In less than 24 hours

I will be on the plane, heading to Toronto, first stop on the way to Ireland. Mom and I are going to spend a couple of days with my sister, then head across the pond. I'm trying to find something to occupy the loooooonnnnnggg flight. Other than sleeping, which I'm planning to do a lot of. I have to go light on the books (and the library hasn't been showing me any love lately) but I found a new scarf pattern I might try to my for my neice.

See, I do do crafts.

Oh, note the new link on the site for artsy-crafty babe. Gotta love anyone who calls themselves a babe but her blog is great fun besides that.

the black hole

ohhh, i've got a bad case of the crazies. leaving for Ireland in 3 days and i don't have a thing packed. Moving to the new house in 7 days and have hardly anything packed. I am, however, caught up completely at work and since i don't want to start anything new right now, am sitting here doing nothing. ugh. with a headache and either allergies or a cold. i'm hoping allergies. i haven't posted any pictures because i can't find my camera cord. Again. i lose it everytime i download pictures. it's not in any of the reasonable places. i'll have to check the unreasonable ones next. Toyboxes, shoes, stack of towels.

My mom and I are convinced our houses contain black holes. things go missing and are never seen again. we never did find Nathan's glow-in-the-dark soother. and Mom is still missing a half a loaf of bread. Currently my black hole is holding:

my good mascara
one set of car keys
the camera cord
my blue hoodie
Aaron's sexy jeans
Sam's black hoodie

I'm hoping some of these will turn up as we move. What has gone missing into your black hole?

meh

So, this is a day that started going bad last night and hasn't improved by me forgetting to take my anti-crazy drugs (as the darling children call them). Now i'm sitting at work in a cranky funk wishing everyone would leave me alone and listening to aggressive metal music through YouTube.

I've been reading a lot of crafty type blogs and books lately (see favourites in side bar) which are nice to read but when i get in this frame of mind make me feel bad because i don't lead their happy, homeschooling, creative lives. i work full time at a Top Secret Paragovernmental(emphasis on the MENTAL) agency. by the time i get home and find all my children, throw something vaguely nurtrious at them and (if i remember) get them started on their homework, any creative energy i have is used in coming up with ever more terrible things that will happen to them if they don't stop arguing and DO THEIR HOMEWORK NOW!

meh, maybe i wasn't cut out to be a mother. or parent. i think i was meant to be a cat.

Awesome Crafting Blog

I just came across this awesome crafting blog. Mique (pronounced Mickey) had collected links and tutorials and just plain great crafting ideas all in one spot. I love it! Pop over and check her stuff out.

30 things I like about my apartment

things 27 to 1 -- nothing!! we're moving!!! We got a house in town with a BIG yard, right across the street from the sitter's and the park. We move October 1 -- the best month of the year. And by "me" I mean Aaron because I am leaving for two weeks in Ireland on September 27. Thank god he is the Most Wonderful Man in the World and an excellent decorator to boot.

I just don't want to

I'm making a packing list. I'm going to Ireland the end of this month for a couple of weeks and I'm trying to figure out what I need to take. Trouble is, I don't want to go.

I've been fighting this thought for months. At first I figured it was because Aaron and the boys weren't going -- it's just my mom, my sister and me. Then I thought maybe it was because it was just my mom, my sister and me and two weeks is a long time to be with people you haven't lived with in years. Then I thought it was because I didn't know which relatives I would be staying with, or I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the kids while I was gone or that I was using up too much vacation. I finally realized why I don't want to go.

I don't want to say goodbye to my dad. Dad died unexpectedly in May and we are using his "estate" money to take his ashes to Ireland. I'm not big into reality and I've kind of been pretending in my head that he isn't dead, he's just visiting in Ireland and he'll be back in a couple of weeks. Once we go over there, the pretending will end and my dad won't be visiting, he'll be gone. And I don't want him to be gone.

30 things I like about my apartment

Thing number 28 -- my apartment is always nice and warm in the winter. seriously warm. T-shirt and shorts warm and this is from someone who is always freezing. And since my last house was huge and seemingly un-insulated, I enjoyed the warmth last winter, especially since I wasn't paying for it.

30 things I like about my apartment

Thing # 29 -- It's nice and cool in the summer. Right now it's really hot out but lovely and cool down here in the Morgue. i don't have a cool picture to post.

Mixed Martial Arts and Crafts

HA! This is funny. We are huge MMA fans, with the exception of me. This is more my style.

from http://www.soberinanightclub.com/

30 things I like about my apartment

Since we are going to be in this apartment for a while, I've decided I need to look at the good things about it. For the next 30 days I'll be telling and showing you what there is to like about the place I live.

Thing 1 -- Wide window sills for the cats.

This is Miss Kittee looking out the window. All our window sills are this wide and the cats love them. And yes, the screen is torn. Jack pushed his head through it in order to get outside without actually walking to the designated window.

This is Jack on top of the TV stand, hiding from the hurricane.