the blurred week

this week has flown by
for me in a total
blur of commitments,
appointments, phone calls,
hospital visits, work, work
and work....

my new job is fantastic but
very busy....once i have truly
"caught on", it won't feel so
manic i'm sure, but for right now...
it does.

my brother and sister-in-law
had their third baby, finally a girl!
hannah lily, isn't that the cutest?

we held an "art gallery" as a fundraiser
for our children's elementary school
and it went over smashingly...
we are hoping to have it be an annual
event...yay!

that's my week in a nutshell
and that is my reason for not being around
or getting to read any of my favorite blogs...
:(
soon this will calm down...i'm sure of it.

have a good weekend
(ours is calling for flurries? what the???)

friday and i am so in love!

so much going on!
but first,
a package from the sweet daisies
who offered to send me some
organic colored yarn
on the condition that i would bring
some of the stuff i made
to see if it would sell at a local
craft store
(i have yet to hold up my end,
bad geek girl, bad)
i love that brown...and the green is serene...and the white...ack!!
and an ugly doll, i am hooking him to my car keys!!!
and the prettiest of cards....
thank you so much, daisies, now i will work on getting something to you
in return and on keeping my end of the deal...

what else am i loving?

well...this one is kind of bittersweet.
i have decided to stop the childcare/IBI therapy part of my life.
for the first time in about 5 years, i am going to work full time
outside of my home...
i am excited about this, the job is in a showroom for kitchen
and bath products, a very beautiful showroom with lots
of light and gorgeous floors and displays...i am excited
to be working with adults again and to be able to dress up
without worrying about paint/food/snot/vomit/etc.

however, it also means letting go of the child that i
have had in my care since i opened five years ago.
and this is not easy. but we are going to make sure
that he still has a place in our lives .

other things i am loving?
-did you see grey's anatomy last night? alex! gah!
-did you see the preview for next week's grey's? ack! two hours!
-and not to make it seem like all i do is watch tv, but
does anyone else watch brothers and sisters? and the preview for this week!
-new shoes...ballet flats in black and in blue...
-finished reading the kite runner...a book so worth the hype...
-tiny purple flowers showing up unexpected on the lawn
-seven learned to ride a bike with the incentive of ten dollars

ch-ch-changes....

there are some major changes
underfoot
at the geek-residence...
and i think they are going to be
good.

first and foremost,
the appearance of the sun,
it was sorely missed...

however,
my presence may be a little
sketchy for a bit
until we get this under control...
but i'm sure everyone is busy
enjoying spring anyway...

yay sun!

mail of the cutest kind!

the mailman gave me a package today
all the way from noodles and doodles
in ireland!
how excited was i?
would doing a bit of a jig be excited
enough?
squealing out loud at the cuteness
of it all?

see for yourself...
witness the cuteness....

and there were chocolate eggs in the cutest of egg cozies
but they didn't last long enough for their photo-op...
thanks so much, maxine, it made my day :)

omg

whoops...this has been edited to explain
that today, unfortunately, is not my birthday.
i only said that i was 36 at the beginning of this
post in order to point out how damned old i am
to be finally hitting this normally 16-year-old
acheivement....heehee...sorry for the confusion

i am 36 years old.
i have done the written test
for my driver's license
every year since i turned sixteen.

i have never done the actual driver's test.

until today.

and he passed me.
he really really passed me.
even though i sat at two red lights
that i knew i could turn right on
but froze.

even though my backing up
was nothing short of
atrocious
and i had a
stress induced giggle fit
in the middle of
said backing up experience.

i.
have.
a.
driver's.
license.

it seems very surreal at the moment.
like yeah, ok, i have this
but that doesn't mean that i can really
go out and get in the car and drive somewhere
by myself, right???

gah.