All's Well That Ends Well

My husband had surgery on April 22.  Here he is pre-op.  What the hell is he so happy about?

He had to have his gallbladder removed to fix what I used to call his old man stomach disease.  The surgery went well, thank goodness, but then there were some strange blood test results so he ended up staying in the hospital post operation for two days.  But, he is home now and recovering nicely. 

I knitted to stay calm and sane while I waited for his operation to finish and while wating for him to recover in the hospital.

I knitted a whole pair of fingerless mitts.  They are what my friend calls the "bum gloves."  Good for chilly mornings and to keep fingers warm while typing in my very ridiculously cold office. 

Emma was happy to have her daddy home again!

WHEEEEE!

Lance and Emma going down a giant inflatable slide at Pump It Up!, a popular place for kid's birthday parties.  We went to celebrate a friend's son's 4th birthday:

I swear, I think he had more fun than Emma.  Just look at that huge grin! 

A Gift for Mom

The Wavy Ribbon Scarf, knitted from Tess' Designer Yarns Microfiber Ribbon in Enchanted Forest colorway. 

 The photos don't do the yarn justice.   The microfiber ribbon has a slight shine (think shimmer, and not horrible 80's spandex kind of shine) and the colors are really vibrant.   The look and feel of the scarf don't translate well into photos (well, at least the kind of photos my husband and I take anyway).

 It's a gift for my mother.   It's not a surprise because she and I went to Stitches West and she saw the scarf displayed there.  She actually asked me to make her one!   We couldn't purchase the yarn at Stitches because the vendor had sold out of the colorway, so I went home and ordered it online through the website.

Cabled Raglan Baby Sweater

Good Lord, this one took forever.  I started this one in November 2009. It still needs a button at the collar and it needs to be blocked, but I am calling this one DONE.   The original pattern for the Cabled Raglan Baby Sweater only has short sleeves.  I read a bunch of comments on Ravelry about the pattern's sleeves being very large, so I cut the number of stitches I picked up for the sleeves, and made them a few inches longer.

 Since Emma is a petite baby, the finished sweater still fits her, thank goodness.

Sometimes I Wonder

Sometimes I wonder if my workplace exists in some sort of alternate universe or strange bubble. Here's what happened this morning in the office kitchen:

Someone: There's no coffee! (Flashing look of genuine rage.)
Me: Well, it looks like Mr. X (our office services guy) started some new pots. (Looking over to the coffee machine where two new carafes of coffee are just waiting to have the lids popped back on. They are the kind that look like cylinders with a lever pump on top.)
Someone: Well, let me go call reception to get Mr. X to set this all up. (Mr. X floats between three office floors, so this would mean paging him, then waiting.)
Me: Uh, well, here. (Take the carafes, snap the lids into place, which is very easy, since the lids are hinged and attached to the actual carafe, and move the carafes less than 1/2 a foot to the pouring station.)

Really? Many people I work with seem to have a hyperactive sense of hierarchy and entitlement. The above scenario is just one of the ridiculous situations I come across daily. It happens all the time that someone cannot walk literally two feet to a garbage can to throw away dirty napkins or paper plates, and just leaves these things in random places for Mr. X or office services to pick up. Honestly, I wonder how these people handle things in their own homes.