Battle of Knits

Am I getting sick?

It has been so long since I got sick, I cant even tell anymore! I dont feel so well. Yesterday and today… achy, tired, headache. I think this may be Swine Flu/H1N1 or whatever you want to call it. I just thought I was crabby from my time of the month. Unfortunately I think that I got Swine Flu from Josh, since my immune system was down this past week.

I am trying to stay on top of the sickness, since I cant ever let a virus win… so I am drinking lots of water, OJ and green tea. Eating lots of protein and veggies. This minute I am eating some homemade soup… here is my recipe.

Gluten-free, Wheat free FAST Chicken Curry Noodle Soup

Bowl full of rice noodles, 3/4 cup chicken broth (Kitchen), tsp olive oil, dash of curry powder, chopped cooked chicken breast.

Put ingredients in a micro-safe bowl and microwave about 3 minutes, Stir, let sit for 3 minutes, Stir, EAT.

I just want to lick the bowl! I appreciate rice noodles in a special way… since I cant have regular pasta and the corn pasta and quinoa pasta I have tried taste nasty, rice noodles are a beautiful thing. I think tomorrow I will make another chicken soup. This recipe I have in mind has chicken, curry and peanut butter. It is excellent, so I will find a link and post it.

Ack. I feel so terrible. Time to go curl up on the couch and watch General Hospital and enjoy my quiet time while baby sleeps.

Frustrated-Incorporated…

They say misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery

Frustrated, Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you’d pay to see

Put me out of my misery
I’d do it for you, would you do it for me
We will always be busy making misery

We could build a factory and make misery
We’ll create the cure; we made the disease

Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you’d pay to feel

Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and you drama queens
Forever after happily, making misery

Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need
Was it only envy, so empty

Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated

Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery)
Frustrated, Incorporated (I’d do it for you, would you do it for me)
Frustrated, Incorporated (forever after happily)
Frustrated, Incorporated (making misery)
Soul Asylum

This is the song rolling through my head these days. I am burdened by stress right now and it seems to be coming in from every direction.  I am doing my best to think positively, but that is easier said than done! So where do I start???

My son won’t eat. He is not gaining weight and his weight dropped from the 75th percentile to the 10th. His height and head are still on track, but the pediatrician has said I must stop breastfeeding cold-turkey and get him drinking milk. I am at a loss for what I should do. Two days after going to the docs, of course, he came down with a nasty cold. This caused him to eat even less and made me leary about weaning at this time. Add the cold to about 4 teeth pushing through at once, this kid is miserable and I really cant blame him for not wanting to eat. Several times a day I try to get him drinking milk–no luck! Pediasure–no luck! Juice– no luck! He will drink water, but just sips while eating the little bit he does eat. Now as this cold is going away I fear he has lost weight and I am terrified! I have no clue what the best thing for him is. I am attending a La Leche League meeting on Saturday, Sept 5.  and other than that… I just keep feeding him the few things he will eat, broccoli, pancakes, crackers and french fries. I try new things daily and I think we could feed two more kids just on what he tosses to the floor.

Josh. This guy has always been a source of stress and I think he always will be. It seems he always knows when I am vulnerable and capitalizes on it. Here I am stressed about the issues with the baby and he goes and adds to it. I hate to get into details, but I feel like internet poker is the devil’s creation.

Ticks. My son had a tick on him the other day! I absolutley freak out when it comes to any type of bug, but when it comes to parasites, I could seriously rip my own skin off to get away from them. So to see a tick on my son was a traumatic event for me. I am still uneasy anytime I feel an itch! I keep checking my back in the mirror and feeling my scalp…  I feel like I am trapped in a bad OCD horror movie.

Kid at my feet screaming. It seems no matter what I am doing, I have a kid at my feet screaming or whining. It is hard to do your normal things, check email, cook food, clean house with a child latched on to your leg whining and screaming. I imagine if I did wean him this would be much worse… I think he is screaming because he is hungry… ”Hey kid, try eating something, you might feel better!” 

I have no clue what to do.

…and then began on the March square… well, it was named “Irish Rose” and it was very pretty… I finished the actual rose part in the middle of the square and then decided to frog it and start a different square when I realized how awkward it would be to lie on top of such a big “rose”… I am really trying to go for a more comfortable blanket at this time, so no more 3-D designs. I decided to go with “Esther’s square” for my March, which is actually a January square, but whatever.

At some point I got the mail and was pleasantly surprised to find YARN!!!

A huge assortment of Araucania Nature Wool from April, a girl on one of my co-op forums. I entered a “yarn for woolies” swap. I signed up as a worker, hoping to make another beautiful skirty for a lucky little girl. The blue and lilac are for me, the pink and pumpkin are for her. She has twins, boy and a girl so I will be working on some shorties as well as a skirty for her! Receiving her yarn in the mail got me thinking about a purchase I made on Hyena Cart… I should have received it by now… it is some delicious BFL called “Starry Night” — I have been in love with it for awhile and finally took the plunge and bought it. I am hoping to find some matching BFL trim somewhere and make it into a Wonderful Wallaby for the Boo.

These were not good.

How is the Gluten-free diet going? Wonderful! Well, until yesterday. I broke down and binged on carbs. Gluten is a delicious thing that I have taken for granted. I have decided I would rather die from a gluten related death than give up my precious gluten. That was the longest week of my life! The deciding factor was pure laziness combined with the complete lack of weight loss. After about 8 days… I didn’t even lose one pound. I blame the depression of looking at that bathroom scale on my full force attack on some REAL french toast sticks followed by a vegetarian corn dog and then a can of veggie soup. After all that I was still hungry, which surprised me. This weekend I intend on consuming the better part of a medium pizza and lots of beer!

You can’t move properly without beer. This is a law of nature.

We did secure a moving truck. Not at first, but after filling out some Internet “paperwork” Josh got a call letting us know we will have a truck at 4:30pm on Saturday. This is great for 3 reasons:

1. I have a hair appointment at 12:15pm, that I no longer have to cancel.

2. We can move this weekend, which does not call for rain… next weekend does.

3. I don’t have to be angry about Josh’s procrastination.

Off to start the skirty for April, finish baking the banana bread, and make taco dinner for the family.

Day ONE of the diet…

So day one of the gluten-free fiasco diet. Shopping yesterday was depressing. Did you know that everything has gluten? Except veggies and meat. Well, it was nice that our grocery bill really came down and we had a cart full of veggies, but now I know I have to cook in order to eat. No convenience foods here except rice cakes.