Bumblebees, Ice Cream and a Bright Red Shawl

First off to put everyone out of their misery for today – no call in regards to Ken’s meeting – yet… so you can imagine the state himself and I are in. Waiting waiting waiting ALL DAY! It was not until 5:30 that he felt we could get ready and head out to do our few chores. Talk about FRUSTRATING! So we shall see what happens tomorrow and of course I will share the results!

But before I discuss today I have to talk about late last night… or early this morning really… we got a phone call after midnight – which is unusual in and of itself – from ESTHER! That is right our very own globe trotter calling us on the phone ON her airplane ready to take off for Grenada! So of course I slipped into full mommy mode and had to make sure she knew she HAD to keep in contact, have fun, study hard, keep safe… the list goes on and on and on. It is hard to believe she will be gone for a YEAR! This does lead me to the next important thing. For the upcoming year I am going to do something special. For every special occassion, every odd moment I am going to bring along the red shawl Esther forgot her on her last visit. When I told her it was forgotten she mentioned that she would be at Muttart with us through her shawl (if you check back there are pictures with it) so for the next year she really will be there with us. Keep an eye peeled, you never know when Esther will “be” with us!

Esther in Spirit... Keep and Eye Peeled

Esther in Spirit... Keep and Eye Peeled

Now for today… hmm lets see, slept in since I stayed up late with Ken while he grumbled about waiting on the meeting. Spent said day waiting for call that has not come yet… cleaned, picked raspberries, cleaned, made a loaf of bread in the breadmaker… oh and we did this great paper plate craft!

Bumblebees! First painting the plate yellow the night before, using a marker to draw on black stripes and then hot gluing googly eyes and tiny pom pom noses, taping a triangle of black construction paper on the back for the tale we finished it off with wax paper wings. The boys were ecstatic with the bees asking if we could make ladybugs (wait til you see TOMORROW’S craft!) and now there are requests for butterflies AND caterpillars! I already have ideas for the last one…

Painting the Plates Yellow - 2 coats (Zander left)

Painting the Plates Yellow - 2 coats (Zander left)

Stripes and Paper Stinger

Stripes and Paper Stinger

Completed Bees

Completed Bees

Today was an AWESOME mail day! A stitching friend on a Canadian egroup sent me a stitching magazine with patterns she felt related to my blog! The only one she was hunting for and couldn’t find was in regards to my first ever bus trip – I so need to design something for that one! I am so excited not only to get to work on one of the patterns but that someone cared enough to do such a wonderful thing. I write this blog mainly to get a piece of myself out there, to share life and maybe even start conversations with people. To know that I actually had someone think about it and me is just TERRIFIC! So the pattern I have chosen to start is called “Follow Your Heart” and once I get a quick gift stitched up (if Ken EVER gets me the pattern) I am going to get started. It has more than a couple of stitches I have never done before which is exciting!

Speaking of stitching the dragon is coming along nicely. I am not going to post any more pictures of it since it IS a Christmas gift but it is really taking that dragon shape. The stocking IS still calling to me sadly but I am sure there is enough hours in the day for all my projects to be satisfied… eventually… and maybe if I don’t sleep?

So a special treat for the family. I splurged and got us a tub of ice cream… only $6.99, the boys had been asking for weeks if they could have ice cream and I figured with how well we are doing at staying on budget and keeping close to home and all the things I have had to put off that this was an earned reward. In order to make EVERYONE happy I got neapolitan so even Ken was happy. The nice thing about a tub of ice cream is it lasts so much longer, small dishes every once in a while and we are all happy.

Mmm Ice Cream and Parts of Tomorrow's Bug Craft (Zander left)

Mmm Ice Cream and Parts of Tomorrow's Bug Craft (Zander left)

Personally I am hanging in there. There are little things that get to me – the lack of CHOICE when it comes to things like eating out (there is no room in the budget) or going luxury shopping (again no room) BUT on the other hand I am noticing little things that make me feel GOOD much much more. Today Trinity was saying “hi” all over the place, to the point where she was sitting with the play phone saying “hi hi hi” into it and smiling. She also spent most of today wandering around with a spool of ribbon letting it trail behind her. The boys were SO excited about their bugs and now are requesting even more varieties making me have to do more research for crafts which I love. The raspberry bushes were not hugely bountiful today but there are TONS still to ripen. And best of all I got hugs from all my kids who just had to tell me they love me while Trinity came up to me many times making kissey noises and leaning forward to get her favourite kiss on the forehead. So while stressed I am blessed. (Rhyming ugh!) Now if I could just find a way to have the house clean itself….

Static Cling!

Static Cling!

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