VBS Songs from Sunday's service

A quiet day

Finally - after what seems like forever I've got a quiet day where I'm not running around trying to get 15 projects done at the same time. No, the work isn't completed, but at least there is no pressing deadline today. Makes for a nice way to ease into the weekend.

I've been thinking about so many things lately. They rattle around in my brain and that's about as far as they get.

Even after all this time and all of the good things that have happened in my life since January 2008 - I still get that twinge when I hear stories about babies born at 24 weeks who thrive and go on to be wonderful, normal, happy little babies. Of course I'm happy that they survived and are able to grow up - but it makes me wonder why my little girl didn't get the same chance.

All the hard work was worth it...

One blue ribbon....And one red ribbon...

Done!

Yes - I know it seems like this one took forever. But it is done and delivered for judging.

It's kind of cool to have something entered in the state fair.

I also entered a version of the birthday cake hat in a category for self designed projects.

Knitting is done!

Now I just need to figure out how to make the petals lay flat...

Three layers done!

I didn't make much progress on the hat over the weekend - but I did get the third layer done last night...  I'm really liking the color transitions. I was a little worried about them looking odd.

Grapefruit Tree

This is a grapefruit tree that my Grandmother started from seeds about 5 yrs ago.  My aunt and uncle planted it in their yard and it's just taken off.

 

I still miss her terribly.  But seeing this makes me smile.  It's exactly what she would have wanted. 

 

She took on any orphan plant and nursed it back to life.  Everything she grew she started from seeds in little cups on her kitchen table.  They were her babies.

 

 

 

 

Big curled up mess...

I managed to re-knit both sections and get them joined last night! 

This morning I'm rubbing my eyes and clutching my coffee wondering what I was thinking.

For all my excitement, the hat so far just looks like a big curled up mess. I hope it gets better once I get the rest of the layers.

The progress that is soon to be gone....

I hate to think of ripping out both of these beautiful little sections - but I know I must or forever know that I did a half-assed job of making this hat that I love....

What have I gotten myself into?

Sorry for the mystery post... I took the picture with my blackberry yesterday and then e-mailed it to the blog intending to edit and add the description last night... yeah, that didn't happen...

So here it is...

A good friend of mine who make incredible gingerbread houses and the most amazing cakes has convinced me to make something to enter at the state fair.

So I chose this pattern - called Flore. I am using my favorite yarn from Sublime.

I had taken the picture to show my progress and was going to post another one today. But then I realized as I was about to join the first two sections that I had done the decreases completely wrong... so what was my progress picture for today is no more...

Flooding

This is a video of the recent flooding in the town where I grew up and my family still lives. I've never seen water like this - and it is still rising.

Paris

Somehow I managed to survive the whirlwind trip to Paris... It is as wonderful as I remebered...

Didn't really get to do much outside of work stuff - but it's still fabulous just being in such an amazing city.

We stayed at a wonderful little hotel called Le Relais Du Louvre. LOVED IT!!! It was literally across the street from the Louvre and a block away from the Pont Nuef bridge.

I took a couple of pictures with my phone - just have to get them downloaded.

One huge casualty of my trip is the nursing.... I took my pump but between the plane rides and the long work days - my milk production is almost nothing... Poor little Eli might be getting a crash course in weaning if it doesn't work it's way back to where I was when I left.

Pea Pod Hats

I did these two adorable little hats by special request for a woman with twin girls! They turned out much, much better than I thought they would.

Just for fun

You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Baby, We Were Meant For Each Other

Just heard about (and bought) this book written by NPR's Scott Simon....

There are two NPR stories - HERE and HERE

I read the first few pages. It is powerful stuff.

5am - airport #1... before we knew what the day had in store for us... 2 hours later we found out our flight was canceled and we would have to drive to another airport. 11am - after a 2 1/2 hour drive (and a detour back to my parents house for our cars keys) - airport #23pm - still at airport #2, still waiting for our flight... at least we were all still smiling!8pm - finally at airport #3 - almost home!

Home again, home again...

What was supposed to be an early flight back home turned into an all day affair. We left the house at 4am for a 6am flight and ended up on a flight that left at 4pm. We figured out that we could have made the 18 hour drive in the time it took us to get home by plane. Amazingly we all made it through the day in one piece and a suprisingly good mood. On the last flight both kids fell asleep in my arms - one on each side. It was a very sweet moment.

We had a great week with Grandma and Grandpa and the rest of the family. It's always sad to leave - but nice to get back home.

Cousins

Here is a picture of all the cousins... sitting on the bench by Ellie's tree.

If Ellie were here with us she would have been 9 months younger than Lindsey (center).

We have teeth!

Little man finally has teeth!!!!! The first on poked through last night and the second one was there this morning.

I hope this will relieve his discomfort a little bit.

I tried to take a picture - but he won't let anyone see them yet.