On Everything.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | 1:00 pmI need to stop reading the news. Either that, or make a grand effort to search out positive stories (with titles such as: “I love my kids - this is what we did last week!”).
I love my kids - this is what we did last week: visited the zoo, made ice-cream, vacuumed and shampooed the living-room carpet, watched Pink Panther cartoons, enjoyed the new set of sippy cups, and cleaned up the play-dough toys in prep for making some awesome butter cookies later this week.
Trying to get to the pool on a regular basis. At this point, I’d be happy with once a month. (Trying to learn how to swim. Like a fish.)
Wanting more time. For everything.
Drinking too much coffee, but it’s really just enough to keep me awake and non-grumpy.
My son (8 mos old now) is still not sleeping through the night (he’s busy growing teeth, poor kid), and the sleep deprivation? Let’s just say I’m coping. The knowledge that he’ll grow out of this stage is a light at the end of the tunnel. Thank dogs for the coffee, which works as an excellent flashlight in the mean-time.
The Man Room is nearing completion.
Once that room is done, we’ll start on the Girl Room - not as fun as it *could* be, but it’s for my 2-year-old, so it’ll still be pretty cool.
When Caia’s in her own room, the Boy will have his room too, which we’re hoping we’ll be able to use to train him to sleep better, thus allowing everyone else a little sounder shut-eye as well.
The stage of parenthood that involves a toddler and another (of any age/stage) really isn’t designed for working full-time. I think it (working full-time, along with parenting two little ones full-time) is making my brain a little less effective.
Still trying to find time to paint the rest of my dining room. Right now, it’s not really on the radar.
Also, trying to find time for weeding my yard. May break down and hire a chemical lawn treatment service to come out and help with it.
My blueberries are doing well and should all be ripe in the next week or so.
And the lingonberry plants - two of the three have a few blossoms apiece. Exciting.
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At this point, I maybe should apologize for being a boring blogger, but it’s my blog, my life, and I’ll keep it as boring as I like. ;) More manageable for me this way. In my moments of needing some sanity, I can search through here and remember how hectic life is for me right now, and appreciate that I’m (currently, as I write this and live life as it is now), not trying to do more than I can handle, because all I’ve got going right now is a little more than can fit on my plate. It’s not easy, and I’m not going to pretend that it is.
Count-down: Roughly 10 more weeks until I leave this career and move on to the next one. Yay!
—the AMPED one | no comments
(posted in parenting, plutonium)
Haven’t done something like this in a while - and there are pics involved, too!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | 11:37 am
1. Barley Moon & Karen, 2. Miss Pie, 3. Thomas Jefferson Statue, 4. Green on Green, 5. christopher lee, 6. Blue Water Skinny Dipping…, 7. Toledo. Puente de San Martin y Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes., 8. Allamanda cathartica ‘Cherries Jubilee’ Vine, 9. Antoni Gaudi’s “Casa Batllo” — Barcelona, 10. sweet, 11. Sure, Shall We Talk About It?., 12. In Downtown Kent
Want to play too?
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.
—the AMPED one | no comments
(posted in plutonium, silly things)
another link to remember
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | 12:54 pmFor sock blanks: link!
I know knitpicks has these too, for a bit cheaper, but I prefer to support more indi-ish artists.
—the AMPED one | no comments
(posted in creative outlets, plutonium)
Fairy wings!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 | 1:27 pmLookie here: link!
Fairy wings made by the Keyboard Biologist for her 5-year-old neice.
I’ve GOT to make some of these for Caia, in “lellow” (her favorite color). Could totally see her having a LOT of fun with them. Plus, if I start them soon, it’s likely they would be finished by the time she turns five. (hehe)
—the AMPED one | no comments
(posted in Munchkin, knitting, plutonium)
the post with a billion images
Monday, July 7, 2008 | 8:26 pmCatching up on the pics, since I haven’t actually uploaded anything in 6 months.
Clive-man! (at 3 mos)
Caia! (at 25 mos)
Finger foods (it’s fun getting a toddler to eat)
DONUTS. great for stress relief.
My donut helper (taster) (volunteer).
boy with a favorite aunt. (note the pink walls in the background. yes, that is actually pink.)
girl in boots. (note pink walls again. I painted them today.)
girl with keys
cookie helper. (again, pink walls)
meeting of the minds. BabyJ wanted to see if Clive tasted as good as he looked. (walls - still pink.)
Me & Cai. She likes to see herself in the viewer on my camera.
the boy lets me put floppy hats on him.
He is a REALLY happy kid.
We needed a new roof - this is the old one.
Headed home from work one day - storm clouds rolling in.
My 2-year-old. I couldn’t be more proud.
My girl. 
Us, again.
I do still knit sometimes. Finished this in the span of one month. It went to live with my aunt in Vacaville.
Sometimes (not often) they sleep. At the same time.
New roof! This was installed in one day, less than 8 hours altogether. (Of course, there were like 12 workers or so.)
Playing! This is a relatively toy-free floor.
Tricycle! The IL’s brought this over for her - she wanted to bring it inside right away, but was happy to ride it outside instead. I’m happiest that she let us get her shoes on for the ride.
My new haircut. It’s like Magic, and has made me VERY happy. This is the “straightened” version - when I let it curl, it still rawks.
The boy, 7 mos.
We’re painting the Man Room. Down to cleaning the carpet, then installing the new TV and arranging furniture. Later, he may decide to add a desk.
My New Green Kitchen. (yay!)
Seriously - this is what I accomplished today, with my day off. All painting - two coats. Absolutely love it.
Keeping the kids out of trouble. Boy ejected the disc about 2 minutes after I took this picture.
Piano. I painted this room (and corresponding hallway) last October, when I was 8.5 months pregnant.
Green Kitchen!
(note the lack of pink walls, above. well, except that one behind the calendar. I’ll be painting that one soon.)
—the AMPED one | 1 comment
(posted in plutonium)
One more for the record book.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 11:47 amThe boy, he likes peas. “Organic Sweet Peas”. Babymush style. We could -never- get his sister to eat these.
—the AMPED one | no comments
(posted in Munchkin 2, plutonium)
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