monday morning....

now that i have a month under my belt
at the new job
i am making a resolution to get back to
making/doing/dreaming/creating
and last but not least,
blogging...

(did i make this resolution last week? heh.)

so here is the first of many more posts to come...
including pictures of plants waiting to go in the garden...
early girl tomatoes (already blooming???)
celery, lettuce, and herbs like chives and oregano...
i can't wait to get dirty planting,
if only the weather would co-operate!

time away....

i have never intended to take a blogging break,
but there it was.

i thought about the blog everyday,
and the people that i read...
wondered what was going on in their lives,
what was being created
and lived and pondered....
but i just have not been able to get here.

i am hoping that the job will settle down soon
and that a routine will ensue.
i want to make sure that in gaining my
working-outside-the-home self,
i don't lose my time to make, to create, to be
that side of me...

but right now, the housework has been winning.
i need a routine.
and sun,
i really need some sun.

a month of me

michelle at la vie en rose
has proclaimed this month
as a "month of me"
meaning that because her b'day
fall in this month
she is planning on something for herself
everyday
for the
month of may...

and you know what?
she invited other to do the same
and i think i am going to do just that...

so far this month, this is what i have done
for me

• bought flavored waters and am drinking them in tall glasses with crushed ice
• spent an hour with two of my best friends, talking, in the afternoon, in person!
• dyed my hair
  
• spent an hour doodling while listening to loud classical music with the windows wide open and the breeze coming in

this is fun...i'm not going to want to stop.

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