Holy crap this has been a rough few weeks. I don’t know how I could have gotten through it without you. This assessment process has been absolutely brutal, as I get an hour with different experts to convince them of my boy’s potential and try to explain the bundle of obstacles and eccentricities that explain […]
[Continue reading...]Watch out, here comes the mama bear
January 19, 2011
This week has been packed full with appointments. Atti turns three in a couple of weeks, and once he’s three he’ll start school. Before that happens, though, we have to meet with an army of experts who put him through a barrage of tests to determine where the best place for him will be. Today […]
[Continue reading...]2011 Year of Pleasures #3
January 19, 2011
The overcast winter light makes indoor picture taking nearly impossible, but it’s also wonderful to look out the window. All the vacant lots left behind by building companies going bust are filled with bright green grass that only looks brighter up next to that pale gray sky. It makes me want to stroll amongst it […]
[Continue reading...]Nesting mojo alive and well
January 17, 2011
So I’m still feeling a little worn out and uninspired on the making things front, but I’m still keeping busy. Heaven knows I couldn’t just take a few days to rest. I happened upon a great big sale at Aaron’s Brothers and decided that all the artwork I have been collecting had spent enough time […]
[Continue reading...]Seen elsewhere…
January 13, 2011
While I’m nursing my lack of crafting mojo, I thought I’d better do a roundup of some of the other things I’ve done around the web that popped up while I was busy playing with peppermint and gumdrops. Patheos is a great website discussing religion, and I joined in with a bunch of friends and […]
[Continue reading...]Hibernation
January 12, 2011
This time every year I totally lose my crafting mojo. All the rush and excitement of Christmas just wear me out and I have the hardest time letting it go. When I could bring myself to make something over the last couple of weeks, it was to finish a project I didn’t get done in […]
[Continue reading...]2011 Year of Pleasures #2
January 11, 2011
I just got a great big box of craft supplies delivered to my door! Long term readers may remember that this time every year I make the Christmas cards I’ll be sending out in December. It may be the smartest thing I ever came up with. All the supplies are on sale, I’ve got a […]
[Continue reading...]Pucker Pillow
January 10, 2011
I finally got around to adding the last set of new pillows on my living room couch, and since I was having such trouble coming up with what color to do them in, I decided to make them a neutral metallic. I had some of this silk chiffon left over from another project, so I […]
[Continue reading...]Making his needs known.
January 6, 2011
Last night Atti and I were home alone together while Bear was off with the teenage boys at youth group. He’s started doing the most WONDERFUL thing where he’ll get tired of playing with his toys, crawl his way over to the couch, scratch at our legs and ask, “snuggle?” Sometimes this is really code […]
[Continue reading...]Atti’s First Heartbreak
January 5, 2011
This is Atti and his little girlfriend Laney at a going away party. All the pictures came out blurry because I was racing to keep up with the cute in poor lighting conditions, but I couldn’t miss my opportunity. Laney and her family, including my friend Natalie, moved to Reno and left us behind. Atti […]
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