Yarn porn

Well I got the 2nd sleeve done today no thanks to K. I'm busy working away on the cardi (which is for her daughter, BTW) when she pulls up in my driveway. I threw a blanket over it quickly (it's a surprise) as she walked up to my porch. She says "get in the car, let's go get gyro's and the kids can play in the pool." I couldn't say no to gyros, and since it was 90 degrees today I figured the kids deserved a play in the pool. I didn't get home until right before the boys got home. I worked furiously until DH got home. It was too damn hot to cook dinner so we picked up burgers from the burger joint and then the kids played in the sprinkler. I took a shower, and then finished off the 2nd sleeve. I put the rest of the stitches back on the circular and knit 2 rows. I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished today. The first picture is of what the whole thing looks like, and the second is a close up of the sleeve.
The next picture is yarn porn. A big bag 'o yarn from KP for Anouk and a Good Guest Dress. Then, of course, yarn closeups. Every good yarn deserves a closeup.
I am proud to say, that even though the pattern designer for the cardi didn't give stitch counts at the end of the add stitch rows, I managed to come up right. That's one thing I want to make sure I do when I design patterns. It really sucks to be knititng along and not be sure you have the right number of stitches. I think that each time a row count changes, the designer should note the new number of stitches to help out the stitcher.
And what's with this "stitch until length is ........ in" crap? Tell me how many freaking rows to knit. If I'm knitting via THEIR gauge, they should tell me how many row to knit. I was afraid my sleeves wouldn't come out the same length as I had some issues with row counting, but they seem to be the same length so that's good. Maybe I could take it off the circs tomorrow and thread it onto some yarn so Cee-Cee can try it on. She's a little smaller than A. but at least it will give me an idea of size.
I've got to get to bed tonight before midnight. I'm sick of being exhausted in the morning. I can nap, but I have PT at 3:45 so I'll be sore and tired after that. My shoulder for some reason hurts more today than it has been. I took a pain pill and it helped a little.
I need to think about yarn shopping for the summer swap. The person I'm sending to seems really nice and I've had fun chatting with her. I got an email from the person who has my name and I wrote back but haven't heard from her again. I love making new friends.