I'm a big copycat.
Copied once more with knitting cause I LOVE this skirt and I figure I am safe since she lives on the other side of the country....
Mine is on it's way - can't wait to get it.
If I don't melt first........

just spent ALL DAY making my pattern for Minou's hoodies. It is hard making something make sense for other people that you have been using for so many years. I never had a very accurate patter - just kind of winged it. It was fun though. MIght have to do another size tomorrow now that the hard part is done.
It is there on esty too. If anyone uses it they will have to let me know if my instructions suck. They were surprisingly difficult to write.

Auntie Angie did it! She ran the Vancouver marathon today. She was so fast we couldn't get good pictures of her - ran past to fast. Birdie and I wore matching numbers to cheer her on. We were so tired - we had to get up at 6:00am on a SUNDAY to watch her. We slept in her lap all the way home. Whenever Mommy saw her on the race she screamed like an idiot. It was a little embarrassing.
Lots of people tok pictures of us and asked us if we were running the marathon and how our time was. Mommy - instead of saying "yes they are and they are going to qualify for the Boston marathon" would say "no they are just cheering, but their time wouldn't be any good because they keep stopping to pee." Maybe Birdie was but ot me - I could have ran it just as fast as Auntie Angie.

Minou and her cake. She wasn't hungry so this is where she put it for safe keeping.

The couch cushions. The Dictator and I didn't notice and were seated quite comfortably on it all evening for her while watching Hell's Kitchen.
One of my bestest buddies is running her first marathon this weekend and the girls and I are going to cheer her on. I figured they needed some appropriate t-shirts to wear.

HEE HEE.. Can't wait!

It is 10:15pm. Not that late but definitely past my bedtime. Waiting for Dad to arrive. He didn't leave Calgary until 3:00pm and it is a 10 hour drive... We will just see what time he gets here...
Bathroom is ALMOST done. ALMOST. A few bits left to do that will have to wait until dad is gone. There is still some tiling along the wall around the sink, the hot water doesn't work (leaking), and I want a shelf under the sink that still needs to be done. But overall I am really happy - it is so much nicer and fresh looking.

YAY!
Finally got the girls to pose in their hoodies - they are thrilled as always.

Some of you may have seen this photo of my bathroom when we first bought the house awhile back...

Well. It is a little different now.
I asked Luc if he would buy me some paint and new mirror and a new light. We have dreams of gutting the whole thing but I thought a little surface cosmetic work could go a long way.
My first mistake was asking Luc.
We went to ikea to pick out a mirror and light.
This is what happened.

Tonight there is actually some progress being made. My dad is arriving on Wed so there was an original deadline of Wed but I was starting to lose hope.
I think I may be able to stop washing my hands in the tub soon! YIPPEE!

The girls will miss their new spot to get warm. The work light gives off alot of heat and I caught the two of them alone in the bathroom lying as close as they could to it right on the floor. For those of you who don't know what a big deal that is - they won't even SIT on the floor unless there is some kind of carpet. They also have real issues being in a room without a person within 3 feet.


Been stressed out about the amount of work lately - or should I say lack of work. I am meeting with EI people about a grant to go back to school fulltime in the fall. I like the idea of school fulltime but I don't like the idea of what year with no income could do to us financially. It would have been nice to save up a little money before deciding to go back to school. I might get a job painting but I don't really want that to become my fulltime job to put myself through school for the next 5 years. I don't think my knees and shoulder will take it. Stress stress stress


Made the girls some hoodies the other day. Been buying the cute clothes at Joe at Superstore. Got these super duper terry cloth hoodies. People always think I just take them in but I don't - I actually cut them completely apart. I'll use a hem or seam where I can but I don't usually. n these ones I used the hood but still modified it. I usually sew them on my serger but it was at the serger doctor getting better.
I have no final pictures of their little hoodies - they wouldn't pose nice - eventually.