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Saturday, December 02, 2006
My Raggedy Ann
It's been awhile since I blogged last. I have done alot in the couple weeks...took Niall and Rhiannon to the Christmas Preview aka Sunny's Craft Show. Lots of very nice things to be seen but WAY too many people. Keman spent that entire weekend over at friends' houses. Last weekend I made a ham and invited Brad over for supper, it allowed him to visit with his daughter, I spent the majority of his visit when I wasn't cooking or eating, setting up my Christmas tree. Last week was pretty boring,most days usually are. This weekend I have been working on some Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls that I am making for Rhiannon. I had one when I was little that Auntie Dona had made for me, I honestly wish I knew what happened to it...LOTS of my things went missing when Marilyn came in on the scene. Anyway, I am happy to be able to sew these for my daughter, and I hope she loves them as much as I loved mine. I found this poem online that describes how I hope she will feel about them in the future.
Monday, November 13, 2006
The Beauty of Nature
I find I'm still kind of bummed about my tubal. A friend of mine called me tonight to tell me she's pregnant and I found that I was jealous...the tubal was done more for my family (sorry to be honest guys) than for me. I got sick of hearing how I shouldn't have any more children, I KNOW it's not advisable for me to be having a bunch of babies and raising them alone, I also know that I have 3 beautiful, healthy children, that still doesn't stop me from mourning all the ones that will now never be. I know I would have liked to have one more, right after I had Rhiannon I didn't want ANY more, 36 hours of labour will do that for you, but now, after watching her growing and meeting milestones it makes my heart yearn for another life to coax along. Oh well, I better not dwell on what cannot be changed and enjoy the present and the children who are here and tangible. Yet, I cannot help but feel a minor bit of melancholy for that shadow child. Until next post, Be Thou Blessed.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The Wierd Sister
The wierd sister, that would be me :) quoting a little bit of Shakespeare as he refers to the 3 witches in Macbeth as the Wierd Sisters. I must say it's my favourite of his works.
Another day where I accomplished pretty much nothing at home. I took the boys to school, came home to check my email and Becky called to see where I'd gotten lost, turns out I forgot that I said I'd go over there this AM to watch kidlets again so she could run out and buy "Cars" on DVD as it came out today. Silly me! So..when Rhiannon woke up from her morning nap we toddled over there. I spent the afternoon burning DVD's for her which is no biggie. She fed us supper, I talked REALLY nice and she barbequed me some steak...my fave! Although now I have sore teeth from chewing that beef. Time to go and see a dentist I guess. Came home and put the boys to bed, received a phone call from a new friend of mine, Veronica. She hails from Illinois, INCREDIBLY nice woman. I'm truly glad she and I have met. She runs an ebay store (how I met her), she also has her own non ebay retail site, the link is in my list. I think if anyone is looking for quality infants clothing from Gymboree or Janie & Jack they should deal with her. I also spoke to my sister Sherry on MSN this morning and we are making tentative plans to have all the siblings together for Christmas. I am sure that this has not happened since Mom died, soooo about 21 years. We both agree that this is a long time overdue. I think it's kind of sad that my children will not and have not enjoyed the close relationship with their cousins that I did with mine. In todays hustle and bustle we seem to have forgotten about the import of family. I miss the closeness, although I DO have some of that with Becky, Ron and Jeana. We make each other crazy some times and there are times where I am sure that we ALL feel taken advantage of by each other, but we have the love that all families have and when the going gets tough, we circle the wagons! Things haven't been exactly easy for any of us of late, but we are doing the best we can and supporting each other, so that is a positive. I think I may actually get to get away next weekend. Becky has said she will keep the boys overnight Friday and I am going to be taking off to Edmonton with Colleen, Dorian and Rhiannon for the night. It's Coronet, and SCA event, will be my first non-camping major event so I am very much looking forward to it. I just wish my court dress were done, but it's not going to be, lol. Colleen is working on a dress for herself at the moment all done with ribbon embroidery, it sounds divine. At any rate I should toddle off to bed. Be Thou Blessed.
Monday, November 06, 2006
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
Keman was telling me about the book he's studying in class called "Hana's Suitcase" it's similar to "The Diary of Anne Frank" as it's a young Jewish girl's account of what befell her during the holocaust. He updates me a little everyday, I learned that Waisenkind means orphan in German. I think I may buy a copy of it as he really likes the story and I'd like to read it. I have one called "We Were in Auchwitz" a VERY disturbing read, almost as disturbing as "Roots". Well it's time to put Niall to bed so until next post, Be Thou Blessed.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
The Kids
Here are my creatures, lol. At the top is Niall..his shirt says "I tried to be good, but I got bored" which I thought was hilarious. In the middle is Rhiannon all in Gymboree (My addiction :>) the line is "A Walk in the Woods" and last but not least at the bottom is Keman, I think he looks so nice in red and he is wearing his namessake on his shirt. He was named for a dragon in a novel I read, although we have recently discovered that Keman is also a turkish word for violin. Niall is gaelic for Neil and means Champion, Rhiannon is welsh and means Divine Queen. Rhiannon was named for the Goddess of the same name, Niall for another fictional character, this one out of a romance novel. We'll see, I might just wind up with blogging as a new addiction.
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Well I am finally jumping on the blog bandwagon. Can't say that things are particularly exciting 'round these parts, but I'll blog it all for you anyhow, lol. Today started out wonderful..Rhiannon fell asleep last night around 9-9:30 and stayed down ALL night! She woke up at 7 this morning for her feeding, I think I almost danced over to the crib. Last weekend she cut her first teeth, bottom front. I can't believe how soon they came in as Keman and Niall never cut teeth until they were almost a year old! I guess Nanner is just in a big rush to do everything. Keman got an award last week at school, he got the Data Management award, he is apparently doing really well in that unit of math. He is doing a play at school in french called "Boucles Violetta et les Trois Ours" or for us non francais savvy folk, "Purple Locks and the 3 Bears" his favourite new french saying is "Je conduit mon soucoupe valent" or en Anglais... "I drive my Flying Saucer" he also adds little laser shooting sound effects at the end which makes me laugh every time! He also auditioned for and got the part of Kevin in the yearly Christmas concert, I was so proud of him. He is a very talented little actor and I am encouraging him to pursue that talent by joining Drama Club in the early spring, I think he will. And what can we say about Niall? He is doing very well in school, I was impressed at PTI with his ability to make patterns, spell small words and to read me a story.. it was called "In My Garden" it was a very cute story, I think he had it memorized, but that is pretty much what reading is..memorizing words. As for me, this morning Jeannine (my neighbour) McKenna (her daughter who is 6 weeks younger than Rhiannon) Rhiannon and I went for a delightful Sunday brunch at the local steak house. To DIE for food there, I think I will be going back next Sunday with all the kids and possibly Becky (Grandma) and Auntie Jeana as well. Those cheese bun things they had are worth another trip, lol. Hope to add some more tomorrow, until then: Be Thou Blessed.