Dance Like There's No Tomorrow

Ah, the joys of motherhood! Lola gets to snuggle with a cute 'ickle baby who likes sleeping (not a bad thing unless you want to nurse . . . then we're talking pain), and me? Well, my oldest came down with a case of shingles. Yup, shingles. When our mom heard about it, her first response wasn't "Oh, the poor thing" it was "She can't have shingles; she's too young." Well, apparently now that the chicken pox is a virtual thing of the past, people aren't upping their immunity for shingles and it is occurring more and more in young people. So, today my 16-year-old is told that she has a disease that just ten years ago they didn't see a lot in people under 50. It's treatable with Valtrex (yes, that Valtrex) and she'll be fine, considering that Madre agreed to dinner at Pancheros, a mini sudoku book, but balked at the huge ass stuffed animal. There's only so much "But I have shingles" will get you.

A few days ago, Sarah gave us the "You Make My Day" award so we are passing along the favor. The rules are simple and go as follow. "Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times." Trust us, we're not expecting the get the award several times, but Sarah had it in quotes so we're leaving it. We picked ten (obviously Bella Knitting is a site that more than makes our day, but that would have put us over the limit . . . shame). Here are the folks who make our day (Lola's five are on top):

Tentenknits: Margaux makes me want to knit every one of her projects. That Hexagon shawl will be mine. Ava's note: If you hover over her address on GMail, it's full of all sorts of lovely yarn goodness . . . plus that bit about pushing Malabrigo doesn't hurt.
Cosymakes: Newer blog to me. I enjoy her FOs. And how can you not love those glasses?
Posie Gets Cozy: Duh? Everyday I appreciate beautiful photographs. It really is a talent that some people posses. Ava's note: Thanks to Alicia, we almost got a new dog. Veronica was very persuasive for a while.
My Happy Life: I love her pictures & she has a fascination with Star Wars (always a plus)
Along Griffin Creek: Had a baby around the same time as I did. I love following people with similar due dates. I also enjoy watching their progress on their new home. Ava's note: and god is that baby cute! Makes me ovulate just looking at her. Seriously, go have a peek and you'll see what I mean.
Knits: Ummm, Shannon knows I adore her. Honestly, who else will agree to ship you chocolate for a knitting book? Whenever the Flyer begins to toss around a trip to England, my first instinct is to say yes . . . so I can meet Shannon in person.
Susan's Pointy Sticks: Susan had me as a sock pal and we've continued to keep in touch despite our slight disagreement on the color yellow. She's found a new passion in spinning, but I won't hold that against her.
Through the Loops: What's not to love about a mother of twins and a singleton? Oh, need more encouragement? Fine . . . knits, spins, makes own patterns, shares said patterns often for little other than credit and praise, has a super cool phone, passed down talent to kids . . . you get the picture!
January One: Honestly, Cara, yours was the first blog that I read and your first comment on ours made me giddy with excitement. To the point that the girls and the Flyer asked if I was feeling alright.
JenLa: An honest appraisal of just about everything is what you will get with JenLa. Often times I make it the last post I read as things have been known to come out of orifices whilst reading the daily "what's what." Personally, blogging with a partner is a blast, but when one partner has a bevy of animals (some that scare me a bit), it makes for more fun.

There you have it. Not much knitting done here. I finished my homework for the fair isle class (pictured above) and cast on for a baby sweater for the Mars baby. I settled on a bright cheery red Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran (pictured way above) for the hooded baby sweater. Sometimes it kind of sucks when the mom-to-be is a knitter, but this time it is making me more vigilant for my sloppiness.

Ava

PS - To the people who had the misfortune of sitting near us at dinner, may I just apologize for, and in no particular order, one child using the word "shingle" in every form possible (shinglerific, shingletastic . . . you get the idea) and the other threatening to a) spit on said sister and b) rub her popped shingle blisters on sister's clothing, but also being reminded not to c) rub her rash and then touch her eye. Again, sorry to have inconvenienced your dinner hour. And no, your hair really did look real.

Comments

It's okay. About a month ago I got scabies. I don't know how or from where and I didn't even know that scabies still existed...but yes they do. And my doctor must be the last person in the world to prescribe the Lindane lotion. The one that is made up of a pesticide that 50 countries have banned it for medicinal use and even for pesiticidal (not a real word but totally is now) uses. I had to get lubed up from neck to toe with this lotion that can cause lung problems and even heart problems that can result in death, when my doctor could have given me a tiny little pill and gotten it over and done with. But no. This is why I don't like going to the quicky MedChecks.
Scabies suck. I hope I don't get shingles. Although shingleriffic is an awesome word.

Posted by: Leigh | January 24, 2008 at 11:50 PM

Ugh. Shingles. I hope she's not in too much pain.

Thanks for the shout out! You guys are so sweet!

Posted by: Cara | January 25, 2008 at 08:51 AM

Argh! I just nominated you guys, before I had a chance to read this post. Crap. Sorry! ;) Thanks for the nod! You two rock!

Posted by: Kirsten | January 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM

hey ladies!! thanks for the love!! you are awesome - i'm always here for good malabrigo pushing!... and i hope the shingles goes away Real Soon!! :-)

Posted by: margaux | January 25, 2008 at 12:27 PM

shingles is no fun. Give her the stuffed animal too!!

Posted by: tricia | January 26, 2008 at 10:55 AM

Wow, my husband got shingles three weeks ago actually. He's only 27 and everyone was shocked to hear what it was. He actually managed to have it show up the same week he started a new job. Oh yeah, it came in across his neck and the back of his head, terribly painful and terribly exposed.
I feel for your daughter...after seeing the pain my husband was in she must have been doing awful.
At least the antiviral helps with the pain. She must be feeling better to create such awesome new vocab...I will be passing these on to hubs.

Posted by: Vicki | January 28, 2008 at 11:34 AM