To Chiropractor or not to Chiropractor…

I threw my back out again – the second time in 3 weeks…  What the hell is going on?  And this time my husband was out of town… (Thank Heaven for little boys!)

We had to alter our lesson plans, but we managed to pull it off again – getting a very respectable amount of home education done in Mommy and Daddy’s room.

I was undoubtedly a pitiful sight, if anyone had been looking, but I managed to hobble out of bed and take one picture of the snow.  The boys had mentioned that it had snowed all day, while I was trying to remain immobile.  The forecast is calling for six more inches tonight and tomorrow!  ‘bout time!

So here are some of the things that kept me sane while I was laid up a second time:

I love Star Trek – the original, the Next Generation, Enterprise and the new movies.  Love them all.  Never grow tired of them.

I’m pretty sure that in the last three days, I’ve doubled the size of my Pinterest boards!

And last night I stumbled upon Eclipse on regular t.v.  You can not imagine how happy I was!  And half way into it, my honey got home, bearing dinner and kisses – MY HERO!

Our boys were a huge help again, taking very good care of me with a very minimal amount of complaining about all the extra work…  What became apparent is:  they need to learn how to cook more!

And now, three days after hurting myself again, I’m finally walking mostly upright again for short periods.  I’ve given it a lot of thought and I think I’m going to see  a chiropractor again.  Poor guy doesn’t have any idea what’s coming his way… 

There be knitting here!

Finally…  they’re done!  I took these off my Mom’s hands some time ago.  She had one sock done and got tired of the yarn.  So I had to unravel the toe and make the first sock a couple inches longer and knit the second sock.  When I finished the second sock, I discovered it was way smaller than the first one AND the first one fit me better.  Ripped it out and started over.  Now they’re done and they feel so good!  Knitpicks Stroll yarn is so soft!  (I’m mad at Knitpicks, though.  They were hacked, customer credit card information was compromised and they didn’t tell anyone about it…  I’m mad at Knitpicks…)

I’ve been knitting for years now!  This is the first hat I’ve made for myself.  I’ve made lots of hats for the boys…  I love this hat.  The pattern is called the Journey Hat.  It’s made out of Malabrigo Chunky which feels awesome.  I bought two skeins and have one left over.  I’ve already found a cowl that I want to make to match this perfect little hat!

I’ve made Monkeys before – but I made them before I lost 100 lbs…  they’re now way too big and I’ve been dying to make another pair.  Lo and behold, here comes a Monkey Knit-a-long on www.ravelry.com Perfect timing!  I’ve had this yarn for probably more than 5 years – stuck in the bottom of a bin in my storeroom and completely forgotten.  I’m such a happy girl when I find beautiful yarn already paid for, sitting in my house, waiting to become something…

I’m dying to make these, found here:  http://caroleknits.net/2013/02/11/strawberry-margarita-socks/  I still have to get in touch with the etsy shop owner who dyes this yarn and convince her to make this colorway for me again…  Love that picot edge!

There’s been lots of knit planning going on.  The lovely yarn below is destined to be a simple knit2/purl2 sock for me!  Bought at my new FAVORITE yarn store, The Loopy Ewe in Fort Collins, Colorado!

I wanted a pretty, interesting, mostly-orange yarn for my weather scarf (weather’s gotta get a lot warmer before I get the chance to use it.)  But this yarn was exactly what I had pictured!

Just stumbled upon this colorway on ravelry and fell in love with it.  It’s going to be fingerless mitts.  I still have to find some vintage-looking metal buttons for this project…

Yep, still doing  lots of Project Life and One Little Word and 52 of You and loving it all!  More on that later.

This Week Went Way Off Course

Tuesday morning, first thing, I threw out my back.  I’ve done it 4 times in my life and I always fail to remember exactly how painful and debilitating it really is…

I was stuck in bed for three full days.  I’m up and around today, Friday, but still feeling very fragile.

We did manage to do school everyday.  Which is probably more than they would have done if they were still enrolled in regular school – because I still don’t think I can drive… I may attempt to drive again tomorrow – have to wait and see how I feel…  But we ARE expecting snow and you ARE supposed to stock up on bread and milk and batteries right before a snow storm, right?

So, while I was incapacitated, I did a little knitting, a little reading, lots of internet surfing.  The boys did the housework, the husband did the cooking, a sweet friend brought me a heating pad and a Diet Coke (the essentials)  Thank you, dear friend!!  Everyone survived.

My girls were very nurturing:

The boys were very sweet:

And I’m recovering, catching up on life.  It feels good.