A Grandbaby!

I had a completely different post planned for you today.  I was going to tell you about my dentist appointment, and my clean bill of dental health.  And I was going to tell you about how the hygienist told me a story of how she touched a snake for the first time in her life -- it was a friend's pet snake-- and she said it felt like a nut sack, and how I laughed so hard she had to stop cleaning my teeth.  And how she said, "I don't know why things like that pop into my head, but they do, so I said it." 

Then I was going to tell you how I'd intended to start reading Taliesin, by Stephen R. Lawhead, but changed my mind when I found the first book of the Edge Of Collapse series marked down, so I bought and started it instead. 

This is one Brennan had recommended, but I felt it was a bit too expensive for an e-book.  However, I managed to catch it 60% off and got it cheap.  It's pretty good so far, but I don't know if I can handle a seven book series.  

Then I was going to tell you about how I overheard a coworker in the bathroom talking about how my Stalker keeps trying to look down her shirt.  I was in the stall, and she was talking to someone else.  She kept calling Stalker "Wild Bill" and the other person didn't know who she meant, then she said, "You know, The Warden's best friend!"  That's when the other person got it.  

And I was going to explain that The Big Man Up Front's new blog name will be The Warden, since he seems to be trying to turn the plant into a prison, and I was going to tell you that I got so completely caught up in thinking about that conversation that I forgot to put my gloves and armguards on until I got all the way back to my brazing stand, and had to go back to the bathroom to get them. 

Buuuut, just before I sat down to blog, my sister texted me and said my oldest nephew and his wife are expecting a baby!  It's due August 15, and are going to find out if it's a girl or boy this weekend.  I told her to let me know as soon as possible so I can start knitting.  

If it's a girl, I already have a dress finished, except for sewing on the buttons.  If it's a boy, I'll have to start from scratch.  

Even if it's a girl, I'll probably do a sweater and hat as well, since they do live in Alaska.  

Oh wait, did you think it was MY grandbaby?  No such luck...Cody did tell me he wanted to start some seeds in his new greenhouse, so I'll have some grand-plants, I guess...

And Finley, the grand-cat.