Here are all the projects I plan on finishing this year! not really in any particular order
1. Slipper socks for Dad and Tony [knit]
2. Knee high socks for me [knit]
3. numerous cardigans for me (winter) [knit]
4. Numerous tank tops for me (summer) [knit]
5. at least 1 knitted dress for me [knit]
6. Boston Bruins toque for Steve [knit]
7. Blanket for Todd [cochet]
8. potholders for me and for dad [knit/crochet combo]
9. sackboy dolls for andrew [knit]
Steve does not want a baby otherwise he would be planning for it.
I really want a baby, more than anything. I am emotionally ready and the body clock has started ticking. It’s making me really emotional because I want what I can’t have.
Steve says he wants one…eventually. This came after him saying for months that he does not want children at all. Now he is saying that he does want them eventually but when we are financially ready. The common consensus that I keep getting is that you are never truly “ready” and I have a bad feeling that Steve only said he wants children eventually to shut me up. So in reality he is stringing me along and making me hope that the time will be soon when it may never come and it is making me really REALLY depressed.
Another problem I have is that if Steve just said this to shut me up and the time comes, he is going to be miserable. If the time never comes then I am going to be miserable so either way one of us is not happy and that is no way to have a relationship. I hope that this is all in my head but it really hurts because all I can think about is babies. Everywhere I look there is something to do with babies. A cute little newborn or someone who is pregnant or someone sending out a congratulatory email or just the smell of baby powder or seeing babies on TV. Last night an episode of our favorite show was on and 2 of the main characters were contemplating having a baby. I was squirming the entire time, then they whipped out the baby sock and I almost started crying…. oy vey!
so Steve once again got my hopes up about buying a house like he does almost every year. We got a phone call about 3 weeks ago from cibc saying “we noticed you are renting, did you know cibc is currently covering the 5% down?” So I got excited and told Steve about it.
Steve said he would book an appointment with the bank to see what they will offer us, sigh… no appointment was booked.
I asked him what the deal was and he heard from a few “friends” that the interest rate was going to drop in january. and So we wait…
I am trying to tell Steve all of the good points of buying a house since he seems terrified at the commitment. I think we are too intelligent to be paying over $1000 a month in rent. He seems to think that wasting $12000 a year or more is okay.
I tried telling him that if we buy a house we can consolidate our debt into the mortgage and then maybe we can afford a pretty new car. Still no dice.
His concern is that he hasn’t been with me for long enough… We have been together for 3 and a half years. How long do I have to waste money? I hate wasting money and I want a house that the doggies can chew on and I won’t have to answer to a landlord.
I also don’t want to deal with AON anymore. Something goes wrong with the house and we call in a service request and then they say they will be there on a certain day so we can make sure the dogs are barricaded in a room and then they never show up. Then when they do show up it isn’t the day they said they would and they won’t come in the house because Willow is out and they are afraid of her so it takes a month to get anything fixed. So we stopped calling and started trying to fix things ourselves.
I don’t want to have to wait for that stuff anymore. I want to be able to fix things myself and not have to worry about it not being the way AON wanted it.
My shower has been detached from the wall for months and if it falls it will hit me in the face, but we didn’t bother calling because we know it will never get done or if it does it will be half assed.
If it were in a house we owned, I would just tear the damn thing out and put in a shower stall. I have helped my dad with enough home improvements that I know what I am doing for the most part.
I wish there was a way I could convince Steve that buying a house is the best thing we can do right now. The interest rates are so low right now that it is a perfect time to buy.
I have made this about ten times now and I love it and it can be adjusted so easily. It is crochet and barely takes half a ball of yarn. For extra thickness you can work with 2 strands.
size G crochet hook
any yarn you like as long as it is worsted weight or thicker
Chain 3
11hdc in first ch, join with a slip stitch to top of ch 3.
ch 2 (counts as 1st hdc)
in same st hdc
2 hdc in each st around join with a sl st to top of ch2
ch 2
*2 hdc in next st 1 hdc in next st* repeat around join with a sl st to top of ch 2
ch 2
*2 hdc in next st 1 hdc in next st* repeat around join with a sl st to top of ch 2
ch 2
hdc in each st around join with a sl st to top of ch 2
repeat last row until hat covers all of your ears except the earlobes.
ch 1
sc in each st around join with sl st to chain 1
ch 1
sc in each st around join with sl st to chain 1
fasten off 
Here is a pattern that I found and made my own it fits size 8-10 ladies and can be adjusted to fit anyone
It is knit and takes about 1 7oz ball of worsted weight for a pair
on size 3.75mm needles
Cuff
cast on 59st
k1 p1
p1 k1
repeat those rows until piece measures 4-6 inches depending on how high you want your cuff
k39 turn leaving remaining 20 st on the left needle
k19 turn
k19 turn
repeat knitting 19 for 48 rows (this is where you would add or remove rows to make the slipper fit)
Shape Toe
k2tog k15 k2tog turn
knit across 17 st
k2tog k13 k2tog turn
knit across 15 st
k2tog k11 k2tog
Foot
pick up and knit 29 st (or however many stitches it will allow you on the side if you adjusted the slipper to fit, make sure you pick up the same amount on the other side) along the left side of the tongue, k20 from the cuff
knit all st across pick up and knit 29 along the right side of the tongue, k20 from the cuff (111 st)
knit 10 rows
Sole
k2tog k45 k2tog k5 k2tog k5 k2tog k46 k2tog (106 st)
knit across
k2tog k45 k2tog k3 k2tog k3 k2tog k45 k2tog (101 st)
knit across
k2tog k44 k2tog k2 k2tog k2 k2tog k43 k2tog (96 st)
knit across
k2tog k42 k2tog k1 k2tog k1 k2tog k42 k2tog
knit across
bind off and sew up the cuff and the bottom of slipper, Make another one!
I am one. I wasn’t supposed to say anything because it is my christmas present and I am not supposed to know
