September 15th, 2011 -- Posted in family, life as a mom, scrappy / stampy |
This blog post may seem a little late, but the last of our teacher cards were only delivered this month, so I’d say it seems about even!
My son’s cards went out to his teachers on time (at the end of June), but my daughter, who was greatly opposed to the idea of appreciation cards or gifts (apparently this is just “not done” at the middle school level), left them in her bag where they suffered water damage at an end-of-the-year pool party…
They were then found later in the summer, rescued from the enveloppes (which had to be tossed), repackaged, and given directly to the office at the beginning of the new school year. I had compromised by not adding gift cards to the coffee stores inside but this year I may be less inclined to agree to any plans proposed by such an unreliable letter-carrier.
Thankfully, these pics of the cards were taken before the water damage…
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May 15th, 2011 -- Posted in family, future / dreams / goals, life as a mom, pain / disability, things that make you go LOL |
So this year’s birthday was actually a good one… maybe it’s a sign this is my year… I may have totally stopped believing in karma and all that stuff, but signs? There may still be something there.
I was really not looking forward to this birthday at all! 30 was fun to look forward to… it was the age I’ve felt all my life! A whole new decade, new hope, new horizon. 31 is… not so hopeful. It has all the “old” with none of the newness or freshness. Worst part is, I have officially become too old for my own precious young mom website. I had to take a bit of forced backseat the past few years anyways because I just couldn’t get to the home office (or even laptop keys!) often enough though the pain, headaches, & mental fog to keep things running smoothly. But now I’ll really have to slink behind the curtain and remain backstage.
And I guess YM is a bit of a microcosm of real life… even though 31 is by no means “elderly”, I had my days in the sun way back when. With the way my health has been looking since the accident, I’m not seeing much partying or adventure in my future. Time to step back and let others star in the show. Which is ok… hard to come to terms with, for many people! But then again, that’s part of why children are around. So long as those children can be recognized for who they are and not taken as just second chances for the parents to do what they never could manage in their own childhoods, everyone can enjoy watching what the next generation accomplishes.
Anyways, enough philosophical babble and I’ll record some little details of my day that I’d like to remember down the way and that I don’t mind sharing with anyone that may still be wandering by…
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November 9th, 2010 -- Posted in blinkies & other cuteness |
I’ve added another batch of blinkies to one of my fave blinkie styles (in the 150×20 collections): my Squiggle Blinkies. There are now so many, I’ve had to stretch the collection to a second page. The new blinkies have added colours: a light green, a darker pink (than the original light pink), and a darker blue (than the original light blue).
Most of the blinkies created were sprinkled into categories such as TTC (Hoping for a Boy and Hoping for a Girl), Baby Dust, Pregnancy**, and Twins/Triplets/Mulitples, which have more pages now added to accommodate the larger number of blinkies!
Visit this page for the complete listing of all blinkie pages (of 150×20 size blinkies).
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