May 8, 2008
I hope you had a wonderful day.
May 5, 2008
We had a rainy weekend. Everything is greener today because of it. My digital camera isn’t working. It has a ’system error’ message when I turn it on. I don’t know if it is worth it, to have repaired again. I haven’t called the camera shop yet. Andrew’s school backpack’s zipper is shot, so we customized a new one for him. Sophia and I were trying to sell the idea for another Ugly Doll one, but he requested a Catfish instead. We made it yesterday, and he is happy with it. I’ll be curious if anyone can tell that it is indeed a catfish.
Last year I made these boxes for some of my fellow Moms. I was hoping to have a good idea for another Mother’s Day craft, but I haven’t been struck with a great idea, yet. This morning I was looking at my favorite blogs, seeing who had new posts and I was introduced to this artist’s blog and work. So inspiring http://elsita.typepad.com/elsita/
May 2, 2008
here on the home front. The big excitement was chaperoning a never ending field trip on Wednesday. Sophia’s class went on a historical walking tour of Providence and a tour of our State House. The kids did very well, despite not getting their snack and having a very late lunch and having a long tour the highlight being able to guess the architectural details. It was a strange sensation walking by RISD, (my Alma-matter)and being with my Nine year old and her fellow 4th graders.It doesn’t feel like 17 years have gone by, since I was a student. By the way this Saturday is the Spring Student and Alumni sale. Here’s more info: http://www.risd.edu/alumni_sale.cfm
April 26, 2008
Here he is #14. Right now Mr. 14 and his Dad are oiling his glove. Today was opening ceremonies for all Little Leagues in our Town. Sophia were not supporting our player. Instead we had a Saver’s outing and ladies lunch. We hit the jackpot at Saver’s today. For 31dollars we got a jean jacket, Hannah Andersen dress & matching leggings, 2 sweaters for Andrew, and 8 books, plus some neo-pet cards. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Saver’s it is a thrift department store. A cleaner, better stocked and nicer interior, version of Salvation Army. I was telling Marc that we couldn’t of bought the H. Andersen dress for $31 alone. Ahh, we do just love a bargain.
April 25, 2008
Weather-wise that is. It has been just a gorgeous week. Totally my kind of weather, warm, but not hot, no humidity and not too many bugs. If it never got any warmer that would be a-okay with me. Having ugly gams, I love not having to wear shorts. This weekend kicks off T-ball. I never thought that this kind of organised sport would be a part of my life. I shouldn’t be surprised since my husband is a big sports fan, that our son is becoming one as well. I hope Andrew finds it as much fun, as playing in our backyard with his family. We’ll see. Oh, and here are our finished pottery pieces and a thrift-ed tray I picked up yesterday. (Kirsten, I have your green plate and had to get one similar to it)
April 23, 2008
I just finished this book, ‘The Usual Rules’ by Joyce Maynard. I loved it. I had picked it up before, but when I read the flap and found out that it dealt with the loss of a parent on 9/11, I wasn’t ready for it then. The story is told through a 13 year old’s viewpoint.
I’m on my way to pick up our painted pottery. It is another beautiful day. It seems like we are actually having a spring, instead of jumping right into summer.
April 22, 2008
In my neck of the woods we are getting back to our ol’ routine. The kids are back to school and I am back to my work. I have been away from the drawing board for two weeks and yesterday it felt like pulling teeth to be working again. I hope today goes better. Sophia brought Gilbert Stuart home and he looks a bit shop worn. Over vacation Andrew went fishing twice, much to his joy. Marc now has his Dad’s canoe. He looks like such a big guy in this picture.
April 18, 2008
Today we were visiting Michelle. She heard of a terrific tag sale in New London, Ct. It’s held at a High School and the proceeds go to the Child & Family Agency. We weren’t sure what to expect but I found some ‘thriftques’ there. It was super organized, clean and not overly crowded. They even provided maps with the lay of the land and stuff. Here’s what came home with us:
Afterwards we went to Mohegan Sun for a ’50’s lunch at Johnny Rockets. Yum, they make the best shakes. I tried my first Vanilla Malt, and it won’t be my last.
Below are photos from Michelle’s home, us gearing up for the sale. Miss Kiwi Divine, tolerated our visit. We all were thinking what gorgeous kittens she, and Finky would of made.
April 15, 2008
Wilcox Park, Westerly Rhode Island.
April 15, 2008
We changed directions and ended up going to Westerly yesterday. It has a great library with a huge children’s room, which featured Harry Potter quilts, a guinea pig named Pee Wee and tons of great books. The library is next to Wilcox park, which dates to the 19th century and was designed for strolling. There is a great sculpture of a bunny, from Margaret Wise Brown’s book the Runaway bunny. We all enjoyed ourselves, except Andrew who had on his cranky pants. His mood improved with a visit to a local candy store, which had just about anything ‘gummy’ you can imagine.
