Laws of Motion

Well in a day and a half I made up for all that holiday laziness. I tackled this room Sunday afternoon and today I spent the entire day running errands. I won't bore anyone with the details but I made over 20 stops. It was a busy day. I even managed to come home make dinner and then clean. I guess Newton was right when he said "An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion". It feels so good to have everything back in its place again.

Now... what kind of organizer can I create for that big green space on the wall? Stay tuned.

Movie Day

I am embarassed to say how long it has been since I have gone outside. Tomorrow we will all return to our daily routines of work and school so we decided to go see a movie to celebrate the last day of vacation. That means I had to put on shoes.

We don't go to movies very often and the girls were very excited. I chose Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs mostly because it was at the dollar theater. Long story short... we get to the car and it won't start. Again. Last week I had a new battery put in and now it is dead. Again.

We turned around and headed in feeling disappointed. That was until I told Ava that I would make popcorn and we could watch a movie together at home. It turns out it was the popcorn she was really interested in. So I took off my shoes and ordered Julie and Julia on Demand and life was good again.

Making Lists

Let the list making begin. Now that the celebrating is over and the decorations have been put away it is time to get organized. There are so many corners of my home that have been neglected. The craft room and laundry room are at the top of my list.

My first instinct is to jump in and start working but before I make an even bigger mess I need to prioritize. Today I walked around the house and wrote down a list of home projects I'd like to get done. Although it would feel great to have these spaces put back together today I think I'll start with some small items on my list and save these for when I have more energy.

Handmade 2009

Happy New Year!

Here are just a few projects from 2009. I can wait to see what is in store for 2010.

RSI

I got some very beautiful yarn for Christmas and some wonderful patterns from this Etsy shop, however I have to take a break from knitting. I think I over did it a little by making 2 scarves, a sweater for Ava and starting one for myself just a few weeks before Christmas. After 2 days of knitting in the car to and from the Polar Express in Williams I got a pain in my shoulder. I'm pretty sure it is a repetitive strain injury. Bummer! All this time and yarn and no knitting.

Pears or A Pair?

Erin, my four year old, is VERY into multiple meaning words. She brings them to my attention all the time. "Mom, there is a fly like a bug and flying a kite". Even odd ones like "Phillip the name, and fill up a gas tank". I had to think for a second about that one.

I decided to take a few snap shots of things around the house to see if she could find the word with two meanings in the picture. This activity is great for my language impaired students at school too. Here are just a few of the pictures but it was so much fun I'm sure there will be more posts to follow.

Easy.

A little harder.

Can you find more than one in this picture?

Mountains

Although my girls are still too young to go out and hit the trails on a bike like their dad I know he has a profound influence on them. This was evident when Ava choose not to make the holiday gingerbread man or Christmas tree with her cinnamon scented craft dough at school. Instead she came home with... a mountain. Correction, a mountain range.

I'm not quite sure how to hang it on the tree but I love it.