For the last 29 minutes it has been Christmas here. I slept all last night and all of today (pretty much). I saw the derm doctor on the 23 and she gave me this pill for itching. It is the pill from hell! At five in the morning I tried to get up. I wanted to get up, but I couldn't and then I fell into a coma that lasted until almost 3 in the afternoon. Once I was up and mobile (I really had to pee!) I still felt like I was going to fall out. Needless to say that I haven't taken it this evening, but I'm starting to get tired which is just crazy given the amount of sleep that I've already had (17 hours!!!!). I know that I'll be woken by the kids in the morning so they can open gifts so I might try a nap (since I didn't take the hell pill I should be able to wake easily). I'm going to give it a few days and then try it again (while the hubby's home) because the day that I took it I had been up for a full day so that might have had something to do with it. It's an antihistamine so I can't see it's effects lasting much longer then 8 hours, but I guess I'll find out. I'm afraid.
All the gifts are wrapped and I'm kind of annoyed at my hubby because he got me something. I know... weird, but let me explain. I was under the impression that the car and the $200 worth of clothes that I got were my Christmas gift. I still don't know what he wants for Christmas (because he doesn't know..... actually it's some computer part that he's trying to win off of e-bay, but has had no luck), but I got him two things for under the tree. Nothing big because his computer parts are costing a pretty penny, but something to open. He went and spent $80 on me and now I feel like I didn't get him enough because I only spent $40 on his two gifts. He's an annoying ass.
I wish I could find that perfect gift. You know the one. Something that someone really wants, but it's such a cheap little thing that you don't think they would ever really want it but they wear it everywhere and love it until it falls apart. He got me such a gift a few weeks ago. We were at the airforce base and they had an Asian furniture sale. They also had Asian jewelry and such and I saw this bracelet made of Mahjong tiles for $8. I didn't have any cash and we were kind of in a money bind at the time (this was before we got the new car and all our money was going towards a rental) so I didn't want to take any out. While I was looking at some other things that they had (I believe me and my daughter were enthralled with the fans on display) he secretly bought it and then presented it to me once we got in the car. I don't know what it is about this bracelet that makes me so happy but it does and I wear it everyday (which it beats my wedding ring in that respect because I haven't worn that since my daughter was born.... it doesn't fit anymore). I don't even think the thing looks good on me, but I love it because it's unique. I get a lot of compliments on it all the time and people asking me where I got it.
I'm kind of afraid that hubby might have gotten that Mahjong set for me as a Christmas gift. I like Mahjong, but I don't know how to play it. I do know that you need four people to play it though and I don't know four people that would sit and play an eight hour game with me! It would be nice to have a Mahjong set but I would never use it. It would be more for show which is not a good enough reason for me to justify $80 being spent on it. I could go shake my gift and I might know (the tiles make a distinctive sound).
Still working on the head covering for my mom. It wasn't long enough and I'm wondering now if it's going to be too bulky under the chin. I have a backup if that turns out to be the case (a different pattern that she'll like just as well if not more). I did manage to wrestle her sock back from the sock gnome that stole it. He was sleeping in it, but I was able to offer up a fair trade with a lone silk blend sock that I had on hand. He seemed happy with the trade and I'm hoping he will refrain from stealing anymore socks in the future. I will send the pair off the day after Christmas (as long as the post office is open).
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
All I Want For Christmas is........
Well I haven't knitted since Thanksgiving and I'm still having the pains in my arms and chest. So it has nothing to do with knitting and I'm going to start knitting again and hope that I can get my Christmas gift to my mom done and out to her within a couple of days. I was right when I thought that knitting actually was helping the pain go away because it's hurt worse since I stopped (the shoulder pain) meaning it's probably more of an arthritis then tendonitis. Ah, well. I'm going to knit up the Ice Queen head cover for my mom as well as another pair of socks in the deliciously soft RYC Cashsoft 4 ply. I picked up some beads yesterday and found a tutorial on a much easier way to do a provisional CO. I'm all set. I just need to get back into the grove. I gave up on the Cobweb Lace Shawl. I wondered how much she would really use it and it also seemed that the lace was just too complex for my ADD brain. I'd always get to the same row and then I'd start messing it up and having to start over again (5 times total). I have enough of the yarn to make her a whole set including socks, mittens and the headcover. I would still have enough left over to make myself a pair of socks (and I think I will).
We got our new car. I'm so excited. It's my Christmas gift. I was able to get a Kia Spectra (which is what I wanted) and we got a pretty good deal on it. It's even a 2009 so it hasn't even been born yet (ha ha ha). We've already put 1000 miles on the baby, but I'm happier that I don't have to worry about the thing breaking down for a few years. DH is scheduled for another surgery after the beginning of the year. Not to fix his ACL, but to do another clean out. His body produces too much scar tissue and it's interfering with movement. Not to mention causes pain. The doctor doesn't think that another surgery will do any good, but wants to give it another try along with giving him steroids and the like to keep the inflammation down this time around and seeing if that makes a difference. Most likely he'll be going in front of the med board and they will kick him out of the navy with a nice little disability package. Not something we had really planned on but we're rolling with the punches and rewriting our plans.
I go see the dermatologist next week to see if she can give me something stronger for the psoriasis. It's taking over my body (probably the cause of the pains in my arms and chest as well). I have little kids asking me what happened to my arms and legs. They are covered in spots and I look like I had chickenpox. It's getting insane.... not to mention the itching.
Really I don't care as long as it's not on my face. I may look like a leaper, but at least my face is still pretty. Only I'm starting to get a small bit on my face so that's why I'm headed to the doctor.
I finished reading the Twilight series. Yes, I too got sucked into it (ha ha ha). I'm always game for a good vampire story. I actually had never heard of it until I saw a preview for the movie online (no previews on TV here for the movie at all existed). The look they share when he saves her from the van was so intense I knew that I had to know the story going on there. I always check to see if a movie was made from a book before I go see it so that I can read the real story before seeing the movie. When I found out there were four books in the series and I didn't want to put it down after the first few sentences, then I knew I had stuck library gold. So I bought all four books and read them within three days. Then I went and saw the movie and must say that it was all awesome. Since the end of Harry Potter I've been looking for the next good thing. Only bad thing is that I read to darn fast and find myself done with a book within the same days that I get it (if it's good). I also recently picked up The Road. They're making a movie of it. I had to stop reading it though because the story is heart wrenching. Stories like that are good, but depressing and I can only take so much of it at a time. I can't watch Bambi and I skip over the part in the Lion King where Mufasa dies.
Can't wait for Christmas. I got all my shopping done early and I got everything the kids wanted except for one thing that I couldn't find. Last two Christmases we've had to get whatever we thought the kids might like because either we didn't know what they wanted or there wasn't anything left. They were very specific this year. Our son is usually specific so he's not hard to buy for, but our daughter is more difficult. I had to pointedly ask her what she wanted. She asked for art supplies more then toys. She's also getting an iPod. Just a shuffle. If she can show me that she can keep care of that then she might get upgraded next year to one with video.
We got our new car. I'm so excited. It's my Christmas gift. I was able to get a Kia Spectra (which is what I wanted) and we got a pretty good deal on it. It's even a 2009 so it hasn't even been born yet (ha ha ha). We've already put 1000 miles on the baby, but I'm happier that I don't have to worry about the thing breaking down for a few years. DH is scheduled for another surgery after the beginning of the year. Not to fix his ACL, but to do another clean out. His body produces too much scar tissue and it's interfering with movement. Not to mention causes pain. The doctor doesn't think that another surgery will do any good, but wants to give it another try along with giving him steroids and the like to keep the inflammation down this time around and seeing if that makes a difference. Most likely he'll be going in front of the med board and they will kick him out of the navy with a nice little disability package. Not something we had really planned on but we're rolling with the punches and rewriting our plans.
I go see the dermatologist next week to see if she can give me something stronger for the psoriasis. It's taking over my body (probably the cause of the pains in my arms and chest as well). I have little kids asking me what happened to my arms and legs. They are covered in spots and I look like I had chickenpox. It's getting insane.... not to mention the itching.
Really I don't care as long as it's not on my face. I may look like a leaper, but at least my face is still pretty. Only I'm starting to get a small bit on my face so that's why I'm headed to the doctor.
I finished reading the Twilight series. Yes, I too got sucked into it (ha ha ha). I'm always game for a good vampire story. I actually had never heard of it until I saw a preview for the movie online (no previews on TV here for the movie at all existed). The look they share when he saves her from the van was so intense I knew that I had to know the story going on there. I always check to see if a movie was made from a book before I go see it so that I can read the real story before seeing the movie. When I found out there were four books in the series and I didn't want to put it down after the first few sentences, then I knew I had stuck library gold. So I bought all four books and read them within three days. Then I went and saw the movie and must say that it was all awesome. Since the end of Harry Potter I've been looking for the next good thing. Only bad thing is that I read to darn fast and find myself done with a book within the same days that I get it (if it's good). I also recently picked up The Road. They're making a movie of it. I had to stop reading it though because the story is heart wrenching. Stories like that are good, but depressing and I can only take so much of it at a time. I can't watch Bambi and I skip over the part in the Lion King where Mufasa dies.
Can't wait for Christmas. I got all my shopping done early and I got everything the kids wanted except for one thing that I couldn't find. Last two Christmases we've had to get whatever we thought the kids might like because either we didn't know what they wanted or there wasn't anything left. They were very specific this year. Our son is usually specific so he's not hard to buy for, but our daughter is more difficult. I had to pointedly ask her what she wanted. She asked for art supplies more then toys. She's also getting an iPod. Just a shuffle. If she can show me that she can keep care of that then she might get upgraded next year to one with video.
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