more priceless words...

Mommy?

Yeah?

You look broken. Mommy, you look broken.

(as we are heading out of the house) I bet i do look that bad lol. My eyes feel like they have weights on them. I can't think of a better place to be than a playdate.

this is really cool

Loved this. Thanks for sending it Eddie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

To Paris and more

On the way to Baby Girl's 2 month check up Little Dude asked me if he could drive up with me. I said when he's older he can. He said "You promise?" "of course. Where are you going to take me?" Here was the list he rambled off for "when you're old mommy"...

To the park. To the farm and for a ride on the haybales. To the doctor. To New York ca-City. To Paris.

Too cute. I wish he could sign his name because i would have got this signed and notarized lol. Funny how when they are small we take them to the park and the doctor and when we are old, they will do the same for us. Insh'Allah.

By the way. She's a chunker! She never lost weight and gained a pound in her first week. Now she's a whopping 11 pounds 14 ounces. Less than Little Dude at this age but she's got cute chunky thighs. He never had that because he was taller. She's a rock star they say.

Giveaways

Hena - you win the thrift one. My total was $13.55. I'll send you a little package soon.

For the buttons, Sarah from Making Projiks wins for her button flower idea and Elena for her necklaces. I can't imagine sending buttons all the way to Spain lol but i will if you want them Elena. Sarah, if you are reading, send me your addy and i'll put some in the mail for you.

Thanks for playing along!

A Year of Mornings

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It's that time of year! Blood oranges are here. Love these. I remember my first time having them too. It was my first Muharram, a few months after converting and they had them at the mosque. I love the way they taste, I love their rich color and I love the memory of that time, when Islam was so simple to me. It was still pure and I had yet to have any real negative experiences. It was such an innocent time for me.

Little Dude stole this from me this morning, ate it up, and asked for another "bleeding orange".

Get your vote in!

Get your guess in today and I'll announce a winner this evening when we get back from running around.

I also just realized that I never announced a winner from my button idea post. I'll do that tonight as well. I'll take ideas up until tonight too in case there are any new readers since then that want to post ideas. My button collection has only grown, not decreased. :-) I'm not complaining...

Sigh....

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Okay. So on the way, okay, ten minutes out of the way, on the way to pick up LD I decided to swing by the church thrift store. Wow. They missed me and boy did i miss them. I knew they wanted to see the baby and i figured today was a good day. Well it was. Except for the part where they said "oh a lego table was just here". They are going to start saving things for me. Playmobil and legos. There's a story behind that too. They talked me into buying a box of legos and a playmobil castle in pieces missing all the guys etc. They sold for big bucks on ebay which i put into ld's account. Saving for a huge airport set that he really wants. I'm missing my point.

Okay, so i shopped. And because today was pure bliss and these three purchases in the bin "maybe i'm a match for you" or something like that right here in this picture make me swoon. I mean really swoon. Get a close up of those puppies. Lovely lovliness.

Next up, this pile of what my husband would say "junk". Look very closely in there. We have clothespins for making dolls, wood alphabets for crafting, new fabric, vintage linens, an adorable hand knitted overall for a baby, a stack of about 25 pattern books (crochet, vintage knitting, cross stitch, everything), a crochet blanket, another crochet blanket, a piece of velvety green fabric (all new with tags btw), and some other stuff. I want you to guess how much i spent for this loot. You can do a closeup on the pics by clicking on them. The person gets the closest will get a treat from me, a little package put together just for them. Not of these things but other things because i've been selling stuff on ebay the last week and clearing out the sewing craft room to make room for scrapbooking space etc. I'm seriously considering selling my bernina. I kick myself as i write that but I really am. And my gocco.

Anyway, i have to share the wealth because when i wrote the check at the thrift store I felt guilty. Guilty! And I told them so. I will tell you that the linen room was 75% off. Another clue is that this is a trick question.


So without further ado...here is the loot:

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and this makes me all happy inside...I love it when people don't use their handmade linens and handknits because they are worried about staining them up. Love that! I can't tell you how many perfect sets of beautiful linen napkins i've collected.

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confession

When my son goes off to preschool those two precious mornings I have to admit I do the happy dance. Ah, quiet. Ah, space. Ahhhhh.

What a change from when he started going. I do admit though, I'm a better mom on those days. I want to play with him. I want to hear him go on and on about something that makes no sense.

A Year of Mornings - outside!

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We finally got outside today.

The snow and ice is melting.

Look at that crack in the ice.

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Our moods lifted with blue sky above.

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LD was so happy to be out. He went nuts just wanting to touch the earth.

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Again and again...

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and then some more

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I realized even though i had very little sleep i felt good too. Beautiful beautiful day. It's been white and icy for so long it's just nice to see the ground. When LD was born i was out every day with him in the stroller getting exercise. This is the first time with Baby Girl. Just maybe spring is getting closer.
* My husband just told me it's going to get cold tomorrow and snow again Friday. Off with his head!

Well one day was good to be with out jackets. Better than none eh?

4! Count em' - 4!

I was pulling my hair up as i do every morning then lo and behold i saw a strange looking hair. Upon closer examination I saw it was gray. I shrieked which made little dude come running. He is like a tornado chaser, always running to see what broke, spilled or made me say gross. It's the only time he moves fast...total stormchaser in the making i believe. He says "what?" hoping he didn't miss the action. I said "I have a grey hair!" and then looked closer and saw another, and another, and another. "Ahhhhhh!" Impatient he says "what? what happened mommy?" I say, "My hair is turning grey!" He sees, "that's really cool!" Ha! So not cool and they so have your name on them! See that one there, Little Dude, ah, and that one there, also Little Dude. This other....

Productivity!

There's nothing like a little productivity to make you feel better. I've been worn out and feeling defeated but this weekend i went to a scrapbooking workshop for a few hours with the littlest one and left dad and son to spend some time together. I got 15 pages done this weekend. I'm back in the zone after not touching his book for what seems ages. It felt good to do something creative, chat with other moms, and remember when my son was little too. It was exactly what i needed to feel rejuvenated. Now I'm more than ever determined to get caught up on his book and start hers. LD loved looking at the pages.

A little seasonal clearance shopping for the kids was fun too. We got a lot of Baby Girl's clothes for next year for cheap. Not so much for the little man but we found some nice things for him too. The receipt showed us saving something like $150 when we only spent $75. Aren't recessions grand? Stores are having great sales. I love Baby Girl's winter coat. Pink and green. :-) Almost makes me excited for next winter - yes, slap me now....i'm so over winter - I just want to see the ground again! These people talking about spring hitting their areas is a bit annoying.

And today i'll start reading the book i'm reviewing. Productivity at last! What does it matter that I'm braindead and a zombie totally lacking in sleep.

It's not the dryer!

I always blamed the dryer for eating socks but my washer was busted today! Caught in the act. I noticed something fabricky between the metal part and the rim...forgive my naivete of washer part names. I have a front loader. I pulled out little sock after little sock, even the missing argyle sock i loved of LD's that got lost as soon as i bought them. Loved those socks and now they are too small. I found fifteen small socks, a napkin, a sponge, a mitten and some foreign object that looks like a doily but is all mildewy and icky. I did a load after and boy were they wrung out better than normal. Drying time was cut in half. Duh moment here. I wonder how close i was to breaking my washer. But the dryer is off the hook.

Failing

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I'm trying to make the three people in my life happy and it seems I can't make any of them happy. Well actually husband is excluded. Somehow he thinks I'm doing a good job but that's only because he only sees a slice of the day and he has yet to watch both kids while awake.

Baby Girl is just like Little Dude in that right around 7 at night until 9 she just cries and cries. In those hours I flail. Trying to please both and desperately await husband getting home so i can breathe which these days inevidably turns into sleep. Never in my life have I fallen asleep before 10, or even 11. Now, i try to get her to rest and sleep and i go right with her.

I've tried keeping up with A Year of Mornings just for an outlet but you can see, i can't do it. I took this picture while eating my cold bagel and cold tea this morning and am barely uploading and posting here at 7:30, make that 9:38 now. There's been several days when i've taken a picture but i just can't get to uploading and posting. I am a sinking ship. A tired sinking ship.

Failing

A Year of Mornings
Originally uploaded by wayfarer

I'm trying to make the three people in my life happy and it seems I can't make any of them happy. Well actually husband is excluded. Somehow he thinks I'm doing a good job but that's only because he only sees a slice of the day and he has yet to watch both kids while awake.

Baby Girl is just like Little Dude in that right around 7 at night until 9 she just cries and cries. In those hours I flail. Trying to please both and desperately await husband getting home so i can breathe which these days inevidably turns into sleep. Never in my life have I fallen asleep before 10, or even 11. Now, i try to get her to rest and sleep and i go right with her.

I've tried keeping up with A Year of Mornings just for an outlet but you can see, i can't do it. I took this picture while eating my cold bagel and cold tea this morning and am barely uploading and posting here at 7:30, make that 9:38 now. There's been several days when i've taken a picture but i just can't get to uploading and posting. I am a sinking ship. A tired sinking ship.