Hmmmm....

I vaguely remember Kal telling me last night that our school district was going to be closed today. This morning, around 3:45 to be precise, I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. I was worrying about money, our budget, the state budget....

I was up so I checked my email and the superintendent had sent an email stating the district would be closed. Ok...Then I wasted time playing frog pond and solitaire. When Kal got up at 5:30, we discussed who was going to stay home today. I drew the short straw because several of the schools I was supposed go to today are closed.

So what do I do today??I thought about taking the boys to the capitol today for the rallies, but decided against it. It would be too scary for them and maybe even for me.

Sometimes I feel like I don't do enough or say enough when it comes to "fighting the good fight". I appreciate those who are going to the capitol and letting the government know that we are not happy...I'm not one of those people. I would rather work behind the scenes to help, posing questions to those who are in charge hopefully changing what they are thinking. I know I help, but in different ways.

We will stay home. I will stay away from the internet and tv news. We will probably watch some movies, go for a walk, and be.

take care everybody

What I should be doing...

I should be in the craft room finishing the Christmas presents - only 2 left - that I promised I would have done by Valentine's day. Happy Valentines, by the way. Instead I am sitting here eating pizza doritos, drinking hot tea, thinking about brushing my teeth for my dental appointment this afternoon (in about an hour). I know, I know you really don't care that I have a dental appointment this afternoon.

I have 4 rows of my barn raising afghan sewed together. I really like it. It is so light and warm. I think I am going to make the March deadline - hope I didn't jinx myself right there!

What else is new? I signed up for a 5K. What was I thinking? Really?? What was I thinking. I have been exercising every day for the past month (minus this weekend because I had a really bad cold) AND can now run a mile in about 13 minutes. I can do 2 miles in 30, but then I have to walk. I know I will be able to run/walk this race, but sometimes I get competitive and want to do more than my body can do. I really would like to be able to slog through the whole race without walking, but.... I still have 27 days to complete 3.2 miles.

I am enjoying working out every day. I finally feel like I am getting healthy again. The drawback is that I haven't lost any weight (I'm kind of obsessive with the scale). I think I am going to measure myself and go by that instead of the scale because my clothes are fitting differently.

Well I'm off to the dentist (just in case you needed to know).

Random randomness

I finished another project and put it in the mail this morning. I would show you a picture of the cute quilt BUT my friend has serious cat allergies and being the good friend that I am I washed, dried, put it in one of those giant ziplocks and into the box. Hopefully the majority of the cat hair was removed. What remains has been sterilized. P.S. The guy at the post office said it should be there by tomorrow. purrr

I noticed these pictures on the camera after I took the pic of the box. They made me laugh. It's funny what the boys think needs to be captured by a photo.



I un-officially competed in the knitting olympics. Uhmmm, I think I may have bit off a little more than what I could handle (that and crafting A.D.D) and I didn't medal. I did however get through half of an afghan while watching. I'm going to try to finish the afghan by the end of March.

More randomness...I learned the magic loop method for making socks. I think I like it. I'm still on the cuff, but have ideas for using up some of my sock yarn. It seems to move along faster for me. More on that later.

...did you notice how many cars were washed yesterday?? As I walked through various parking lots this morning, most of the cars where clean.

The End of Summer Randomness

I am sitting at my desk at this moment taking a break from getting ready for the big day - next Tuesday - and wondering if any one will notice if I take out my pinwheel blanket and knit for a bit. You know, I brought it just in case....

I am trying finish writing all of my paper (yah that one that was going to be done in April) by Labor Day. I think that is possible if I don't procrastinate TOO much.

My gorgeous tomatoes have late season blight. I'm sad. They were beautiful and now they are rotting on the vine. I have been picking the fruit that I can, but it doesn't look good for freezing/canning.

Mixed bag

Sorry for the blurriness of this one, BUT I had to share...We had the bird call cd in last night for dinner "music". Eddie was going nuts. All of those birds...the sounds were coming out of here, but he just couldn't get to them.


Simon has been working on his kung fu moves. In his version, he uses a big balloon to protect good from evil. He can really get going. Of course you will have to imagine Ian singing "Everyone was kung fu fighting, ooh ahh. Fast as lightening....".
We have been focusing on making better/healthier choices about what we do with our time. Exercise has been one of them. I love this one of Ian flexing and Simon working out.