Back to Hat Making

It has been a long time, far to long. It's been too long since I've posted and since I've made hats! These two I made in the last couple days. I got a request from an old friend who just had a brand new baby niece! I couldn't resist making something for such a wee one. I really hope they fit and she takes some super cute pictures in them.

 

I was intending on making an 'owl' but a friend has pointed out it looks more like a penguin. Either way I think it turned out alright. The Giraffe was suppose to have a brown nose on it, but to me it seemed like it was taking up too much room on the front of such a small cap. I think I'll make it again in a bigger size with the face.

Chongus

I am so very happy today! My dear sweet Chongus is showing so much improvement I think he really will pull through!!!
Chongus has always enjoyed his outside time. He'll come home for his food and loving and of course prime bed time. Which is usually when he knows no human will be in the way for him to stretch out and enjoy the entire bed. On the 13th when he came to the door around his usual lunch time I thought nothing of it and just let him in and turned to get his soft food. When I turned back to him my heart stopped, poor chongus' whole left side of his head was swollen and blood and some sort of liquid was dripping from his eye. The eye itself was so enlarged you couldn't see any color besides black. I sent Mark a message to head straight home after work and called the vet right away. Thankfully we only had to wait two hours before the vet had an opening. I had mark take him and I stayed home with the girls, pacing with the cell phone in my hand. The messages that I got weren't hopeful. The vet says the injury was from trauma which means, someone or something hit him. I can't imagine who could do that to a cat. The vet gave him two kinds of medicine, one to take twice a day and another in eye drop form that he takes three times a day. She said she'd give him a week but if he didn't show amazing improvement it was probably time to say goodbye. She also said that even if by chance he did improve that he'd probably already lost his vision in that eye. Absolutely broke my heart. I can't imagine him not being around.
Chongus meets me at the door whenever I come home in the car.
Chongus comes when I call him.
Chongus will find me and snuggle me when I cry.
Chongus wont leave my side when I'm sick.
Chongus was my belly warmer during my entire pregnancy.
Without a doubt Chongus is the best cat I've ever had the pleasure of having as a buddy.
And as for today! After his morning drops and medicine he took a little nap and when he woke up.... I could see the beautiful green of his eye! His swelling is almost completely gone! The blood although can still be seen inside his eye has stopped dripping from his eye! He even played with his toy a little! Chongus may not be completely out of the woods but he is doing better than anyone told me he would! And for that I am beyond thankful and so very happy about it that I needed to share with anyone and everyone!

Out Side Time

Yesterday and today were beautiful days. The weather was so nice we got some outside time.

Vera just loved all the pretty flowers.

Justice enjoyed them as well. But, what she had the most fun doing was making the little bits of plants into all kinds of things.

Justice was working very hard on her creations and Vera was helping by gathering more and more flowers for her.

Until she just simply couldn't resist the urge to.........

                                                                         RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weekend

The weekend is in full swing, but not really for me :-p Pretty much everyone else has plans and things they are doing and I'm just holding down the fort I guess. But it's fun getting to hear how much fun they are having. I think my night is going to consist of 3 or 4 fluffy pillows, a good book, some green tea and perhaps even a little scented candle action. In fact that sounds so terrific that I'm going to take advantage of the quiet time right now!!!

on the bright side

Today isn't going to be a very busy day. There are really only a few things that I specifically planned to do today. One of which is date night! It'll be the first one in a little over two years. I'm pretty excited about it. Other than that though I'm just going to be finishing up a few things before the weekend. Waiting for a phone call as well about the new school we put the application in for. I should hear back from them sometime today, if not I'll probably just touch base with them on Monday. It feels kinda nice to have a low key day after having such a weird last few days/months. I feel the Christmas cheer now so things are looking good, I think it'll be a fun rest of the month.

Testing

I think I'm being tested already. Just yesterday I was so determined to begin to change my ways. Not to shy away or back down when something seemed stressful or tedious or pointless. I wasn't going to let my mind and emotions talk me out of things that I'd like to have and relationships I'd like to build. It's pretty ridiculous that I can read one thing and pretty much rethink my entire existence. I guess this is the first wall I have to fight through. Someone recently said to me that I couldn't change what people are going to do, if they want to have a relationship with you they'll have one. She's a pretty smart lady. It may just be in my head but sometimes it seems as if it's hard to have a relationship if the wrong you've done is still held on to. If I don't address the wrong I've done, am I being selfish? How often should I apologize for it? Are they just waiting for me to fail again like I always do? Shouldn't let them down should I?

I truly believe that ones self is the ultimate enemy. I believe that once you are sound and secure in your own life and mind that it really wont matter quite as much what other people do or say. I believe that with every single ounce of me. I just don't know how to get there, yet.

breathe, and focus

Alright so it's definitely been longer than forever. I have no excuse. For some reason once something happens and I miss one day, in my head I start going 'well I guess I can wait until this weekend' and then all the sudden that weekend passes. Then my mind goes at it again with something along the lines of 'it's been so long am I just suppose to pick up where I left off?' Blah!

I had an interesting weekend, fun, exciting, nerve wracking, scary, emotional, anger filled, embarrassing, encouraging, delightful and confusing kind of all mushed together. It didn't really stop at the weekend either it has filled today as well. I am hopeful that perhaps tomorrow will be a little more on the calm side, or maybe even just predictable. . . hmmm, nah I think I'll stick with hoping for calm.

I've almost completed my long over due task of sending off my oldest sisters gifts. It's taken forever but every time I think I have it all together I either add a little something or one of the girls does something that I'd like to send as well. I have officially put a deadline on it though. It is being sent out on Friday, no matter how many pictures need to be drawn or pictures need to be printed out or what ever. Friday, Friday, Friday! lol, and that is this Friday the 10th of December 2010, just in case my mind tries to make it next Friday or something.

I visited my sister this weekend, the middle sister. She looks pretty amazing. It's fascinating that you couldn't imagine someone being prettier and then they become pregnant and it's like a whole different kind of pretty. She's nesting like crazy and I just hope she gets some down time in between all her tasks. She's a busy bee.

I think I'm going to get a day planner and actually schedule out my days. I've realized that I don't like going months without talking to my sisters. Or going too long without having a playful day of photo taking with my girls. Or not having a date night in over 2 years. Or seeing friends in. . . well I can't even remember the last time. Or having HUGE gaps in my writing or blogging. I've begun to notice that I spend so much time wishing that I was closer with certain people or productive in the relationship rather than just doing it. could of, would of and should of are phrases that I'm going to try to weed out of my life.