Helping. Healing. Caring.
Eva’s first sewing stitches! Look at those straight lines! So proud! I was learning how to sew straight stitches with my Mom today. First my Mom showed me, then I did it by myself. First, I’m going to hand sew, then I’m going to sew with my sewing machine I got for Christmas from Aunt […]
ensued today at my Kindermusik Demo class. HOLY macaroni, the tidy bowl man leapt out of the damn toilet and grabbed my damn karma. UGH. It goes like so…I finally get my contract with MCCS done to teach the community center.My 20% doesn’t get me much advertising, so I paper the ENTIRE housing area with […]
Ok, so here it is in a nutshell. The holidays & household projects kicked my butt, so blogging got shoved under the keyboard for a while. BUT, I’m back. I’ll spare you the gory details of the last few months and let the pictures tell our story… (up to Turkey day, Christmas deserves it’s own […]
Okay, so thanks to Aimee & Michelle, here are 7 things you never wanted to know about me. 1. I have terrible stage fright and still don’t believe other people really want to hear me sing. 2. I have a compulsion to write my own greeting cards and party invites. It tends to sound a […]
organizing, picture hanging, cleaning, purging, rearranging, shopping or ANYTHING ELSE move-in related. A month or so ago, I signed myself up for a Pampered Chef party, so the 4 days preceeding this momentous event were spent in a whirlwind of activity as I attempted to clear out the chaos and make my home look presentable. […]
Nana with her munchkins THIS is your legacy. Be proud! We are! is the BEST mom. Today is her birthday, so I celebrate her with… an ODE. when i was very tiny you wiped my hiney. when i grew grew to your knees you made me eat my peas. when i reached your hip you […]
Ivy so grown up! Eva modeling her improvised bikini the clan mac and wetherill chicks carrying on the lewis tradition of swimming til you are pruned, even if it’s dark! kisses for aunt sammy! swimming with papa (never without the bink, even in the pool!) tickling the funnies with Nana Good times & Great Friends! […]
I HAVE A HOME!!!! I have never in my life (boot camp, mos school excepted) lived so long without a place to call home. I cannot tell you the emotions that bubbled over when I finally got to walk into MY home. Granted, it looks like a tornado hit a toy store, a kitchen supply, […]
i’m sitting in my parents kitchen, surrounded by my kids, my nieces, my mom & dad and a LOT of chaos. it is the best place to be. the only thing missing is the men. Charles, Terry and Markie. WE MISS YOU!this time here has gone an awfully long way toward helping me learn to […]
stop waking up and wishing I was in Oki? stop waking up and wishing I didn’t feel like I have to barf? Funny. I’ve been off island for 10 weeks now and I just keep thinking it’s time to get back on the plane. Funny. I’ve been pregnant for 8 weeks now (wow, that long […]