Happy 12th Birthday, Nathaniel!
Well, today we've spent the whole day centered around Nathaniel as today is his 12th birthday. He had what he wanted for breakfast, lunch and dinner and lots of presents. He is a very happy kid today. It has been a great day for the whole family.
The rest of the week I will be busy transcribing and preparing for the fair. I have only two crochet projects that I will be entering this year. One is a hand crocheted tank top for Jenny and the other is a curtain panel to be hung on the front door.
This coming weekend we've planned on converting some closet doors into shelves in the studio to hold lots of stuff. Which means a lot of moving stuff around, lots of sweating, hauling and lifting. Some of the things that these shelves will hold will be supplies and equipment we use in producing Needwood soap and candles. Possibly even some of our inventory as well. Should be fun.
With it now being August, I find myself reflecting on where I am in my life now and remembering things from the past. I feel a need to go home or rather to go visit my parents whom I have not seen in over 3 or 4 years now. Since I last saw them a lot has happened. My daughter went through nanny school and came home. My son was diagnosed officially as having Aspberger's Syndrome. My longtime love and husband of 22 years, Rick, died suddenly in November of 2004. My parents decided to put the old farm up for sale which sold earlier this year. They are getting settled into their new house now. I have had to get my license again and had to get another mode of transportation since my station wagon's power steering line broke. I have another car but it needs a tune up which I want to attempt on my own. Wish me luck.
Learning to stand alone and independent again has been a long road since Rick died and I still have a long way to go yet.
Somehow through feeling a great need to see my Mom and Dad again and feeling melancholy, I also feel a great excitement for some unknown reason, a feeling of looking forward. Could be its just because it is August and time to get ready for the upcoming school year. Even when I was a kid I always looked forward to the coming school year. This year Nathaniel will be home schooled through a new system. It's home schooling and public schooling combined. It's called Washington Virtual Academy. Nathaniel and I are both looking forward to it, which reminds me we both need to finish paperwork for it.
It will be a good week. Now I feel a little like writing a story or something else. Perhaps I will share it here soon.
The rest of the week I will be busy transcribing and preparing for the fair. I have only two crochet projects that I will be entering this year. One is a hand crocheted tank top for Jenny and the other is a curtain panel to be hung on the front door.
This coming weekend we've planned on converting some closet doors into shelves in the studio to hold lots of stuff. Which means a lot of moving stuff around, lots of sweating, hauling and lifting. Some of the things that these shelves will hold will be supplies and equipment we use in producing Needwood soap and candles. Possibly even some of our inventory as well. Should be fun.
With it now being August, I find myself reflecting on where I am in my life now and remembering things from the past. I feel a need to go home or rather to go visit my parents whom I have not seen in over 3 or 4 years now. Since I last saw them a lot has happened. My daughter went through nanny school and came home. My son was diagnosed officially as having Aspberger's Syndrome. My longtime love and husband of 22 years, Rick, died suddenly in November of 2004. My parents decided to put the old farm up for sale which sold earlier this year. They are getting settled into their new house now. I have had to get my license again and had to get another mode of transportation since my station wagon's power steering line broke. I have another car but it needs a tune up which I want to attempt on my own. Wish me luck.
Learning to stand alone and independent again has been a long road since Rick died and I still have a long way to go yet.
Somehow through feeling a great need to see my Mom and Dad again and feeling melancholy, I also feel a great excitement for some unknown reason, a feeling of looking forward. Could be its just because it is August and time to get ready for the upcoming school year. Even when I was a kid I always looked forward to the coming school year. This year Nathaniel will be home schooled through a new system. It's home schooling and public schooling combined. It's called Washington Virtual Academy. Nathaniel and I are both looking forward to it, which reminds me we both need to finish paperwork for it.
It will be a good week. Now I feel a little like writing a story or something else. Perhaps I will share it here soon.
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