Long time no post. Well, life has a way of hitting like a tsunami and in my case, it's been like one tsunami after another.
Last year we got chickens to "help" Lizzie deal with her headaches. The theory behind "Therapy Chickens" was that if she had something to look after, that depended on her for everything, maybe she would have less to cause the headaches. Well, that fricking backfired bigtime.....
Anyway, now we have chickens. Our backyard flock has grown from 4 to 5 to 4 to 3 and now to more than I want to say.
We've had about every chicken disaster in the book as well, the latest being a little Sebright pullet (11 weeks old) with Marek's disease. She's on Day 2 of conventional treatment, and as soon as I can locate the supplies, will be starting holistic treatment as well. Keeping fingers crossed that the little girl now named "Angel" will make it.
On the creative front: The "Jungle" Kimono Jacket is in the sewing stage. This is where I get nervous and timid and don't want to jump in too quickly. Ripping stitches out of handpainted silk is a nightmare. Pics to come.
Plans to get the DI commemorative piece up and running today as well although all may be sidelined by chicken and child dependancy issues.....
Spinning update: Working on laceweight pale blue BFL/silk blend dyed in my garage with indigo last summer. I'm trying REALLY hard to be consistent with the width and weight so it's a nice even yarn. more pics of that later....
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Spring and Teenagers
Dear World,
We've had several teases... warm days, rain instead of snow. Hopefully we will have early spring this year, despite what stupid woodchucks in PA have to say.
I'm trying to decide if I actually like my kids. I love them, that goes without saying. I would miss them immensely if they were gone and if something bad happened to them, I would never forgive myself, even if I had nothing to do with whatever happened. (That is called "Mommy Guilt" and as far as I know, it never goes away - my Mom is a prime example). One of the girls is borderline geek - she and my DH spent hours looking up "pi day" tee shirts and pithy sayings on the web. I can get some of them, but never having been too enamored of math, I certainly don't get calculus references (what's a derivitive? As in, "don't drink and derive"?) DH is a geek. He revels in his geekness. On him, geek is almost sexy. Right.
The other daughter is harder to pinhole. She's a teenager. She is rebellious. She wants to do things that are not in her best interest (see: hanging out late at night at the Mall, going to concerts out of town with people she doesn't know and I don't particularly trust, dying hair, wearing ghoulish makeup..... the list does go on and on....) She is very dramatic and knows how to push buttons on her mom. Her dad is harder to manipulate. He doesn't take *hit and lectures her to death. I can understand part of her issues, I am over protective. I wonder if she'd like it if I let her do ever stupid thing she wants to do. Would she grow up faster? Be more understanding? Or would she be dead, injured, in a loony bin??? Dunno.
On a more positive note, I went with K to the Flower Show in Boston this past Sunday. The exhibits, except for miniature gardens, were so-so. The shopping, however, was a blast! We both spent more than intended, but it was all in good fun and we love what we brought home.
The pups missed me, which is more than I can say for my kids. They barely looked up from computer and homework (thank god!) when I came home.
Sigh,
Good day,
Deb
We've had several teases... warm days, rain instead of snow. Hopefully we will have early spring this year, despite what stupid woodchucks in PA have to say.
I'm trying to decide if I actually like my kids. I love them, that goes without saying. I would miss them immensely if they were gone and if something bad happened to them, I would never forgive myself, even if I had nothing to do with whatever happened. (That is called "Mommy Guilt" and as far as I know, it never goes away - my Mom is a prime example). One of the girls is borderline geek - she and my DH spent hours looking up "pi day" tee shirts and pithy sayings on the web. I can get some of them, but never having been too enamored of math, I certainly don't get calculus references (what's a derivitive? As in, "don't drink and derive"?) DH is a geek. He revels in his geekness. On him, geek is almost sexy. Right.
The other daughter is harder to pinhole. She's a teenager. She is rebellious. She wants to do things that are not in her best interest (see: hanging out late at night at the Mall, going to concerts out of town with people she doesn't know and I don't particularly trust, dying hair, wearing ghoulish makeup..... the list does go on and on....) She is very dramatic and knows how to push buttons on her mom. Her dad is harder to manipulate. He doesn't take *hit and lectures her to death. I can understand part of her issues, I am over protective. I wonder if she'd like it if I let her do ever stupid thing she wants to do. Would she grow up faster? Be more understanding? Or would she be dead, injured, in a loony bin??? Dunno.
On a more positive note, I went with K to the Flower Show in Boston this past Sunday. The exhibits, except for miniature gardens, were so-so. The shopping, however, was a blast! We both spent more than intended, but it was all in good fun and we love what we brought home.
The pups missed me, which is more than I can say for my kids. They barely looked up from computer and homework (thank god!) when I came home.
Sigh,
Good day,
Deb
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The first post....
Wed Feb 5, 2008
Its starting to feel less like winter here in the Northeast. At least it's raining, not snowing. We've had our share of snow this year.
I'm starting a blog as a way to share thoughts and ideas and daily occurances. I don't aim to be famous like The Yarn Harlot or Dawn Meehan of "Because I said so" fame. Just kind of an online diary - isn't that what a blog is for?
My interests, which hopefully correspond to many others, are: gardening - specifically growing roses, knitting, spinning yarn, golden retrievers and surviving raising 2 teenaged girls.
Ok, the gardening and knitting I do for fun.
My real "job" is as an artist. Some would say that this is not a job....well, maybe it really isn't. Maybe in some ways it's a dream come true. Courtesy of the loving DH who says he'll support me as I try to go somewhere with the art work. To look at the art, go to www.debfdesigns.com. Comments are welcome! I'm always looking for new ideas and welcome suggestions.
I'm going to go and get some work done. More later.
Deb
Its starting to feel less like winter here in the Northeast. At least it's raining, not snowing. We've had our share of snow this year.
I'm starting a blog as a way to share thoughts and ideas and daily occurances. I don't aim to be famous like The Yarn Harlot or Dawn Meehan of "Because I said so" fame. Just kind of an online diary - isn't that what a blog is for?
My interests, which hopefully correspond to many others, are: gardening - specifically growing roses, knitting, spinning yarn, golden retrievers and surviving raising 2 teenaged girls.
Ok, the gardening and knitting I do for fun.
My real "job" is as an artist. Some would say that this is not a job....well, maybe it really isn't. Maybe in some ways it's a dream come true. Courtesy of the loving DH who says he'll support me as I try to go somewhere with the art work. To look at the art, go to www.debfdesigns.com. Comments are welcome! I'm always looking for new ideas and welcome suggestions.
I'm going to go and get some work done. More later.
Deb
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