I forgot I could knit

My mom gave me such a super idea! To start knitting! I completely forgot I could. When I was younger, I used to be so domesticated - baking, cooking, knitting , crocheting... what happened?

Anyway, I found this cute little jersey pattern at Rosebank's Sew Easy (they've only recently started stocking wool), bought beautiful light green Snuggly Buggly (yes, that's the name) wool and have already knitted about 30 rows. It doesn't look half bad given it's been about 20 years since I last picked up needles of any description. But maybe I should have started with a blanket or beanie because I've forgotten how to cast off. I wonder if they have any demos on YouTube?

You should have seen Hein's face when he came home from work only to find me sitting on the couch knitting rather than reading. His first words: 'You're such a mother!' Hope that was a compliment...

Nia

Two weeks ago I started Nia classes. They're basically a low-impact dance class incorporating karate, t'ai chi and tae kwon do moves among others... it' a small class of about 10 people - twice a week. Anymore than that and we'd be crashing into each other as there's lots of arm flinging, air punching, kicking and jumping. And of course, many with absolutely no co-ordination. I'm one to speak though. As much as I thought I had an innate rhythm, some of the moves throw me for a loop!

It's fun though - and unlike gym or any other class I've ever taken up I don't dread the afternoon, watching the clock tick closer to working out time... trying to think of an elaborate and legitimate excuse not to go.

Though it's certainly not going to turn my body into a lean, mean, pregnant machine, after each class I feel exhilarated, energised much less guilty about that birthday cake I had in the office that afternoon...

173 days to go

That's like half a year! 173 days seems like such an impossible time to wait. But then when I calculate that I'm already 100 days clear then I start to feel encouraged again. Still, I wish I were one of those women who only found out at five months that they were pregnant. How lucky are they? More than half way through and all they thought was that they were gaining weight. I'm sure they were not suffering from morning sickness. That's pretty difficult to be in denial about if you're experiencing it 24/7 for a month.

Maybe I should remove that google.baba homepage... it's really doing my head in.