I"M DONE !!!

La la la la
Dance Dance Dance
I'm DONE with Paradigm Lost
La La La La
Dance Dance Dance
I'm DONE with Paradigm Lost
La La La La



Ohhh what to do next. :o)

Spring Break in Pictures

For the first 4 days we went to my sisters, to play with cousins and see the progress on her house.

Went to Jen's funeral on Monday and played outside as much as possible while it was nice.

M playing crocuet her own way.

Helping Daddy pull down the old garden to make room for the new.

On Wednesday we went to the Topeka Zoo with Tracy and her boys. It is a small zoo but we could get much closer to the animals that way.

We also painted S's room. It started out like this

After a gallon of Kilz's it looked like this..

And Now it looks like this. We are still putting things on the walls to make it "Just the way I want it".

I also finished a page of PL. Hopefully you will be dancing with me after this week when I finally finish it.

Concert

DD#1 had a band concert last night. It was a combined school concert with over 300 children from 5,6 & 7th grade bands and the high school concert band. It was a lot of fun to listen to and watch. DD#1 however has choosen not to continue next year since the school will not allow sixth graders to be in both band and Choir. I am hoping to find away around that. If it weren't for band in college I would have never have meet DH. On a Choir note, DD#1 was choose with 9 others from her 5th grade choir to participate in a special concert for the retiring Music head of the Blue Valley school district in May. She is really excited.

Good Bye Jennifer

My friend Jennifer passed away on Saturday evening. She tried hard to live long enough to make it to her son's birthday next month but it was just not to be. Because my girls were sick I was unable to take the needlepoint stuff to her for us to work on.

I know that she is with Our Lord and no longer in pain and that it is now for us to continue on. Please keep her family, especially Charles and their children in you prayers. Goodbye Jen, we will miss you greatly.

Silly Sock Day

Today is silly sock day for the kindergarden. M wore her Cat and Dead fish socks and her kitty cat ears. Pink of course. :o) Please notice that she lost another tooth yesterday, that makes 3 in less than a week. It is becoming hard to chew, poor Kitty.

I HAVE MY CAMERA BACK !!!

And I am soooo excited. So without further adue. Here are some pics from my last week.

Here is my littest monster throwing snow at me during the snow storm over the weekend.


The coasters the Girls and I made. We used Cookie Cutters for patterns.


PL taken yesteday morning before I finished the last big motif.


I finished this motif last night. I didn't like it very much, the pattern was hard to lock into.


I scored these two books at the library's bookstore yesterday for a total of $3.00. Yeah Me.

Discriptive words

Five words about me from my friend Melanie. I commented on her post and she gave me 5 subjects/things she associated with me. So now I need to elaborate on the subjects given in my blog.

Designing ~ I began designing blackwork patterns when I needed a special gift for a friend who had sent a care package to my cousin and his men while they were in Iraq. Once I started I couldn’t stop. Now I design a monthly Blackwork pattern for The Gift of Stitching, an on line magazine. I started this when I sent in a pattern to Kirsten, the editor, as part of her Subscriber designs series. One thing lead to another and I am still sending patterns in monthly.


Pumpkins ~ I LOVE pumpkins !. Which might seem strange since I don’t particularly like the color orange. But I have a largish collection of pumpkins that I gleefully add to each fall. Big Pumpkins, Little pumpkins, soft ones, beaded ones. I like all kinds.


Dragons and RenFaire kinda go together. Since my very FAVORITE dragons come from www.clayimages.com. They have a great booth at the Kansas City Ren Faire. Every year, that I have made the faire, for the past 15 years or so I have picked up a dragon (or two or three) and brought them home to happily live in my house. I just love their happy little faces and silly poses.


RenFaire ~ I love going to the faire, to see the hand crafted wares, to watch the people and the listen to the music. It is a totally different experience now with Children, than it was when I started, Far fewer “Shows” and far more spinning rides. LOL


Friendship ~ I don’t easily make deep friendships, but the few I have I cherish with all my heart. I am currently trying to teach my children about how to be a friend, how to recognize levels of friendship and how to enjoy everyone as the individuals they really are versus trying to change to fit in. While I may not get to see some of my friends on a daily or even yearly basis, I love them all for the individuals they are and the ways they enhance my life. I wish I had a picture of all of my friends together but I don't :o( Maybe that is something I need to work on.