Essays have been completed and sent! Off I go to the lake!
One week of:
beach with Julia
dad telling great stories at the campfire
late-night bug exploring (especially the ones you find by the water at night)
KNIT-A-RAMA (how much yarn can fit in my suitcase?)
nature walks.
reading books that have nothing to do with school. (Actually, I’m pretty keen [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Gone fishin’ (not really, that’s cruel)
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mother daughter cries
Posted in home, tagged perfect weekend with kids, shared parenting on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve had a really excellent weekend, especially Julia, because we did the following:
- splash pad/waterslide park on Saturday
- McDonald’s with gramps (my dad wouldn’t think of bringing her anywhere else)
- Pizza dinner at grampas
- huge bonfire at grampas
- ride on great grampa’s motorized chair on huge drive-way
- badminton with mom
- played with 3 other kids [...]
stash busters
Posted in home, knitting, tagged knit baby booties, noro baby knit, noro stash busters on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I quickly knit up baby’s booties:
Pattern:Saartje’s Booties (free pattern on Ravelry)
Yarn: Noro (from stash)
The mood
Posted in classroom, pregnancy, tagged teaching practice, teaching while pregnant on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t taught in weeks, maybe even a month and admittedly I haven’t missed it much. Not that I am close to done with teaching, it is only that I have a mood and a different body.
I like my pregnant body, (except when it comes to getting a comfy sleep position) but it does not move the [...]
wednesday
Posted in home on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cool, drippy in the middle of the week makes it feel more drawn out than it needs to be.
We had our first house drama yesterday – a mysterious leak from the 2nd floor into the 1st floor hallway. I am not sure it having completely wood pannelled ceilings is good for this or not, how [...]
We woke, we sold, we boxed stuff up.
Posted in home on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we made a little bit of play money by selling our stuff. The most popualr thing was the “free maternity clothes box”, but most people did a sympathy buy as they piled up on free clothes. I find hosting garage sales incredibly interesting, you meet the neighbors, you find out who has seen the [...]
Garage sale
Posted in home, tagged garage sale on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are having a garage sale tomorrow. While, I love the idea of clearing out room in our house, and offering the opportunity for people to re-use our unwanted stuff, I am a little scared that while I am busy selling I will miss out on finding my own awesome find at someone else’ s [...]
man-a-tar
Posted in home, tagged 1 vs 100, man-a-tar, xbox avatar on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay…I am aware of my language, and while I don’t agree with male dominated language a “man-a-tar” is simply a male avatar. If Dave was playing “1 vs 100″ using my avatar, it would be a “woman-a-tar”, not as catchy hey?
But seriously, I need to use his avatar to play the game, and I don’t [...]
promises of pel
Posted in home, knitting on July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I finished knitting Pel! Here’s a quick shot of it:
it is a bit unflattering on my pregnant frame, but it will be the only large woolen item in my closet that will still fit me into the last weeks of pregnancy this Fall. Another knitter called it a blanket with arms, and so it is, [...]
