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I'm so excited! It's totally the little things in life. : )
I have been searching for an applique font for about two weeks. I wanted to make a towel for that Springdale High auction, and I thought an appliqued SHS would be adorable, but I totally didn't want to do it the old-fashioned way (printing the enlarged letters off of the computer, tracing/cutting them out, tracing/cutting them out on fabric, cutting out the fusible web to go between your fabrics, ironing, and finally zigzaging all around the letters-even the rounded corners!) So. There's this new way that I just learned about. It requires an embroidery machine (I have one!), and a design (had to get one!). Ok, I may be losing you, but it's soo cool! Anyway, they have applique alphabets for sale online (really hard to find-but I did!) You hoop your fabric, load and start the design, and it sews this little skinny line around the design. Next, you take it off the machine, cut the fabric around the line, then put it back, and it sews the zigzags around-SO Cool! : )
I think I'm going to start with Mary Claire a pair of pants. Clay just busted the knee out of a NEW pair of jeans (they were even still a little big around the waist and length!), so I'll patch over them, put her name on them, and add some ruffles! It'll take a while to do all those letters though. Hmm..maybe I'll do an "M" and put her name across it. Or do an "H" for Hunt Huskies and write that over the H...Thinking! Wish someone had just had a baby to make a burp cloth with a monogram!!
Speaking of..I looked at websites for adoptions-they are SO expensive! I like the Chinese adoptions, but it can take 9-10 months to get your child after you've been approved-and they have to WAIT for you there. : ( Those days of waiting would kill me. Does anyone have a baby they don't need? I don't understand why it's so hard to adopt-it seems like there should be plenty of babies to go around. Please share.
I'm sure you guessed, but I'm done working super-hard to get pregnant again. It's been a rough year (and a little bit) of pregnancies, miscarriages, bloodwork, doctors and specialists, surgeries, medicines, and I can't keep it up. If God wants me pregnant, He'll find a way, otherwise, I have to let it go.
You can still pray for our family: that we be content with what we get, that we not lose faith in God's will for us, and that our family might be blessed in other ways. We are thankful for the three sweet blessings we have, and explaining to them why they don't have their prayers for a baby answered may be the hardest of all. I don't exactly know what to tell them. (Mommy's getting too old? God gets to choose? Let's cry together? or D. all of the above.)
I'm back on 5mg Lexapro, and I'm content. I knew it'd be hard to transition, and so it's more preventative. I don't want to deal with the whole sad and disappointed part. And I'm sure I'll get questions (totally okay), but I don't want to break down. I like being in control of my feelings (doesn't everyone?).
Ok, yes, I'm fine. Anyway, I'll be diving into some other things-like applique. I never can decide whether I love fabric or paper better-such a hard decision. God will keep me busy, I am so thankful for all the precious blogs and websites I've found in the last week with fun, crafty things-and sweet, sweet families! There is plenty that I can do for other people-I can totally take the focus off me and my health for a while. : )
Sorry about not writing yesterday-I was so tired! Ethan was up in the night on Sunday night throwing up, and he was home (of course!) yesterday, sooo..I didn't get much done, and when I wanted a nap, he sat on the bed, crawled under the covers to play hide-and-seek, begged for some water (who can refuse a three-year-old water??), so I just got up and gave up on a nap! Then, last night I actually did my Matthew homework so I could go to Bible study today! I have missed my girls, and fall is always so busy, but it was good. Ethan was actually the only child there today, so I think he enjoyed the attention! He played with everything, enjoyed snack, and loved on the Jesus statue-it was soo cute! He held his hand, and we talked with Jesus. Then, he told me how beautiful His eyes were, and told me about His boo-boos on his hands, and then he hugged Jesus and told him he loved him! It was so precious. And I was proud of him for knowing how much Jesus loves him! I'm so thankful I went, if just for that!
Then we grocery shopped, changed his sheets, and amazingly--he took a nap, and let me take a nap! It was only about an hour-but an hour can change your attitude and totally your outlook! Sweet, sweet sleep. Then we practiced Mary Claire's multiplication facts, I got lunches ready for tomorrow (they all go tomorrow!), and made dinner. Tonight was Bunco, so I had to plan ahead for our morning. : ) I needed a great night out (and some amazing chocolate!!), and I did laugh a lot! Those ladies are great, and I'm thankful for them too! Ahh..so much fun.
Alrighty, Jimmy Kimmel has entertained me for long enough (tomorrow is National Unfriend Day-and he's hilarious!), I'd better get to bed, or I'll be tired again tomorrow. G'Night, Friends!
Oh!! and don't forget to enter the contest! See the *rules* here. Leave a comment with your favorite scripture and verse or something cute to put on a kitchen towel..Contest ends tomorrow!! : )
I've been either too busy or tired to write! We've been cleaning the attic (Still..) and moving furniture! (well, I'm cleaning it off, Ches moves it, I really clean it, then put the stuff back on..)
We still aren't completely done with the attic. There are still teacher files all over the dining room floor-maybe 6 tubs and 3 or 4 boxes? I have had real trouble. I can't part with them. It was super easy (ok, pretty easy) to let all the manipulatives go. I think I realize I can always buy more. But files. They take years to accumulate. They are worth more! It took me forever to put all those units and author studies together. I am sure if I ever teach again, it'll be totally different, but math doesn't change. I have tons on math, science (water, energy, etc.), social studies-things that can't change. We'll always add and subtract, learn about our environment, and have communities and government. So, after consulting with three different people (for advice, in case I'm hormonally-off-my-rocker), I've decided to keep them. Ches told me to try again tomorrow. Ha! I did, but cried more. What if something happened to him (please, God, forbid this)? It's the only degree I currently have (even if I do want to go back to school..), so I'd have to teach. And I'd need my tools, beginning with my files and books. So there. Back to the attic with you, Dusty Things!
We began clearing out the office-soon-to-be-baby-room. We have successfully moved both desks, hutches, and the in-between-desks thingie. Maybe a picture would help? (I'd totally give you one, but I can't find the cord to connect the camera to the computer!! Haven't you been wondering why all my pictures are old?) I've put all his stuff back on his desk, so his is up and running, but mine is in shambles. Really. There are piles all over the office-quite a mess. And now I'm tired and ready for a nap. I can only get work done from 8-1ish, and 4-9ish. Other than that, I'm kaput (bad spelling..but I mean I'm worthless other-time-wise).
I've excited Ches-I told him that Yes! we could get a new tv to go in the back of our room! Because Heaven knows we need another one in our house! He likes to watch some tv (sports, news, American Idol, etc.) while he's working-mostly on the computer. So, he wants a new tv between our desks in the back of our room-it would be really awkward to turn around to see the one over by the bed. Confusing, but just believe me. Again, looking for that camera cord...and I'll show you!
The big kids are at Mom's-which is how we got all this done today! We did have one mighty strong helper, but he's busy working at taking a nap right now. He has to protest loudly and strongly to let us know how much he does NOT want a nap, but then he cries himself right to sleep every day! He's so much nicer to be around after he wakes up. It's a hard dilemma (nap or no), but he'll need to take one this fall, so we are working on it early.
Ok, back to some cleaning and a nap for me. There's still so much to do! I'm busy growing babies! : ) (Thank you, God, for babies to grow and kids to play with!)
ps-Ok, gotta make you laugh. About a year and a half ago, I painted the office. I was working alone mostly, so I couldn't move furniture. Well, now the desks are moved, and you can see how far I could reach behind the desks! There are big splotches of the green behind where the desks were! So, yeah, those will have to be painted... Did I say how much work there still is to do?
I'm sorry I'm neglecting you, dear blog.
I don't know where to start...I've been crazy busy (normal for me), Ethan has croup, but is sleeping, and I accidentally fell into all these websites/blogs for moms of kids with Type I diabetes. I'm just crying reading them all. Some are in the newest stages, and some are pro by now. I fit in the middle. Five years is rounding the bend. May 23, to be exact. I think I'm just hormonal, but I just keep crying today. Is it the daily work or just the knowledge of it, or the fact that her nurse has called twice-she got extra recess and played hard (and was lowish-80), then worked hard in p.e. and felt low again (only 91, but she must be headed down to feel low). I assigned another snack, so we'll see what we get when she gets home. It's just another job, and I can't quit that one. Hmph. Frustrating. (and hormonal doesn't mix well with it-it just produces yuck and tears).
I'm at a fork in the road, and I can't decide what to do. I've been blogging a while, been kicked off Google ads (ha, they think I was bribing clicks or something), and blogging is indeed work. I only started it to journal and get out frustrations so I could sleep (and get the garbage off my chest). Am I done? Did I get it out? Is it still helping? Or is it one more thing to do before I go to bed? I'm thinking about it.
I have found this whole other world that I didn't even know existed. I don't know how people keep up! There's so much to do and so many people to talk to! Maybe I'll just follow other people who blog. There are plenty of people who have things to say! : ) I love finding out about other people's families and how they keep up with kids (and diabetes)!
I have a wonderful life, and I'm so thankful for all of the sweet people in it. I don't know if I stress myself more by going over my yuck again at the end of the day. I'll mull it over, and keep you posted.
I'd wanted to make pump pouches this afternoon, but the day has gone so fast! I've done laundry all day, cleaned up all Ethan's messes after he had his Prednisone high, made him pizza (he ate three pieces!), and now I have to plan for when the kids come home. Mary Claire has gymnastics today, so I'll have to get her ready. I'm tired of this school year. I'm tired of taking her and Ethan to gymnastics, I'm tired of girl scouts, and tired of all the field trips. I need summer to get here. If just to stay home. I need my phone to not ring for one afternoon so I can nap. or sew. or have time to think.
I'm just cranky. And I've still got a long way to go in the next month. We have a couple of slumber parties, a few birthday parties, projects, trip to Disney, JDRF Family Team Kickoff, and that's just the stuff I know about coming to my May. Next year, I'm going to schedule a week to stay home (and declare it a vacation).
Great day-included a nap (ahhh...), some gardening for girl scouts-lots of tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupe, and okra, baths for kids, more leftover pulled pork bbq, and catching up. It was so nice to read part of the paper this morning! Mom took the kids home with her last night-at 9:30! And they got to play outside, get dirty, and Clay played with a (gasp!) pellet gun! Only at her house.
I'm busy posting pix from Saturday night-Clay's First Communion.
Have a great week! Let's try to tone it down, watcha' say? Maybe have a wallet at all times? and no flat tires? Especially in all the rain that's headed our way! All Week. Hugs!
