Well...that was a bit of a break!
I have been having a hard time getting motivated this winter...but maybe I can catch you up with a few bullet points...in no particular order...
- I made felted acorns for my family's x-mas presents...then ran out of money, so if we had to buy something online or ship it...well...didn't happen.
- I'm sort of teaching myself to knit...starting with a scarf that should be way more than done by now.
- Our Sunshine boy has been adding words here and there, though he prefers to show you and make sound-effects...which I've heard is both a 1st child, and boy thing.
- Sunshine boy has named his 2 lovies- the teddy bear from my Mom is named "Zha-Zha", and the puppy from Alex's Dad and step-Mom is named "Zho-Da".
- There was a relatively mild snow/wind storm that knocked our power out overnight for 14 hours and it got COLD!!!! We decided to invest in a wood stove instead of replacing our gas stove...especially because since it got cold, we've had to sink over $1000 into filling our propane tank...too expensive!!!
- I have very recently realized that I've been suppressing a big part of myself for the sake of some friends, who don't appreciate it anyway, in an attempt to avoid offending them, but I have ended up offending myself very much by ignoring that part of myself. I'm not going to scream it out loud- still don't want to offend, but I'm also not going to keep it a secret anymore...that's hurting me and keeping me from being all that I can be. If they accept all of me as their friend, excellent!, if they run away...too bad, I'd miss them a lot.
- And on to the reason why I've been looking so deeply inside...because there's someone else in there who benefits from me being my whole, loving, creative, spiritual self, and is neglected when I try to suppress who I am, and who I love being. I'm pregnant! I have just entered my second trimester. :-) We've even been feeling him/her move! It's very exciting for all of us. I admit I've been hit with the baby blues, but I think that as I let myself be free again- let myself express and not be afraid of what people will think- then I'll come back to a better balance.
So, that's about it. There's more, I'm sure, but that's all I can think of right now.
Here are a couple pictures to update you-
Sunshine Boy in Daddy's boots.
First jello experience...purple flavored...
Reading...notice the tornado that went through behind him...that's my boy!!!