After suffering for almost 8 years with Ulcerative Colitis, I finally a total colectomy. It has been long road to recovery and learning how to live with my new body. Here are some tid-bits of my life without a colon as I navigate insurance, doctors, and the added bonus of IVF and surrogacy.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
You can have the last cookie
Friday, October 21, 2011
Bloody Mary Costume
So, she's going to put celery sticks in her hair and I came up with crocheted olives!! The larger one could be a necklace or another hair accessory, maybe a bracelet. Total costume picture to come! :)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Knitted Coffee Snuggly


I used bamboo yarn, Size 10 needles. This is my first pattern so tell me if I wrote something wrong. :)
Coffee Snuggly
Size 10 needles
Pattern:
Cast on 18 stitches
Row1 (rs): (K1, P1) 9 times
Row2 (ws): (P1, K1) 9 times
Row3 (rs): (K1, P1){K1, K1, K1, K1, P1, K1, K1, K1, K1, P1, K1, K1, K1, K1} (P1, K1)
Row4 (ws): (P1, K1) {P1}14 times (K1, P1)
Row 5: repeat row 3
Row 6: repeat row 4
Row 7: K1, P1, C4B, P1, C4B, P1, C4B, P1, K1
Row8: repeat row 4
Continue to repeat pattern (Row 3-8) until your work is about 9 inches long ending on row 8. Work in button holes as follows. K1, P1, K1, yo, k2tog, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, yo, K2tog, K1, P1, K1.
Finish with:
Row 2
Cast off.
Knit my cares away!

I've been working on health stuff for a few months now. I get tests done and they tell me to do more tests; and then they tell me there was nothing to worry about!
No matter what, I can always use my hands and knit all my cares away. Just in the last week I learned how to follow a pattern for my first baby bib. (Pattern here!)
And I wrote and executed my first pattern!! I'm so excited that I can work on these projects as much or as little as I want. What a great week!


