St Patty's Day Randoms

[dmorgendorffer]

[dmorgendorffer]

Finally finished the baby blanket I've been working on for my SIL's baby shower. Have to finish weaving in the ends and then try to block it tonight and hope it is dry in time to pack it up for the flight tomorrow. I have enough yarn left to make a little matching hat but I don't know if I'll have time to get that done. Plus I have not packed anything and I think I might need to do laundry. No chance I'll be able to leave work early today either, so I'll just spend all day stressing about and trying to make a packing list.

[lilyelayne]

dmorgendorffer yay for finishing the blanket! Could you make the hat on the plane? Or you could always send it when the baby actually arrives.

[lilyelayne]

Happy anniversary to me & DH! Four years though I have a sneaking suspicion I've been accidentally saying three... Oops.

[dmorgendorffer]

lilyelayne Happy Anniversary to you and your H!

I do remember making a little hat for one of my coworkers in one night, and that was while I was struggling to knit at all with my pregnancy carpal tunnel so I think I can probably knock it out before the shower.

[kartish]

Happy Anniversary lilyelayne! 2012 was a good year to get married!

dmorgendorffer I hope you have a good trip!

Happy Saint Patrick's day everyone! Hope everyone gets to enjoy some yummy corned beef today!

Today I am resolving that I'm not going to spend any extra money for the rest of the month. Just the necessities! We've been spending lots on going or to eat and splurging on done things lately, but after yesterday we need to get back on track.

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer fx for as little stress as possible for you today!

lilyelayne married on St Patrick's Day? I bet that was a fun reception. Happy anniversary!

Because of scheduling the Easter Bunny is coming tonight so I have egg stuffing to do tonight for the indoor egg hunt we'll be setting up too. Nothing big; just a few eggs filled with coins, candy, fruit snacks, gold fish, cheerios for the LO...I also have a few bigger gifts from the Easter bunny to put in their baskets. Then I'm boiling a shit load of eggs today bc I'm hosting egg dying and lamb cake making tomorrow night and "easter" is Sat. My sister and BIL are going to be arriving Friday night and staying with us too. But I like doing it all even though it's a lot of work. The alternative was pretty much missing easter bc I work that weekend (also my sister wouldn't have been able to make it). My mom is mad we are doing it this weekend because "it's not Easter"...so you'd rather do it without two of your children and your only grandchildren??

[dreemkin]

kartish regarding saving money: I feel like big unexpected expenses always happen around getting our tax return, so we have to use it on unfun grown-up things. Boo

[danitaec]

I forgot today was St. Paddy's Day until late last night. This morning I had to scramble to find a suitable green outfit for little dude since I had packed the diaper bag yesterday afternoon. I mean, the only people that will see him are me, my husband and my mother, so I don't know that it really mattered...

[dmorgendorffer]

dreemkin Happy Early Easter! What is a lamb cake?

[mishka29]

I have hand me down shirts for the kids for all occasions. I set them aside and save them for the day...then totally forget them EVERY TIME!

Needless to say my kids are not wearing green today.

[lilyelayne]

Sorry if these are huge, but I couldn't help but AW. This kid is too damn cute!

[lilyelayne]

Thanks dmorgendorffer & kartish & dreemkin!

Dreemkin- hope your Easter festivities are as fun as they sound!

[kartish]

Oh no badw0lf have you discussed tubes with the pediatrician?

[kartish]

Mar 17, 2016 10:21:00 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

kartish regarding saving money: I feel like big unexpected expenses always happen around getting our tax return, so we have to use it on unfun grown-up things. Boo

I know! This year a water heater, last year it was hospital bills, although the year before that we were lucky and got to spend it on a vacation, but the prior year before that was more grown up things. Spring is expensive!

[lilyelayne]

Mar 17, 2016 12:37:01 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

Mar 17, 2016 12:25:30 GMT -5 kartish said:

Oh no badw0lf have you discussed tubes with the pediatrician?

I think it's coming at our next visit. This will be infection #6 since October. I think. I've lost count.

I know no one wants her kid to go through surgery, but tubes were a godsend for both my nephews. Hopefully F doesn't need them, but if he does, I hope they're as life changing for him (and you!) as they were for my family.

[mrsclark731]

Happy St. Patty's day y'all!


I've been lurking but no real time to post--destination wedding season is in full swing! I just wanted to stop in and say hiiii!

[dmorgendorffer]

badw0lf I've had tubes put in 3 times and FFC the last time was in my early 20s and I still have them in. I've had conflicting advice from ENTs about having them removed. I know I probably should but I've always had chronic ear infections during allergy season without them, complete with the burst ear drums and hearing loss so I haven't done it. Most kids grow out of needing them, but when you do they make such a big difference.

[aggiebug]

Sitting here watching March madness and loving it. Currently laughing at Baylor.

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer after you eardrum burst how long did it take your ear to go back to normal? I'm still debating going to an ENT or just dealing with the hearing difference (sounds louder internally on that side if that makes any sense). And totally not a FFC! I've always had ear infections. It's not just a kid thing and I hate when people say that after I tell them about my ear infection.

[dreemkin]

Mar 17, 2016 10:34:06 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

dreemkin Happy Early Easter! What is a lamb cake?

It's a tradition from my bohemian (or Czech) side of the family to make a pound cake with a cast iron lamb mold. It is then decorated to look like a lamb sitting on grass or however far you want to go with it. All I remember as a kid is that it was always dry and I never wanted to eat it. But now that the generation of who is making them is changing, I think I'll try it again this year. I don't really know of the significance of the lamb cake but I remember it being a very big thing. I believe that the cake replaced having lamb meat at the Easter meal when times were tough and lamb became too expensive.

[dreemkin]

Here's an example of what ours always looked like.

[seamonster]

The lamb cake is cute. I don't think you have to use a pound cake recipe, but there are plenty that are moist.


We went to a smaller Paddy's Day parade near us instead of trekking downtown. Miss the big floats, but not the crowds. We may have been more excited than DS.

[dreemkin]

I think it's just a European thing, not just bohemian. seamonster the pound cake is used most of the time because it's a dense cake for the tiny parts to have a better chance at staying on while taking it out of the mold (ears and noses are often casualties). If you have a better recipe pls share!

And yes badw0lf, the sitting out doesn't help lol!!

[dmorgendorffer]

badw0lf I think the worst part for me was always waking up from the anesthesia. Super cranky. As far as after care you have to avoid getting water in it and do some ear drops for a while which might be uncomfortable for him. When I've had it done we went in the morning were home by early afternoon. Other than being cranky the day of recovery is really quick.

dreemkin I think if you are still having hearing issues you should see an ENT. I don't remember mine effecting my hearing for any longer than it took for the infections to clear up.

[seamonster]

Mar 18, 2016 8:00:51 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

I think it's just a European thing, not just bohemian. seamonster the pound cake is used most of the time because it's a dense cake for the tiny parts to have a better chance at staying on while taking it out of the mold (ears and noses are often casualties). If you have a better recipe pls share!

And yes badw0lf, the sitting out doesn't help lol!!

I didn't even think about the little parts of the mold. I have a couple pound cake recipes. I'll dig them up and post.