I have 15 minutes before I have to leave to go back to work...again. Working from 7 PM to 10 PM (ish) really makes you dislike Tuesday nights.

I don't have much to report. Things have seemed very busy these past few days...busy watching Angel. *Carrie is Terribly Ashamed* We're halfway through Season 5 (the last season) and I'm totally engrossed in this show. I. Can't. Stop. Watching. It.

Steve has a job interview on Friday! If anyone has any tips or ideas or questions he should ask then post away!

I'm horribly excited b/c my good internet friend Anne is coming into town this week. We've got multiple events planned and I need it! It is so good to get out and do stuff.

Well...I've got to leave in 7 minutes. I guess I should go and get ready and find my pants to put on.

Cheers! Check y'all later

A big shout out to all the mothers...take the time rest and relax tomorrow.

i got sprung from work at 12:30 PM today. that was nice. me and steve went for haircuts. we needed it! he looks like he belongs now. :P

after that we rearranged the living room. it's much more cozy now.

we picked up andrew and then went for mother's day supper at the super good italian place. andrew's gone for a sleep over at grandma and grandpas and now we're at home. gonna watch some angel and then go to bed early probably.

we're so exciting.

PS. steve got a call back from one of the jobs he applied for!

nataliedee.com

I found this a few months ago on youtube and it is one of my favorites to watch. It makes you marvel at you can make art with. It also makes me realize how lucky I am.

Please watch the video.

This is the little descriptor on YouTube:

One of the projects kare4kenya worked on during their stay in kawangware in the month of August 2007.

The idea was to 1) Clean up the slum area of kawangware 2) Re Use the plastic bags so that from the plastic bags the locals could create beach bags 3) Give a part time job to these parents who have no work...

Well, I'm not a craft show virgin anymore...but I'm definitely not experienced.

The Bad News? I made 2 dollars profit. :(

The Good News? I paid for the table. I was able to buy a cool little purse thing for my crochet hooks. I got to hang out with Lorien all day. People liked my stuff. Everyone picked it up and talked to me about it. They thought it was cool. They thought it ingenious. They said it looked nice. They said it was sturdy. They just didn't quite like it enough to buy it. I got to talk to people about upcycling and repurposing items. I got to try.

I don't think my stuff is not quite craft show material (at least not the traditional craft show stuff). Most of the stuff is a big investment...something craft show buyers probably aren't prepared to make.

Lorien took pictures. Hope you enjoy.

I saw this on PostSecret today. it really feels so true for me.

Take a leap with me.

this week at life was....sucky...and good....and sad.

1. steve lost his job on tuesday. we're keeping a very positive attitude about it and i know that he'll have another job by the end of may.

2. it seems that i am indeed the new children's ministry coordinator at my church...along with another person. they've made the position joint, which i think is fabulous b/c now i won't be so lost. :P

3. i'm doing my craft show tomorrow; in the midst of all the bruhahaha i've been getting ready for it. i made re-purposed price tags out of old folders from work. i've got a good pile of stuff. i'm going to my craft partners today so we can sort out how our table is going to look.

4. i'm going for drinks and nachos tonight with a Hitched Friend. I'm uber excited to go out. :)

5. i think my husband is making me a composter right now. stoked!

The ticker is indeed gone. You weren't imagining the disappearance.

Right now the goal is just to survive. Yep, that's right. The goal is no goal.

I have decided that even though things may seem to be falling apart all around me, I am still luckier then 99% of the world’s population. There are so many things that I need to be thankful for.

I am thankful for my son. He is perfect and I love him. We are so lucky that he is healthy and was always healthy in-utero. We never had to deal with an irregular ultrasound or amnio or the knowledge that our child might be born anything other then perfectly healthy. Someone I know has had to deal with the decision of what to do after finding out, at 20 weeks, that the baby has Down’s syndrome. I could never deal with a situation like that and I am so thankful that I have never had to.

I am thankful for my husband. He is kind and warm and gentle. & he puts lotion on my feet when I ask, even though he dislikes doing it. & he scratches my back. & he let’s me pick the movie most of the time. & he swept me off my feet & I am more in love with him today then I was 4 years ago.

I am thankful that my mom is here with us today, living in her own home, driving, and working. My mom woke up paralyzed from the waist down 3 years ago and the doctors weren’t sure if she would ever be able to walk again. They told us not to be surprised if she was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. They call her recovery, ‘miraculous’ and it is indeed a miracle.

I am thankful that I have the knowledge regarding how to live a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Even though I have problems putting the knowledge into action at least I am lucky enough to know.

I am eternally thankful that I am Canadian. I know there are problems here and it’s not picture perfect, but really, It’s a fuck of a lot better here then elsewhere. I have money in the bank, money in the jar, money in my pocket. It doesn’t matter that that all that money only equals a couple hundred dollars…it is still more then 99% per cent of the worlds population. There is a good social system here. We don’t have to pay to see a doctor. We have doctors. There is EI. There are systems in place.

I am thankful for the Earth. For sunshine. For flowers. For mud. For grass. For air. For wind. For rain. For everything. I am thankful for the time to enjoy nature.

I am thankful that I have Hitched. I don’t know what I would do without that place. Hitched was the first place I turned after Steve phoned me. They know everything about everything and are a bunch of fabulous ladies (& men) who always know what to say—even if it isn’t quite what you want to hear.

I am thankful for my spirituality. I am thankful that there is something higher up there that is looking out for me. I am thankful that I represent my beliefs and tenets in a non-threatening and warm manner.

Today, I am thankful for being alive.