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[danuv]

We skipped breakfast with the family this morning so that I could keep Jack home as long as possible and drove down to mom's around 1:30. He pretty much laid on my lap or Tomas's all before lunch, slept on the sofa during lunch and then laid in my lap while we opened presents. As we were finishing he threw up all over me. All he'd had all day is pedialight (however its spelled) and half a tortilla. I don't remember either of the girls being this sick for this long. The doctor in the ER last night acted like Tomas was crazy for bringing him in (which our ped's office told us to). I hate doctors like that. They're the same ones who will yell at you when you don't bring them in when they think you should have. I think I'll rewrap some of his presents for him to open when he feels better. My poor baby.

Mom gave me a yarn swift and ball winder. The girls will really appreciate not having to be a human yarn swift anymore I'm sure. The first skein didn't wind up as tightly as I'd like. I'll have to see if I'm doing something wrong. It's kind of a floppy soft cake (she got me a ball winder too).

Oh, Tomas broke the washing machine last night before he went into the ER. He loaded it with two pillows, two blankets, a towel and two pairs of pjs. The repair man will have to be called on Monday. This is after Isadora ripped the medicine cabinet off the bathroom wall and it fell to pieces in the floor. By the time the washer died I just had to laugh. Really. This year. Ugh. Fuck it.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

Ugh. Hate doctors like that. I hope Jack is doing better now.

The ball winder and swift are an awesome present. Depending on the yarn though, sometimes I end up winding balls a couple of times to get the tension I want. Still, I couldn't do without mine.

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Thanks, he seems to be doing better now.

Yes, I'm sure I'll figure it out I just didn't see how to get more tension last night in my one sleep deprived ball winding attempt. It's going to be so nice though.

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

If it's one of the table top ball-winders, you have to make sure the metal tensioning arm is pulled all the way out and kind of snapped into place... which you might already know, but which has bedeviled every new ball-winder owner I've known, including me. But yeah, so very nice to have. I used to use the back of a chair and wind by hand and it would take hours, and now even the most ornery ball is done in half an hour or so, and most in five to ten minutes. (I have to ball up some rayon for Mum and that is going to make me crazy... but still better than by hand.)

[danuv.livejournal.com]

Yup, arm was extended. I think the problem had more to do with me using the hand holding erm handle. Need to figure out how to use the table clamp.

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Oh yeah. That definitely helps. It's just a pain finding the right surface to clamp it to.