Rain
Posted by admin on Jan 20, 2010
We are having such beautiful, unusual-for-here weather! Tonight, like the last 3 nights, I am listening to rain. A beautiful, steady rain that makes wonderful drips off the edge of my roof. (Plus, the wind isn’t howling so I am not over worrying about the damage said rain is doing to my roof!). SO while it has been a while since I have posted, I am going to keep this one short so I can go enjoy the rain!
Still crafting
Posted by admin on Dec 7, 2009
So after a lovely weekend at Knott’s Berry Farm to celebrate Lily’s 7th birthday, I figured I better get back to work on the christmas presents. I couldn’t sleep, but since it is late I didn’t want to run the sewing machine. So I was able to cut the rest of the fabric for Jenny’s spring and fall outfits. Provided that they all work out, she will have a pair of jeans, a pair of shorts, a long skirt, a short skirt and two new shirts. (I was able to rework 2 of Lily’s favorite shirts into ones for Jenny– even keeping some of the embellishments!) Then I surfed the web and found direction for socks. I finished one pair and have two more cut– they are quite cute; you’ll have to wait until everything is done to see it though!
Christmas Presents
Posted by Steph on Dec 1, 2009
This is the second year I am challenging myself to $100 for Christmas presents. (Total, not each) So a lot of the presents I give will be handmade, including the ones for my kids.
Here is Carlos’. He spends a LOT of his time horizontal, so a floor pillow to lounge on made from his outgrown clothes. The inside is chopped up foam mattress pad. (Thanks mom!)
This is what I was working on when my sewing machine broke. So I had to switch to my older one that doesn’t have any fancy stitches. This means that the doll clothes I make for Lily will have plain stitches. I purchased a set of patterns for her “My Friend Jenny” doll.
“Four Seasons Friends”, it has a complete outfit for each season. The lot also came with a pattern for a robe, bag and sweater.
So tonight I set to work. After MUCH more time that I expected, here is summer. (Made from scraps leftover from making Lily clothes.)
Aren’t they beautiful? I am excited.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by admin on Nov 28, 2009
I know it is late, but hopefully it was a great on anyway. This year our menu was: French Onion Soup (homemade), FrenchBread (homemade) Cobb salad and Vesuvial Bananas. Everything was delicious and we really enjoyed it. The only downfall — no leftover turkey for sandwiches on Black Friday!! And unfortunately, the bread topping on the soup soaked up all the leftover soup– so lunch was mushy bread slices. I have made a mental not to dispose of all bread when I want to save the soup!
Carlos thinking
Posted by admin on Nov 12, 2009
I want to share something that Carlos said to me about a month ago. I have thought of it daily since.
We left the library and were walking towards the park. I noticed a lot of birds, which I pointed out to the kids. Carlos says “Those are pigeons.” <pause> “They don’t eat chicken.”
How true! I would love to be inside his head and see how that thought developed…
Blah
Posted by Steph on Nov 4, 2009
It has been a long time since my last post. That is because I am waiting for something exciting to happen, but it doesn’t. Some days I feel so upbeat, but i haven’t had them lately. These days I feel in a rut. I have been taking a lactation educator class that I was really excited about, but I didn’t learn anything new and I got really sick for the last two days of class. (I have been sick for over a week and my voice still hasn’t found it’s way back to me!)
The halloween party that I had been looking forward to (and invited my nephew to) was cancelled, but I was able to do a quick save courtesy of Chuck E. Cheese. (Sorry to all the other patrons that we probably infected!). Since everyone was sick or getting there even halloween dinner didn’t taste very good.
AND I have gotten used to having friends. We all have different schedules and this is just one of those times when it is difficult to get together. I feel lonely. Luckily, my mom has moved closer and I am going for a visit this weekend!
Sad day
Posted by Steph on Oct 21, 2009
Alas, my Mac has crashed. Fortunately, it is the old one (older than TL) that the kids use. I have been able to pick up dozens of old educational software that amazingly, still runs on the old Mac. (Thank you OS 9!) The kids love them and they have surprisingly learned a lot from them. The games won’t run on OS X, so I thought I would get creative and download Sheep Shaver, a program that runs Classic. While I am techie enough to do that; I am unable to actually understand how to use it. So it is off to the shop for my little iMac. Do you think the computer gurus will laugh when I ask them to fix my 7 year old computer?
Treasure hunting
Posted by Steph on Oct 14, 2009
Today we are off tho Yuma to tackle the large thrift stores. We really enjoy it and call it “treasure hunting”. It is appropriate, I think– you cannot head in there with a specific list of things you want, but you are likely to find some hidden gem!
Fall Vacation
Posted by Steph on Sep 27, 2009
The state of California is not doing well economically; one of the cost saving measures is to furlough state workers 3 days a month. This has some yucky repercussions at my husband’s workplace including workers feeling that they are worthless. Everyone is grumpy and not treating each other nicely. So we took a break and got away for awhile– first to Riverside so I could attend the first 3 days of a 5 day class. (The other days are held next month). Then we headed further north to visit the in-laws. Then we made a mad dash home so I could lead a meeting. Then we had a day to pack and rest then off to Disneyland! (Got some extra use from the annual passes we bought for our anniversary)
Mini Mickeys ready to hit the road
Finding treasure on Tom Sawyer's Island. A first for all of us and a new favorite for the kids.
They were getting ready for Halloween while we were there. This was taken from the top of a double decker bus on our way out of the park on our final day. We all enjoyed the views.
Ice Cream
Posted by Steph on Sep 11, 2009
I was sitting here surfing the web when I realized I was listening to electronic Christmas music. ”We Wish a Merry Christmas”, to be precise. Puzzled, I listened and identified it as the ice cream truck. It is almost 8– my kids are in bed already, why is the ice cream man patrolling now?! People, get your kids in bed. In the house at least… and where was the ice cream truck this afternoon when it was over 100 outside?
