Long Nights and Twin Yolks

So far, this harvest hasn’t gotten much easier. The grain dryer has been being difficult, and requiring almost around the clock attention. Last night Knut didn’t get in until almost 2am, and then was out again at 5am, and back again at 6am. The kids normally don’t get up until 6:30, but they all heard him come in at 6am and missing their daddy, attached themselves to him, and ended up in tears when they found out it was not time to get up, and Daddy was in fact very, very tired, and had to sleep until 8am before going out again.

So I got up at 6am with the kids, and shamelessly put them in front of the t.v. pretty much right away after breakfast as I have no resemblance to a morning person. Knut normally gets up with the kids and feeds them breakfast, to everyone’s benefit. I know, what a great Daddy.

And the weird highlight of the morning was that when Knut got up at 8, I made him eggs, and you know what? One egg gave me 2 yolks. I’ve never seen that before! What are the chances? Knut thought I should take a picture of it for you all, but the pan was really hot, and I was afraid that if I went for my camera, you would all see burnt twin yolks. For those of you who think we have chickens because we live on a farm, you are mistaken. These eggs were from the grocery store.

I’d love to show you what I’ve been crocheting up, but I can’t. I’ll say it’s something for a twin, but if I show it to you, you’ll know it is for one of the boy twins (Knut’s brother’s) or one of the girl twins (my sister’s). I’d like to keep that a surprise! But I’ll be sure to take pictures before this present is given away, so that I can post the finished product after the receiver receives. All I can say, is it’s awesome.

I’ve been doing a ton of cleaning, crocheting and knitting, and of course baking while Sassy Pfaffy is at the spa. Lady Katherine hasn’t been so obliging yet. I think she’s holding out for her own spa day. I called the Sew and Vac yesterday, and asked how Sassy was doing. The mechanic said again, he has never seen this problem in all his years working on sewing machines, but figured out what was wrong, and ordered the replacement part. I asked how long it would take, because I have Christmas presents to sew! He said he’d hope it would be done by Christmas. Don’t we all!

But, just when I am frustrated that Sassy in on vacation, and Lady Katherine is jealous of Sassy’s spa time, my serger, I believe, is coming to my rescue. According to UPS tracking, it should be arriving tomorrow, ready for me to experiment with. The main Christmas presents I need to finish are the kids’ flannel p.j.s. I think that would be a great starter project for the serger, don’t you think? The fabric is pre-washed, and cut. Ready to go. I already decided that I’m using snaps from my diaper snap press for the p.j.s instead of buttons, because I have never made a nice looking button hole. I hate doing button holes…a lot. I’ve never done snaps on my kids’ clothes before, but I think it’s time I start!