Phew! I don't have much time, I have mischief loose in the living room. But I just thought I'd lay out a quick review of how much is going on right now!
Jeff-busy as heck at work, and contemplating how long he can get away with driving on regular tires before snow flies. Oh yeah, that's this afternoon! Hope he makes it okay. He's a little under the weather these days, but I'm hoping to fix that with some chicken soup and green tea.
Esther-loving preschool, growing like a weed, and gorgeous as always! Her curly hair always attracts attention, and YES, it is totally natural! No curlers involved!
Taemarin-Turns THREE today!!! Yup, she's actually three years old! We had her party on Saturday, so I don't plan to confuse the issue by bringing it up to her today, but it just boggles my mind. We have her signed up to be tested for preschool, we're just waiting for them to call us for an appointment. I'm hoping to get her into the same place as Esther, then they can ride the bus together.
Becky-OH SO CLOSE!! She is so close to walking now, it's crazy! She can stand independently, but she is just a little too nervous to take that first step. Her blue eyes are so pretty, just like her sisters, and in daylight they just draw you in and melt you into a little puddle!
Heather-holy cow, where do I begin?? Farmer's Market is over for the season. The weather is just too nasty to even think about continuing! However, I have replaced it with two new loves. Etsy, and a teaching gig at Robert's Arts and Crafts in Provo. Yup, I'm a bona fide instructor now! Friday nights, you can sign up on my other blog. I'm actually doing a demo today in-store to show off what projects we'll be working on this month. I have a fall one, and a Christmas one. Mom is coming to watch the kids for me so I don't have them tearing the store apart. (Thanks Mom!) In February, I will have another teaching job as a UVU community education instructor, again, teaching Jewelry. That will be on Tuesday nights.
Every day is a new surprise for us. It's astonishing to me how time seems to just drag during the long, dark, cold days. (I have seasonal depression issues). But then the end of the week comes, when Jeff is home, and I look back and ask "where has the time gone???" Time flies when you're having fun, and if I'm not careful, it will all fly away, my kids will be grown, and I'll be wondering what the heck I did with my life!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Garden...on the other end of the Year
Wow. Y'know, I outta set my browser to auto-sign in my blog. Then maybe I'd update once in a while!
So much has happened. I don't have much time, but here's a few things. I started a diet, fell off the wagon for a couple months during summer when it was too hot to work out, now I'm trying to get back on. Becky is getting so freakin' big, I can't believe she used to be this teeny newborn, now she's crawling all over and just barely starting to pull herself up on stuff!
The garden is, well, doing okay, I guess. I'm having a hard time actually eating all the stuff that comes out of it, I planted a bit too much, I guess! My peas are doing well, Esther's pumpkin plants are doing freakin' AWESOME, and the tomatoes are kinda touch and go. Funnily enough, the romas are larger than the slicing tomatoes. I think someone must have swapped the tags in the store! The one plant that is doing the best is our cherry tomato. I have no problem with endorsing this time, BONNIE ROCKS! The other tomatoes were your basic six pack with no brand on them, the cherry was a single Bonnie plant, and it is HAPPEEEEEEE.
Well, other than that, we've actually started the process of sorting and cleaning out the bins in the garage. Not just rearranging them, we're actually getting rid of stuff now! I went through probably fifteen or so bins and boxes, and by the time I was done, I had consolidated or eliminated enough stuff to have eight empty bins, and that includes one of the big ones.
Let's see...Esther starts school in a couple of weeks, later than everyone else. I don't know why they hold the preschool back, but oh well. It's not soon enough for either of us, she asks me to go to school every freakin' day! Taea will be tested after her third birthday, I think I'll pay for it if she doesn't qualify, she could use some interaction with qualified instructors who have more patience than me!
Jeff is a manager at work now, and they are busier than ever. They lost two of their guys to school and a move to Texas, so he's going crazy trying to keep stuff running. Hopefully things will smooth out in a few weeks so he doesn't have a friggen' heart attack.
Well, other than that, just waiting for fall so I can get outside more without getting fried and get stuff done. I'm looking forward to all the holidays that I can do stuff with the girls on, Esther is old enough to do some crafts independently, and I think she'll love it. I will honestly try to update more often, especially as I go back on this darn diet. Venting once in a while will help, I'm sure!
So much has happened. I don't have much time, but here's a few things. I started a diet, fell off the wagon for a couple months during summer when it was too hot to work out, now I'm trying to get back on. Becky is getting so freakin' big, I can't believe she used to be this teeny newborn, now she's crawling all over and just barely starting to pull herself up on stuff!
The garden is, well, doing okay, I guess. I'm having a hard time actually eating all the stuff that comes out of it, I planted a bit too much, I guess! My peas are doing well, Esther's pumpkin plants are doing freakin' AWESOME, and the tomatoes are kinda touch and go. Funnily enough, the romas are larger than the slicing tomatoes. I think someone must have swapped the tags in the store! The one plant that is doing the best is our cherry tomato. I have no problem with endorsing this time, BONNIE ROCKS! The other tomatoes were your basic six pack with no brand on them, the cherry was a single Bonnie plant, and it is HAPPEEEEEEE.
Well, other than that, we've actually started the process of sorting and cleaning out the bins in the garage. Not just rearranging them, we're actually getting rid of stuff now! I went through probably fifteen or so bins and boxes, and by the time I was done, I had consolidated or eliminated enough stuff to have eight empty bins, and that includes one of the big ones.
Let's see...Esther starts school in a couple of weeks, later than everyone else. I don't know why they hold the preschool back, but oh well. It's not soon enough for either of us, she asks me to go to school every freakin' day! Taea will be tested after her third birthday, I think I'll pay for it if she doesn't qualify, she could use some interaction with qualified instructors who have more patience than me!
Jeff is a manager at work now, and they are busier than ever. They lost two of their guys to school and a move to Texas, so he's going crazy trying to keep stuff running. Hopefully things will smooth out in a few weeks so he doesn't have a friggen' heart attack.
Well, other than that, just waiting for fall so I can get outside more without getting fried and get stuff done. I'm looking forward to all the holidays that I can do stuff with the girls on, Esther is old enough to do some crafts independently, and I think she'll love it. I will honestly try to update more often, especially as I go back on this darn diet. Venting once in a while will help, I'm sure!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Being Sick Sucks
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Being sick sucks.
It's especially hard to keep a good attitude. This time around, I was attacked on multiple fronts, and was taking Tamiflu, Amoxicillin, Cipro ear drops, eye drops, and copious amounts of Dayquil all at once.
Yeah. I hate being sick.
Well, now I'm down to the Amox and ear drops, I have infections in both ears, and the left one actually ruptured. I have new appreciation for Esther's difficulties now that I know what she has gone through being mostly deaf in one ear. It wasn't fun in the slightest. I still have partial hearing loss, and it's hard because I sound loud to me, but everyone else says I talk too quiet, and I can't hear them either. It's frustrating, and aggravating, and exasperating and......well, you get the point.
Anyway, I am looking forward to spring. I already have some bulbs popping up in the backyard. Iris, mostly, and I know there are some peonies in that area. I neglected to rake up all the leaves off the iris last fall, so some of the rhizomes have risen to the surface, I'll have to replant them, but at least they survived!
Then there is my veggie garden. Now that I'm not pregnant, I am really looking forward to some quality time with peas, tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, pumpkin......mmmmmmmmmm. The girls especially love peas and cucumbers, most of my peas last year went straight to them!
I have rosebushes to rescue, vines to train around the front yard, a lattice to bolt to the front porch, and lots of other stuff to do. Now if the weather would just make up its mind, I might get some of this done!
Then there's the stuff inside. We have taken serious looks at moving to Eagle Mountain, right down to picking the house style we like best. It's just barely out of our reach, loan-qual wise, but we're so close. If we could just get this place sold without taking a loss, we could get the house we want. Unfortunately, with the kitchen being a 40s-style nightmare, and the bathroom not much better, we're going to have a hard time selling.
Well, so now you know what my spring looks like. Assuming I stop being sick.
Sigh. I hate being sick.
It's especially hard to keep a good attitude. This time around, I was attacked on multiple fronts, and was taking Tamiflu, Amoxicillin, Cipro ear drops, eye drops, and copious amounts of Dayquil all at once.
Yeah. I hate being sick.
Well, now I'm down to the Amox and ear drops, I have infections in both ears, and the left one actually ruptured. I have new appreciation for Esther's difficulties now that I know what she has gone through being mostly deaf in one ear. It wasn't fun in the slightest. I still have partial hearing loss, and it's hard because I sound loud to me, but everyone else says I talk too quiet, and I can't hear them either. It's frustrating, and aggravating, and exasperating and......well, you get the point.
Anyway, I am looking forward to spring. I already have some bulbs popping up in the backyard. Iris, mostly, and I know there are some peonies in that area. I neglected to rake up all the leaves off the iris last fall, so some of the rhizomes have risen to the surface, I'll have to replant them, but at least they survived!
Then there is my veggie garden. Now that I'm not pregnant, I am really looking forward to some quality time with peas, tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, pumpkin......mmmmmmmmmm. The girls especially love peas and cucumbers, most of my peas last year went straight to them!
I have rosebushes to rescue, vines to train around the front yard, a lattice to bolt to the front porch, and lots of other stuff to do. Now if the weather would just make up its mind, I might get some of this done!
Then there's the stuff inside. We have taken serious looks at moving to Eagle Mountain, right down to picking the house style we like best. It's just barely out of our reach, loan-qual wise, but we're so close. If we could just get this place sold without taking a loss, we could get the house we want. Unfortunately, with the kitchen being a 40s-style nightmare, and the bathroom not much better, we're going to have a hard time selling.
Well, so now you know what my spring looks like. Assuming I stop being sick.
Sigh. I hate being sick.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Good Riddance 2009!
Well, the year is over. THANK GOODNESS! Yes, there were some good things about the year, such as a new addition to our family, but there was a lot of not-so-good. 2009 decided to take a parting shot at us in the last week. Taea was in the hospital.
Yup. My little snuggle bug caught some kind of horrid virus that dehydrated her in about 24 hours, so we ended up in the emergency room, where the doctor decided to keep her overnight. Thank goodness Jeff had a couple days of PTO left, he took the first night, and I took the second. Thankfully, she is much better now, though she is wont to be fussy and argumentative. I guess after having life turned upside-down for a while, she is trying to reestablish her boundaries.
Becky is doing well, she regained her birth weight and then some by her two-week checkup. Whee! She is developing so well, already tracking objects with her eyes, and being VERY clingy.
Esther is going back to school after the holiday today. I'm sure she'll be happy about it, but I pity her poor teacher. Trying to get kids settled down after a long holiday is never an easy task!
Sigh. So on to a new year. I have so many goals, so many things I want to accomplish, but I don't know if I will have time for it all. Prioritize, I know, but so many of the things are worthy goals, it's hard to decide what is most important.
Well, I guess the only thing to do is dig in and hope it works out for the best. And hope I survive the melee!
Yup. My little snuggle bug caught some kind of horrid virus that dehydrated her in about 24 hours, so we ended up in the emergency room, where the doctor decided to keep her overnight. Thank goodness Jeff had a couple days of PTO left, he took the first night, and I took the second. Thankfully, she is much better now, though she is wont to be fussy and argumentative. I guess after having life turned upside-down for a while, she is trying to reestablish her boundaries.
Becky is doing well, she regained her birth weight and then some by her two-week checkup. Whee! She is developing so well, already tracking objects with her eyes, and being VERY clingy.
Esther is going back to school after the holiday today. I'm sure she'll be happy about it, but I pity her poor teacher. Trying to get kids settled down after a long holiday is never an easy task!
Sigh. So on to a new year. I have so many goals, so many things I want to accomplish, but I don't know if I will have time for it all. Prioritize, I know, but so many of the things are worthy goals, it's hard to decide what is most important.
Well, I guess the only thing to do is dig in and hope it works out for the best. And hope I survive the melee!
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