For All The Way's the Knitwits Care

Well, CVS is running this contest, so I figured I'd check it out. The website is:www.ForAllTheWaysYouCare.com

It took me a while to figure out who to blog aout, but I ultimately decided that I would chose the group of ladies on the Weight Watchers "KnitWits Unite" thread. I know, that seems a little weird, when I have a lot of other people in my life I could have picked, like parents, in-laws, siblings, husband, etc. This morning, though, when I signed onto that group, I found out that one woman in the group has been a foster parent for 19 years. There is a woman who is a nurse, there are women in schools, there are mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, and wives on that board. When my daughter was born, I got cards from women who's faces I've only seen in pictures (a few who's faces I've never seen at all). My daughter received beautiful knit gifts from the women on the board - bibs, sweaters, and the blanket Hannah naps under every day was knit by most of the group.

This is a group of women I feel comfortable sharing the inner workings of my daily life with, and never once feel like I will be judged. They read my blog, they help me with knitting, they answer my questions about taking care of my daughter, and I always look forward to sharing news with them.

This may not be the typical definition of caring, because they don't cook me dinner or buy my clothes or act like my mom. But when you find a group of people that let you really be yourself, THAT is what caring is about.

Updated my look, among other things...

Well, as you noticed, I did some major overhauling on my blog this morning. I love the new look - it feels more like "mine" than it did before. Okay, I admit it, I did NOT create the actual look on the page, but I do really like the look of it much more than any I had before.

John is on vacation this week, which is good, but he's been sick with Strep Throat all week thus far. He's been on antibiotics since Monday, but it still makes for a no fun vacation for any of us! However, today he was feeling better enough to take Hannah to the Childrens Museum. We had a great time! We only stayed for about an hour, just because it was really croweded (vacation week - we knew it would be nuts) and Hannah was pretty tired. It was a busy day for her today, because we had our moms group this morning on top of the museum.

I'm not really sure what else to share at the moment, but I know I've got some stuff to talk about sooner or later, so I'll be back at some point!

One whole month???

What the heck? Where has the last month gone, and why is there still snow on the ground?

I am so ready for spring. I can't even begin to tell you how much. Wednesday morning was decently nice out, so Hannah and I went out side for a walk.

We enjoyed the sun and getting out of the house for a while. We didn't get to stay out long, but it sure felt good to get out and walk on the road for a little while!

Hannah fingerpainted a picture for John for Valentines day this year:

John is on vacation this week, which will be nice. If only he and I could stay healthy at the same time, which hasn't been the case at all this winter. I just got over a bout of strep throat a few weeks ago, and now am battling a cold/sinus infection. John came home from school sick yesterday, which is not good, because now neither of us will be able to get healthy this vacation. On the up side, though, Hannah has not been sick yet this winter (knock on wood), and has actually been doing really well. She's cutting her eye teeth, which is good, but it will be even better when it's all over - those are the last teeth we are waiting on for a while! 

I'm still waiting on my first freelance story to be published, every month they say it will be the next month. I'm having a story published in May too, but I haven't even written that one yet. I've got to get it in by April 1st, so I need to get going on it. I have som research to do for this next one!

That's about all the news from here. Hopefully I'll actually post more often again!