OK- I finally think I'm ready to start blogging again-
I've been so swamped and didn't feel well for about a month, coupled with going away 2ce and well- things were just a bit nutty!
So- 1 month until Christmas. I think I am "fairly" organized. I think. Avari is done beyond a few stocking stuffers (and hopefully her dollmaker, who has gone MIA, hasn't actually gone MIA). I am doing knitting as gifts, but as of yet, I'm waiting on the handdyed yarn, which is 1 week in to shipping and I really, really hope to heck it arrives this week, so I can make it through. I'm getting more ideas for the men, actually, I think I'm doing pretty good with that! I've finished about 20% of the Christmas cards, so I just have to do a Christmas photoshoot with Avari this week and get the cards done and pop them in the mail the first week of December.
This past week I have cut 5 heads of hair, done 2 photoshoots, crocheted 2 custom hats, taken Santa photos for the Festival of Trees, and worked 2 days. Oh, and I made a wreath at the craft night!
This week, on the agenda.
Work Sunday/Monday, make my display window, get advertising sorted for the open houses
Finish crocheting the custom hats
Finish Christmas Cards
Finish editing the photoshoots
Find and decorate a Christmas Tree and the house
Hopefully get the rest of the custom M&D order to pack up and take to Eager Beavers
Prime and Paint my Sewing Room
Clean the house to sparkle for company on Saturday, and get ready for the spa party
Do a Shoot Saturday morning before company arrives
Take the recycling to the depot and take the extra bed and mattresses to my parents
If the sock yarn arrives, start a pair
Ummm... yea. AND look after a very demanding, whiny, but still lovely toddler full time!
I wish I felt like updating more right now, but I just cna't get around to it- I hope that I get blog mania again sooN!
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This is what I am!
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
sock!
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Here is my first sock- wow- it is so pretty and it actually fits- I'm the queen of "too big things" so the fact that this actually fits is quite the miracle...
Now... I'm off to find some fingering weight yarn so that I can make some of the monkey socks.... once I finish the pair to this one of course!
Avari came down with a very bad fever on Saturday night. I had to work Sunday/Monday, so I was soooo worried about her, but she was in good care with Daddy. She wouldn't eat a thing, thank goodness for breastfeeding- if you ever have doubts about weaning, just think about the possibility of dehydration in a toddler who refuses to eat and drink, it's a life saver!
Today was day 2 with no fever but she still wouldn't eat. I tried to get her in to the clinic, but because she's not a patient with them, they wouldn't take her. The public health nurse advised me to take her to the ER, since she doesn't really have any weight on her to safely lose and she was pretty wobbly when she tried to walk. So, of course the second we get all checked in, she started to improve minute by minute. She wanted water and the banana and even wanted down. Good thing- no ear infections and no other obvious problems - the doctor just wanted to check to make sure there were no UTI problems so hopefully there will be a sample to collect after nap.
A sick child is the scariest thing on earth- to have no idea what is wrong and no way to find out. Thank goodness she is a very healthy little girl. I was so worried all morning! I'm hoping that she wakes up all chipper
I have so much work to catch up on this week!!
If you are inspired to make awesome food- here is a great blog
http://www.cookingninja.com/
my stomach won't stop growling!
I must go and try to fix my camera flash now- it has decided to just completely stop working very randomly-
I had another awesome Mama (A Squared designs) make her some long sleeved shirts, a hoodie dress and a pair of pants to wear under the dress. Holy cow, I love them.
and disclaimer- she really did need clothing- she only has a few things in 18-24 month sizes!
Aren't they gorgeous!!!!!!
Custom for Jendodd
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OMG- aren't these the cutest things ever!!!! I wanted some snazzy onesies for Avari for gymnastics and I found this awesome new Hyenacart (actually she found me I think!) and I got her to do 2 customs for me.
I love them and I can't wait!!!! Now I have to pick out some babylegs to wear with them......
Isn't she just going to be the cutest thing ever?
Here's a recap!!
Our fun dolls from Hillcountry Doll Maker- we ordered a little 6" baby from her and she sent a bunny as a gift
and you know how Avari likes Bunnies! Here she is hopping to the sleeping bunny song
We went and visited Rhonda and Aleesha on Thursday and Erin and Brayden came too- so that was the Mitchell Bros Baby reunion
so much fun!!!
Just finished Turkey dinner- yummmmmmm - I'm getting to be a pro at it now- some how it all worked out and was soooooo good!!!!!!! I was pretty durned impressed with myself about it. The menu 
was great and 
now I'm just waiting for Kevin to become unstuffed enough to want pumpkin pie.
Doesn't that looks super yummy!!!
I sure think so
I am very excited about Ravelry- I've been browsing since I got my invite and I'm trying to get my yarn stash all organized so that I can plan out projects- here is some of the yarn that I got this week
The grey brown Three Irish Girls Lindon Merino is already cast on and will be a pair of mittens for Kevin
The pink and grey Three Irish Girls Galenos Merino- well I'm not so sure- I'm thinking mittens for Avari for skating and some leg warmers!
The rainbow Beemer Knits DK Sock Yarn is going to be some awesome socks for me- my first socks! yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
My house is soooooo organized looking- well the main floor- it feels so nice! The living room area is completely organized, so I'll be starting with the laundry room this week- but I'm loving this so far!'
I'm trying to figure out how crafting works. I would LOVE to be able to have a table at the Dwight Hall Craft fair next year for Christmas, but what do people do? Craft all year long just for the one event? And how can I possibly not keep/give away everything before then? Hmmmm..... well once I have my sewing centre set up....
does anyone have any ideas what do buy Kevin for his birthday? He needs clothes but I think that he will hate me if I buy him clothes, because that is what he always gets now- but I honestly don't have any idea of what else to buy him!!! hmmmmmm.....
A mother in my junebug community gave birth this morning and her beautiful daughter Savannah died during birth. I'm so devestated- how can something like that happen- I don't even know what to think. Please pray for her family...
Avari has started trying to stack blocks- it's really cute, but looks so frustrating!!!
OK- I just got back from the most incredible meeting. It was a pain to get there and I have been suffering from a 7 day headache, and I'm exhausted and getting completely overwhelmed this month
The guest speaker was Alison Roberts and she is a professional organizer and she works on the principles of clutter effecting energy and such. Well, about 10 minutes in to it, all of the pieces fell in to place- no wonder I've been stressed, and exhausted- my complete life is one big ol piece of clutter!!!
Well, I'm devoting Avari's nap times for a solid month to helping feng shui my life- it's so hard to imagine starting, but I can visualize how I feel afterwards and OMG- my headache had dissipated by the end of it.
On to even more exciting news- Karen blogged a couple of photos from the shoot of Avari and I last week. I love her so much- she is the most incredibly positive person and such a great energy to be around! and she makes me look great!
http://mckinnonphoto.squarespace.com/
Wow- apparently 1% of the population is like me only- and alot of them are actually great humanitarians like Princes Di- that's alot to live up to....
As an INFP, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit into your personal value system. Your secondary mode is external, where you take things in primarily via your intuition.
INFPs, more than other iNtuitive Feeling types, are focused on making the world a better place for people. Their primary goal is to find out their meaning in life. What is their purpose? How can they best serve humanity in their lives? They are idealists and perfectionists, who drive themselves hard in their quest for achieving the goals they have identified for themselves
INFPs are highly intuitive about people. They rely heavily on their intuitions to guide them, and use their discoveries to constantly search for value in life. They are on a continuous mission to find the truth and meaning underlying things. Every encounter and every piece of knowledge gained gets sifted through the INFP's value system, and is evaluated to see if it has any potential to help the INFP define or refine their own path in life. The goal at the end of the path is always the same - the INFP is driven to help people and make the world a better place.
Generally thoughtful and considerate, INFPs are good listeners and put people at ease. Although they may be reserved in expressing emotion, they have a very deep well of caring and are genuinely interested in understanding people. This sincerity is sensed by others, making the INFP a valued friend and confidante. An INFP can be quite warm with people he or she knows well.
INFPs do not like conflict, and go to great lengths to avoid it. If they must face it, they will always approach it from the perspective of their feelings. In conflict situations, INFPs place little importance on who is right and who is wrong. They focus on the way that the conflict makes them feel, and indeed don't really care whether or not they're right. They don't want to feel badly. This trait sometimes makes them appear irrational and illogical in conflict situations. On the other hand, INFPs make very good mediators, and are typically good at solving other people's conflicts, because they intuitively understand people's perspectives and feelings, and genuinely want to help them.
INFPs are flexible and laid-back, until one of their values is violated. In the face of their value system being threatened, INFPs can become aggressive defenders, fighting passionately for their cause. When an INFP has adopted a project or job which they're interested in, it usually becomes a "cause" for them. Although they are not detail-oriented individuals, they will cover every possible detail with determination and vigor when working for their "cause".
When it comes to the mundane details of life maintenance, INFPs are typically completely unaware of such things. They might go for long periods without noticing a stain on the carpet, but carefully and meticulously brush a speck of dust off of their project booklet.
INFPs do not like to deal with hard facts and logic. Their focus on their feelings and the Human Condition makes it difficult for them to deal with impersonal judgment. They don't understand or believe in the validity of impersonal judgment, which makes them naturally rather ineffective at using it. Most INFPs will avoid impersonal analysis, although some have developed this ability and are able to be quite logical. Under stress, it's not uncommon for INFPs to mis-use hard logic in the heat of anger, throwing out fact after (often inaccurate) fact in an emotional outburst.
INFPs have very high standards and are perfectionists. Consequently, they are usually hard on themselves, and don't give themselves enough credit. INFPs may have problems working on a project in a group, because their standards are likely to be higher than other members' of the group. In group situations, they may have a "control" problem. The INFP needs to work on balancing their high ideals with the requirements of every day living. Without resolving this conflict, they will never be happy with themselves, and they may become confused and paralyzed about what to do with their lives.
INFPs are usually talented writers. They may be awkard and uncomfortable with expressing themselves verbally, but have a wonderful ability to define and express what they're feeling on paper. INFPs also appear frequently in social service professions, such as counselling or teaching. They are at their best in situations where they're working towards the public good, and in which they don't need to use hard logic.
INFPs who function in their well-developed sides can accomplish great and wonderful things, which they will rarely give themselves credit for. Some of the great, humanistic catalysts in the world have been INFPs.
Your Score: INFP - the Healer
You scored 9% I to E, 21% N to S, 9% F to T, and 71% J to P
You are more introverted than extroverted. You are more intuitive than observant, you are more feeling based than thinking based, and you prefer to go with the flow rather than having a plan. Your type can best be summarized by the word "Healer", which belongs to the larger group of idealists. You have a capacity for caring that is deeper than most. You strive for unity, are fascinated by the battles between good and evil, and can be something of an idealist. Only 1% of the population shares your type.
As a romantic partner, you are usually supprtive and nuturing, however, you have a high need for individuality. Harmony is extremely important to you as you are very affected by conflict and tension, which also makes you resist confronting your partner directly about problems. When you get angry, you usually blame yourself, rather than your partner. You can also be stubborn and unyielding when you feel you are being criticized or mistreated. You feel the most appreciated when your partner listens to you carefully. You need to be understood. You need to hear your partner express their feelings, the more often, the better. Your group summary: idealists (NF)Your type summary: INFP
Healer Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in striving for their ends, and investigative and attentive in their interpersonal relations. Healer present a seemingly tranquil, and noticiably pleasant face to the world, and though to all appearances they might seem reserved, and even shy, on the inside they are anything but reserved, having a capacity for caring not always found in other types. They care deeply-indeed, passionately-about a few special persons or a favorite cause, and their fervent aim is to bring peace and integrity to their loved ones and the world. Healers have a profound sense of idealism derived from a strong personal morality, and they conceive of the world as an ethical, honorable place. Indeed, to understand Healers, we must understand their idealism as almost boundless and selfless, inspiring them to make extraordinary sacrifices for someone or something they believe in. The Healer is the Prince or Princess of fairytale, the King's Champion or Defender of the Faith, like Sir Galahad or Joan of Arc.
Healers are found in only 1 percent of the general population, although, at times, their idealism leaves them feeling even more isolated from the rest of humanity. Healers seek unity in their lives, unity of body and mind, emotions and intellect, perhaps because they are likely to have a sense of inner division threaded through their lives, which comes from their often unhappy childhood. Healers live a fantasy-filled childhood, which, unfortunately, is discouraged or even punished by many parents. In a practical-minded family, required by their parents to be sociable and industrious in concrete ways, and also given down-to-earth siblings who conform to these parental expectations, Healers come to see themselves as ugly ducklings. Other types usually shrug off parental expectations that do not fit them, but not the Healers. Wishing to please their parents and siblings, but not knowing quite how to do it, they try to hide their differences, believing they are bad to be so fanciful, so unlike their more solid brothers and sisters. They wonder, some of them for the rest of their lives, whether they are OK. They are quite OK, just different from the rest of their family-swans reared in a family of ducks. Even so, to realize and really believe this is not easy for them. Deeply committed to the positive and the good, yet taught to believe there is evil in them, Healers can come to develop a certain fascination with the problem of good and evil, sacred and profane. Healers are drawn toward purity, but can become engrossed with the profane, continuously on the lookout for the wickedness that lurks within them. Then, when Healers believe thay have yielded to an impure temptation, they may be given to acts of self-sacrifice in atonement. Others seldom detect this inner turmoil, however, for the struggle between good and evil is within the Healer, who does not feel compelled to make the issue public.
September is my most favourite month- it always has been, and always will be! It feels much more like the beginning of the year than even January does- which is why I have decided to do some Resolutions! I have figured that the reason my "new year" resolutions don't work is because it's not really My new year! stay tuned
I have just been asked to write a few sentance bio of myself-
who am I?
So, I've come to believe that my blog is far to contrived. After reading it, I realize that it is tailored under the off chance that someone actually reads it, not to show my true feelings. I still want this to be a positive experience, but i have to start being more true to myself or there isn't much of a point to writing it!
I arrived back from my trip. It's amazing what ever 21 hours away from home can do, although when I returned, I realized that there has be a ruckus gone awry on my support community. I wish that it had not become such a negative environment. One of the people that I most wanted to participate in our trip and who's posts I look forward to has decided not to be present and that really bummed me out- it feels like I'm losing a friend. I hope that things can settle soon because I miss the fun of the old days!
and yes, it's always about the old days with me. Today on the radio they played Symbolistic and I was transported back - it's wonderful how nostalgia can give you that little shiver! I decided that it will be my cover single when I become a fantabulously famous singer.
I'm starting to understand the difficulties in the pressure of being a woman and trying to balance financial obligations and familial obligations. It's looked upon negatively if you do go back to work or if you don't go back to work. Basically, it's a financial necessity that I do work part-time right now. Yes I don't make much money, but an extra $200 a month makes it so that we can actually eat healthy and try to provide Avari with the best healthy options that we can. I've sacrificed one of our family days so that we can keep Avari out of care and Kevin super juggled his Mondays to make sure that we just have to have someone keep her for 4 hours. This is the best we can do, but the amount of guilty pressure that we are on the receiving end of is incredible- it's very disappointing to not receive positive support and reassurance.
On happier notes- Avari is such a doll! She showed off like a little monkey today and was chasing these boys all over the ferry kid zone. She even pinched one of them when they wouldn't let her spin the boat wheel (we of course did our job of discipline, but were smiling proudly to one another). She has finished the "toddling" and is running everywhere! There is a new obsession with books, and she insists on carrying one all over the house, usually it is "Ted and Friends", but there are a couple other choice ones as well.
Thanks to my dear friend Jen for posting this! I really needed it today
The Invisible Woman
It started to happen gradually. One day I was walking my son Jake to school. I was holding his hand and we were about to cross the street when the crossing guard said to him, "Who is that with you, young fella?""Nobody," he shrugged.Nobody? The crossing guard and I laughed. My son is only 5, but as we crossed the street I thought, "Oh my goodness, nobody?" I would walk into a room and no one would notice. I would say something to my family - like "Turn the TV down, please" - and nothing would happen. Nobody would get up, or even make a move for the remote. I would stand there for a minute, and then I would say again, a little louder,"Would someone turn the TV down?" Nothing
Just the other night my husband and I were out at a party. We'd been there for about three hours and I was ready to leave. I noticed he was talking to a friend from work. So I walked over, and when there was a break in the conversation, I whispered, "I'm ready to go when you are." He just kept right on talking.
I'm invisible.
It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" Obviously not. No one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all.I'm invisible.Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more. Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this? Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, "What time is it?" I'm a satellite guide to answer, "What number is the Disney Channel?" I'm a car to order, "Right around 5:30, please."I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude -but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going? She's going? She's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England. Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself as I looked down at my out-of-style dress; it was the only thing I could find that was clean. My unwashed hair was pulled up in a banana clip and I was afraid I could actually smell peanut butter in it. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, "I brought you this."
It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: "To Charlotte, with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees."In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work.*No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of their names.*These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished.*They made great sacrifices and expected no credit.*The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.
A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, "Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it."And the workman replied, "Because God sees."I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, "I see you, Charlotte. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become."At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride. I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, towork on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that degree.When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, "My mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table." That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, "You're gonna love it there."
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but also at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women.Running with endurance the race set before me,Paula
It's exploding right now- I have to write it all down because I'm forgetting quickly!
First Words- mama, dada, kitty, cat, kitty-cat, meow, woof, fiss (fish), bird, puff, eye
New words- bubble, down, NO, door, beun (plane), flush, yum-yum, baby, swing, slide, story
She's starting to try to hop to the sleeping bunny song- she ca't actually hop so it's more of a waddle while moving her arms as if she's really trying to hop- it is SO funny!!!
OK- so I'm a little stressed about everything that has to get done in such a small amount of time today- I'm so reliant that Avari will take her naps on time, but of course she's been up there for 30 minutes already blabbing away- Murphy's Law of course!
So, I've been reading other people's blog and they are all very interesting- so I appologize to anyone who has been reading this one, if you're even still doing it cause it sure is boring! If you email me, I'll pass you along some addresses to some better ones- ha ha!
Avari is having her nap now, we're off to the La Leche League meeting at 10 to day (it's 9:30), so I suppose that we'll be there by 11, and then it's off to lunch for 12! Then naptime, and if there is enough time, I'll get little chunky monkey weighed and then at some point I have to make a dish for the pot luck at 5. My parents are arriving sometime today.
The rest of the long weekend is going to be Crazy! (that's right it's capatalized!) Tomorrow, I'm going to visit mom and dad, and then I have to do the papers at some point. AND pack. AND do laundry. Then we are going to Nanaimo over night, coming back Saturday night and then I have to work Sunday and Monday. Yea for Stat-pay!!!
OK- I promise that I will try to be more creative on my entries in the future- I'll make it a goal
I always think of interesting things to write during the day and then I forget at blog time!
I'm sewing up the last arm of the sweater I made for Avari, it is the most gorgeous Kimono - I've started crocheting a little fancy bolero for her too, but I imagine it will take me forever! I can't wait until one day I have my own crafting room all set up. I've been looking at the Waldorf philosophy for educating children and I'm gathering some info to start on a toddler program, it's so facinating and I think that I'll get to learn alot with it too!
Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day!
Sorry- I didn't update about the long Friday!
Friday was blackberry festival and I had a booth at the fair for my shop. It was a great time- I missed out getting to see everything, but it was nice to relax. Dear Ava actually stayed up until 11:30- she just wanted to run back and forth and chase the balloons- what a sweetie! I can't believe she was awake for that long. I was absolutely exhausted by the end of the day!!!!
Saturday was very strange- there was a HUGE thunder and lightening storm with actual forked lightening- we don't usually get storms like that here. The power went out for a little while, but came back on before it was too dark. I got to have a good chat with the ladies, stayed up much too late and enjoyed a glass of wine!
Today was work day- the power went out again, but it was a beautiful sunny day- it went by very quickly. After work I met up with an old friend for a few hours that I haven't seen in a few years. He has an incredibly fun family and I got to hear some great stories and relive some nostalgia from the past.
Have you ever had a defining moment that made you try and change the path and course of your life? Do you wonder if you're just going through the motions, and one day you'll wake up 40 and have missed so much? I had that kind of defining moment this evening, although I'm not exactly sure how to act on it or how I feel about it. But at least now I know that there needs to be change- like an informal intervention. Tonight felt almost surreal- like I could have been in a parallel life, and I liked it a bit more than my own. But it's strange to feel that way and be completely happy at the same time? I guess my green grass wonders how much greener things could be...
I'll post tomorrow about it- it's 11:45 and I've been on the go since 8:00AM- I'm so too old for all of that excitment!
too be continued...
1/2 done!!!
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well- i've been motoring along on the kimono- partly in thanks for Avari napping 4 hours a day right now!!! It is so pretty. I have this problem of making everything really big because I can't the thought of her growing out of them in a few months- so the couple of sweaters I have made a size 2- so we should get 2 winters out of them.
What should I make to go with it.... hmmmmm...... I'll still have about a whole skein left..... slippers? mittens? winter hat?
While I was knitting this afternoon, Rachel Ray came on the TV- she had some 12 year old on there who are fashion designers- they are amazing!!! It's really an inspiration- I wish that I had a little sewing corner/room set up so that I could just pop in and work on things for a half hour at a time. I just need to get our old fridge/freezer room all cleared out and presto!!!
the yarn ball project!
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So- I may have gotten very excited about my yarn ball and put off crocheting a hat in order to start the kimono for Avari that I have been planning forever!
so here's the start of it-
I really must finish the vest sweater first though because it's hit that kind of weather!
Today was another sleep in day- I actually woke up before Avari- how crazy is that! AND she's napping- she must be growing because she never sleeps this much!
Yesterday I put a pair of 18month pants on her and they fit- wow! I guess it's time to start organizing the fall clothing!
Oh- and the craziest thing that happened- we had a bear in our yarn! He left a big pile of bearpoop in the driveway and ripped open our little runnermaid shed that we put our garbage cans in. Crazy!
Hand Painted Playsilk from Julia*dream
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What a pick-me-up today-
I received a "hug" in the mail today- a beautiful hand painted playsilk from one of my customers- she is opening her hyenacart store tomorrow and is so talented- it's beautiful!
go to http://www.hyenacart.com/ and look at the daily calender- her store's name is julia*dream - LOVE IT!
Also this afternoon, my yarn ball exchange arrived- woo hoo!!! I am in love and have already started a kimono project.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11254172@N04/ - check out the pics!! (there's a cute one of Ava too....)
Today we went and visited Craig- we were supposed to swim with Craig and Jaya, but there were lessons- so no pool. So instead we had a visit. The kids are starting to actually play together- it is SO cute! They chase each other and play peek a boo and I am so stoked about this toddler phase. Except for the tempers and the word NO!
and best of all- Kev brought home THE best slurpee tonight- yes- I shouldn't have a slurpee considering I am trying to lose 20 lbs in 9 weeks- but a pinacolada/lime slurpee combo is basically irrisistable
I didn't post for a few days- I wasn't feeling very positive and I'm trying to make this blog only positive- so if I don't have something good to say- I'll say nothing at all!
Avari slept until 7 this morning- doing a little happy dance!!!! She slept from 7 to 7- woo hoo! Usually we're dragged out of sleep 5:30 or 6. I have to admit that I feel incredible now!
So- this week I'm hoping that out of the funk, I can accomplish alot! I'd like to crochet 5 more hats before Blackberry Street Festival, and of course- I feel over my phone phobia, so I have to phone to book the table.
I was hoping to get to go to the Blackberry Wine and Cheese Fest, but Kevin works until 8:30 on Wednesdays, so no goal.
One of the major goals of this week is finding Avari a place to go from 1-5 on Mondays starting in September. I'm not nervous about her staying somewhere- it's ust going to be confusing for naptimes- she usually sleeps from 1:30ish to 3, but I'm not sure if she will nap somewhere else or not? Also, the whole germ factor (since we don't vaccinate). Now, I'm not opposed to her being exposed to the germs, it's just that I won't be exposed as well- We've done so well keeping her healthy with breastfeeding- mainly I believe because I've been everywhere that she has been- but I won't be around the care place to do that. Hmmmm......
oh the guilty life of a mother!
The Sears Wish List catalogue is here already! It's funny how exciting it is considering i don't think I've ever ordered anything out of it before- but it does make for about 1000 pages of good flipping material!
I'm not any more organized than I was this morning, but I feel more relaxed. I had the papers to do today, and it wasn't too hot so it was a really nice walk. I ordered a babywearing poncho that works for mom and tot, so if it rains, I won't be stuch trying to figure out what to do. That's pretty exciting for me!
I'm currently working on a skirt for Avari- it's going to be really fun, I created the pattern and it's still being created as I go along- so it'll be OOAK (one of a kind) I have some pretty beautiful bamboo yarn coming in the mail, but it's not here yet. I miss my mail deliveries over the past few months!!!
That's what time Avari woke up this morning. I'm not kidding! Usually it's just shy of 6. She was awake at 4:30, but I never expected her to sleep right up until I usually put her down for her nap. I'm all confused as what to do for her sleep schedule today now? We're supposed to be at a fun Summer Group right now, but I figured that I should try and put her down 2.5 hours after waking like normal which is now.... but she's not really in to falling asleep
Maybe it's due to the neighbour across the street that insists on revving his motor on his car for the past 5 minutes.
I don't think the blog will be very exciting today- I'm kinda tired and trying to figure out how to organize myself for lund dayz tomorrow. I don't even really feel like working on my crocheting this morning which I'm usually all gung-ho for...
Avari slept for almost 3 hours for a morning nap- I think it must be the weather. We are having a thunderstorm- but it's still realy bright out, it's actually beautiful!
I pulled out a diaper for Avari to use from the dryer and I have never had such a fright. The most gigantic spider crawled out of it. Now I am not at all scared of bugs, but I have never seen such a big spider before. It was at least 2 inches long and it had actual fangs. I thought I was going to die because it crawled our so quickly! I actually shreiked. I considered breifly taking a picture and then it lunged for my hand, so out it went-it may have perished in the process. How the heck did it get in my house, and my dryer! UGH!
I forgot the we were getting blueberries in my organics box today. They are absolute heaven- I have never tasted anything so wonderful- I know that my dad had a few bushes which are probably ready so I may head out there one of these days to get some!
We have started to harvest some veggies! I'm so excited- I've learned enough about gardening this year in the community garden, that next year I think that I'll be able to start my own little one. Now, I just need someone to show me how to can and I'll be set to have a sustanable veggie source for us!
We picked some potatoes, peas, beans and baby carrots for dinner tonight- yummy! and some nostertia (sp?) flowers which are apparently edible- i'll take their word for it!
Avari and I had a little jaunt to the beach- she loves the sand, and we are so lucky to be able to go there for just an hour everyday since we live so close.
It's getting close to naptime and I'll be starting a new knitting project- I don't feel like finishing the sweater yet, but I have some new sock yarn to play with and a few ideas.
Later on we'll go for a walk and there are a few papers to deliver- and then the day will be winding down.
What to cook for dinner- I guess I should take something out of the freezer- yea for a blog encouraging me to get with it- ha ha!
So, what to write? I wanted to join in this blogging craze, and now I have nothing to say really! Well, I'm sure that I do, but I'm not sure what it is!
I've been gearing up for Lund Days this week- been crocheting up a storm and trying to get lots of promotional stuff going. I've also opened a facebook group for PR parents. and I'm looking in to a hyenacart congo. and I've joined a project to shoot some photos for a women's transition house fundraiser. and then there's looking in to blackberry festival, and the fall fair. and I want to start sewing Avari's clothing.
so- this is why I need my blog! I need to write everything down that I want to get involved in, and organize myself (ha ha ha ha aa ha)
Well- I'm off to get ready to garden- Avari is still protesting her nap, and I have to get Kevin out of bed for work. It looks like a hot day today, so we'll work up a sweat on the paper route. I'm sure I'll update later in the day!
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