notes from the field:
the peanut is ailing and we're not sure what's wrong with her. she started running a fever on thursday (a low-grade fever) and it's still not back to normal. too bad it's so hot out here as i'm sure it's not making it any better. the worst part is that she was sleeping like a champ before the sick hit her, of course. now she's back to waking several times a night and we have to swaddle her with both arms in again. two steps forward, one step back.
new facial expressions
thankfully she's still darn cute.
what a looker!
a few more images in the gallery.
with all of the bad sleeping and extra TLC for the nut, i'm not getting much else done around here. the apartment's a mess, i'm back at work tuesday through thursday, and every time i sit down i want to pass out. two nights ago i finished up another miter and it took a lot of concentration to make it through a row. i kept having to hard blink my eyes to keep them focused, and when i got to the end, i realized that i had two extra stitches. i can't tell you how many times this has happened to me. at least half the miters i've made are flubbed right at the end. i just p2tog on the wrong side to get rid of them. i have no idea where those extra stitches come from since i've made a concerted effort to PAY ATTENTION to my decreases.
in the absence of knitting there has been baking and general food making around here. tomatoes from the farmer's market are looking good! my mom says that she has tomatoes up the kazoo (yeah, kazoo.. hehehe. wazoo) and KP's are coming in on the fire escape. i'm concentrating on my sweet tooth though. the last trimester of my pregnancy amped up my sweet tooth big time and since i've been breast feeding and sleep deprived, it's even bigger than before. i suspect it'll go away when i wean the peanut but until then i try to stay away from chocolate and instead gravitate towards simpler things.
green tea and iced coffee.. great summer treats!
two weekends ago i made matcha green tea ice cream (modified this recipe at a vegan ice cream paradise) and after freezing it in our ice cream maker, i put it into plastic molds for single serve pops. yum! my mods were to add 2 tsp of matcha green tea (you should sift it in otherwise it clumps like mad, trust me) when heating the mix to dissolve the sugar and i added a generous squirt of flax oil once it was cool to keep it from freezing rock hard.
mmmmmm
then this weekend, KP got fresh blueberries and raspberries at the farmer's market and i made a veganized version of this recipe (via the pioneer woman cooks). i subbed in vegan margarine and vanilla unsweetened almond milk. if i make this again (and i totally would! it was DEEEEELICIOUS!) i would cut back on some of the sugar. it was a bit sweet.
anyway, i'm back at work tomorrow. hope monday is going well for you!
p.s. of course, where would this entry be without some video.. this one was taken by KP. she's on to me now, i think. she performs better for daddy. (click through from RSS feed for video! it's so cute and i swear i'm not biased.)
tomorrow i pass on the "rockin' girl blogger" torch!
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