Life keeps Hopping Along!

I couldn't resist that title with the time of year! It seems that it is a never ending battle just to keep my head above water. I realized last week that I have been letting way too much get me down! Not anymore, I have made it to the gym 5 days now! I skipped Sunday ( just lazy) and today because I spent the whole day moving furniture and boxes and such up and down 2 flights of stairs - that was enough of a workout! I will be back on it tomorrow though!

When all of the moving and organizing is done, I will have my work space/office/studio back! I am so looking forward to having room to sew and make things again! I have tons of ideas in my head and tons of fabric to work with, just have to get to it. Now that I am starting to feel a bit better, I will get on it and maybe I'll share some of it here! First project will be a cloak for a customer in California.

Ok, enough for the day. On to getting some food and getting ready for a new day tomorrow! I get to see my best friend!

Remember.... Life's a banquet.. and most poor suckers are starving to death!

Seawind

Put off putting it off

I saw this on a newsletter this morning and thought - that sums it up quite nicely! The author said, Quite trying to be perfect. Just do it.

She was referring to blogging! I can understand. I'm never quite sure what to write about and so I just don't get back here like I should. I guess it doesn't make much difference what is written - the point is to write! I will try to keep that in mind and begin more!

I need a vacation!

I am so far beyond tired right now. A FB friend commented to the effect that sleep deprivation equaled the use of drugs and why didn't someone tell her that years ago when she was spending all that money on drugs. If this is what it feels like, I'm glad I never got into that scene! LOL

With 3 of 4 children suffering ear infections last week, I didn't sleep for 3 days and now it seems I will never catch up! Within an hour of getting up I have that out-of-sorts weird feeling of just not being 'with it'. I don't like this at all. At least the kids are feeling better, now I just have to catch me up!

On another note, I was looking at going back to school in the spring and find that I our expected family contribution is the whole tuition! I may not make it to school after all. That stinks.

An exciting two days!

Yesterday I got a call from my doctor's office and the results of my BRCA test came back negative! I am so excited! It really is great news for us!

Today the kids and I took a drive and got some Kefir grains from a lady on my homeschool group. In the process, I believe we made a new friend! I really enjoyed my time there with them and the kids loved the puppies and the chickens they had! I enjoyed being shown the garden and learning about squash borers. She even gave me a stalk from a mullein plant. I have been wanting some in our yard and now I will get my wish!

Now if I can just get the girls to quit fighting with each other. Lacey is bossy and mean to Helen and Helen just falls apart at the slightest thing.

Wow! An amazing festival!

We spent all of yesterday at a festival fundraiser for a new assistance program aimed at pagan families! This was the inaugural Pagan Pathways Festival and it was wonderful! I look forward to next yeasr when it's even bigger and better! Lacey ran the cash register a good bit of the time for my booth (great for math skills!), Helen got to spend time with a girl she bet at the park recently. She is 13 but the two of them seem to get along very well! I love when kids don't put restrictions on age, but just enjoy each other's company! The boys had fun hanging out with Cullen and I got to see friends old and new. It was warm, but we had a few good breezes come through. When we got home about 8:30 last night, I fixed egg sandwiches for the kids, they all took baths and they were all asleep at 11:00 with no battles! Yay for sunshine and fresh air! LOL

A New Beginning!

Here we go! I have decided that a blog would be a good way to settle my mind, get out the rants and chronicle this wonderful journey called life! This week is crazy getting ready for festival this weekend, but maybe that's the best time to start. My mind is having a very hard time focusing on what needs to be done! Today I finish the cloak for the priest at ritual Friday night and work on a couple of other projects for the weekend. The young lady I watch over the summer has a counselor coming to meet with her today and I am trying to get things cleaned up before then! I guess it's time to get back to it, I will come back to this later today.