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We are so stoked about the latest improvement to our home.  I would have liked to put in new flooring first.  But with Jack’s mobility around the corner, our first priority was ditching the tacky, old metal rod railing and putting in a real banister.  Ben found a local handyman for the job.  Clay and his son Luke have been working hard to make our stairs safer and more beautiful!  Later Ben and I will stain and finish it. 

Ben is so nerdy proud of the railing.  He called me up from the basement “Come look at this!  It’s so great!”  What did he want me to look at?  That wooden plank they had just laid down where the carpet is peeled.  Uh, cool?  Ben has been pausing and admiring the stairs all day.  🙂

I feel so awkward when people are working in my home.  Should I help them hold nails?  Make them cookies?  Put on music for them?  Leave?  I chose to hole-up a floor away from them for most of the day.

This improvement has me itching for more!  Blinds in the front window?  Yes, please.  New carpeting/wood floors?  Oh, yes!  If only we had a couple more savings accounts to dip into.  For now, I’m happy 🙂

(PS: I’m really happy.  Honestly.  Jack is darling.  My job is great.  Ben quitting his job has made him happier than I’ve seen in years.  Life is good.)

 Ben’s dream come true, he made a manbaby of himself:

I’m so sorry for that.

(What did I say about feast or famine? I only got 7 hours of work today.  But I’m on call all day and night so I might pick up a few more)

Boy do I love TV.  I never thought there would be so many shows that I enjoy watching.  If you are looking for a new show,  here’s my list- in order of enjoyment.

Can’t wait for a new one each week:
1. The Good Guys
2. (tie) 30 Rock, Community
3. How I Met Your Mother

Look forward to, but knit while watching:
4. Bones
5. Glee
6. Castle
7. American Dad

Pure knitting background noise:
8. The Big Bang Theory
9. The Office
10. Better With You
11. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
12. Modern Family
13. Family Guy
14. Running Wilde

Can’t wait for the season to start up again:
-Burn Notice
-Doctor Who

After my aviator hat Martha asked what else I was knitting.  What else?!  With my little dude to keep bundled warm as an excuse, I’m going a little crazy lately.  Here’s a shot of my ravelry page for you non-members:

(Yes Amanda, those German rolls I have tabbed are for Friday night – if I don’t get called in to work.)

There are four more rows of completed/hibernating projects below these two rows, and I have four projects queued and two more in my head.  Here are some more photos of Jack in the new tri-peak hat.  First it was too small, then it was too big.  I’m leaving it large.   Maybe in another couple months it will fit.

Ben thinks he looks like a stoner in this hat.  He provided subtitles.  For the above: Dude, is that a Jack-in-the-Box taco?

For this one: Oh duuuuuuude, I’m so wasteeeeeeeed.

PS Speaking of munchies . . . Amanda, we went to Edward’s Meats and got some promising German sausages.  Ben drooled over the elk meat cooler.  They had AMAZING stuff.  Dad, if we have time you should check it out on your next visit.  And bring a chest to take home.

It’s feast or famine at my job.  Saturday was a half day, but Monday I worked 15 hours.  It was a stressful morning – they had me alone at one of our hospitals with a full day of work, including a blood transfusion in the morning and I haven’t given blood at this hospital before, so it was a whole new set of documentation and procedure to figure out.  During the first 45 minutes of my day I found out we had two additional patients, and I hadn’t even had a chance to do water checks yet!  I called my coordinator who lovingly swooped in and helped me.  Then the day changed and it looked like I would go home around 1, and just be on call.  But THEN I had to switch hospitals for another treatment.  My patient took, literally, hours to be arrive.  Once we started I had problem after problem.  I finally got permission to end the treatment for the night, and it was 9:30 pm.  On the drive home there were strong winds.  The cars on C-470 were swerving around, trying not to blow into each other.  Bed was heaven. 

On my day off today I stayed in pajamas until lunch.  Ben spent a good chunk of the morning on math homework.  I played with Jack and did my usual day off fare – laundry, grocery shopping, knitting, TV shows (there are so many good ones this fall!).  I made meatloaf and potatoes with broccoli and cauliflower for dinner.  Brian came over to share some Halloween cupcakes.  It sounds like Halloween trivia last night was a blast, I’m sorry I had to miss it.  We had more wind today, so I kept Jack cozy in lots of layers.  He’s been rubbing his eyes all day.  I can’t tell if he’s super sleepy or if he’s having a mild allergic reaction.  If it’s allergies, then to what? Wool hat? Knit romper? Sweet potatoes? Cat hair? These are all new things that he got into today.  Oh well.  He didn’t seem distressed about it.

This weekend I’m looking forward to Amanda’s Home Speech Meet.  Brian and I get to be judges.  We’re all doing a sleepover at the condo Friday night.  Jem and Natasha, plus baby and three adults!  It should be lots of fun. 

I kind of hope to get home in time to attend the ward “fall festival” aka Halloween party Saturday night.  We have costumes but no place to show them off.  Sunday we might go walking around the Highlands neighborhood.  Brian might have people over at night. Who knows, maybe we’ll just answer the door in costume. 

Whoops, was that a week ago that I last posted?  Time flies!  This week was my sister’s birthday, my brother’s birthday, and Miranda’s birthday, who came to visit Denver with her family.  I took off yesterday and today so we could hit all our favorite places.  I got some fabric from Fancy Tiger today to make another tunic.  It took great willpower not to walk out with another skein of Twinkle bulky yarn.  I love them so. 

Tomorrow is my Saturday at work.  Fingers crossed that it will be a short day!  Jack had a grumpy mood all of today and his sleep schedule is pretty messed up.  I’d like to spend some happy time with him, and see my friends and sister a little more.  

This photo is from the same day as the last one.  Another adorable expression to start your weekend.