here, Mud and N0t-Mud. And sometimes, we don't have Not-Mud.