second round of completed presents

BEAN BAGS!!!!
these took for-ever.... so worth it though... 70% wool 30% silk. they are so very soft...and so much more rich than these pictures portray.

this is a stick ira collected on a hike that i sanded, polishe and attached the metal clip to.... it holds a playsilk or long thick ribbon beautifully.


the night before our secular christmas i made this doll.... in about an hour, with liv on my breast/lap.... but, imperfect as she is... ira loves her...

so much to post

so little time....

first wave of completed presents

i made 2 of these faerie rings

Hat & Wand

what kept ira not interested in what i was crafting.....

crafting for a lovely lady

crawling baby!

solstice tree trimming

a hiking we will go-

she sang that on and off all day.

it was aa chilly day- but perfect for hiking, dancing & "teaching c ballet"

random crafter

while doing an entirely different craft the other day- ira picked up the acorns i had picked from target started gluing the tops on- then she started sprinkling cinnamon in between.... now we have scented acorns.


she is genius!

Domestic Rockstar

thats me!

i feel quite amazing at the moment.

We woke up, went hiking...took my rockstar worker man coffee & a snack since he was too busy for lunch.

grocery shopping.

crazy good burritos with rancher ground beef, roasted beets, quinoa, dollop sour cream on tortilla paired with a salad of spinach, romaine, parsley, radishes, raw sharp cheese mmmmmmmmmmmm.........

on the table. when the man came home [late]


read books, pretended to be an archer, discussed the heart, listened to ira's heart and taught her where to listen to mine... crawled around on floor, got "massage" by ira, danced to ska music & billie holiday, started a load of laundry, laughed til i cried with the family at a funny show.

nursed the elf to sleep while the man read even more books to the faerie.

both children asleep by 9!

watched eli stone with the man. uploading pics.

it does feel good to be a gangsta.

oh, and the man cleaned the kitchen harvested the grapefruit & lemon trees and brought the bamboo indoors- we are expecting a possible freeze tonight- crazy!

funny of the day-

"ira, would you like to learn to ride horses?"

"yes, but i want to wait until the yellow one is born-- mama- are horses born? do they make them in their bellies??"

i love her.

pictures!

life

and how I love her.

ira teaching liv to crawl

open letter

to that little tiny woman's voice in my head....

Dear little tiny voice in my mind-

Im not going to care about the 15 stickers stuck to my tile floor. or the dust and cat hair on the base boards in my bathroom.

or the ever growing pile of clean laundry in my bedroom.... Im sure one day, when my children are old enough to not want to play with me every second- it will be cleaner around here.

tiny woman, I do not care that my couch is stained, and covered with pretty blankets.... my 3 year old thinks it looks "beatiful!"

I also am totally not concerned with allll the fingerprints alllllll over my stainless fridge, oven and dishwasher..... so you can stop clabbering on and on about that as well.

so if you cannot think of anything nice to say, just sit there and watch me crawl around on the floor with my 7 month old and listen to me reading books and cuddling with my 3 year old.

Because if I do not stop listening to you and trying to please you- i might miss this.

and ust as a warning- I hear that they make medications these days that remove you permanently... just saying...

consider this your fair warning...

i miss you

homemade solstice tree ornaments

using recycled plastic bags as the insides!

only problem is that we use cloth bags and could only gather up 12 bags.

Im planning on calling a couple of my neighbours tomorrow for theirs ;)