Make Leg Warmers from Old Sweaters - wikiHow

I have three questions: Why? Why wouldn't you? How many can I make before Christmas?

Make Leg Warmers from Old Sweaters - wikiHow

What do you do with the rest of the sweater? Pillows? Sweater vests? The possibilities are endless!

All good things must...turn into something different.

I knew it would happen eventually.  I have dreaded it and tried to mentally and emotionally prepare myself.  This morning it happened.  My husband, J went into the baby's room to get her up and there she was, one ankle on the crib rail and those freakishly strong arms poised to hoist herself up.  The time has come for me to admit it.  My baby needs a real bed.  A big girl bed. 

I think it is I who will miss the crib most of all.  I spent months choosing the perfect crib.  I envisioned a springy, fresh, green room with clean, white furniture.  Simple and clean, a room where a little girl could sleep and play and make it her own as she gets older.  The furniture would be sturdy and classic.  Sure, most of it would come from Ikea but so what?  The two pieces that we really splurged on were the rocking chair and the crib.  I took a long time to choose.  I wanted a sleigh crib, J doesn't like sleigh anything.  In the end I won out.  And I love that crib.

It's not the crib I will miss.  We'll put it in storage and save it for another baby - ours or some else's.  This change comes right on the heels of her second birthday.  Apparently she is not a baby anymore.  So I will miss all the baby times we had together.  I realized recently that I can barely remember what it felt like to hold that tiny sleeping girl the first few weeks of her life.  I don't remember watching her pull herself up on the coffee table for the first time.  Or when she sat up without falling over.  I guess that is whay I have taken more than 2,000 pictures of her in the first two years of her wee life.  I thnk I'm coming to terms with this situation.

Influential Books

A while ago, probably a couple of months, I commented on one of Liturgy Geek's posts about her favorite books.  Because she asked (and I like and respect her) here is a list of 10 of the books that have influenced me greatly in no particular order.  I can't explain succintly why I love each of these so I guess I will embark upon a series of posts taking on each of them one by one.  That should keep be busy for a while. 

• The Stranger - Albert Camus
• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
• Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
• Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn - Betty Smith
• The Portable Dorothy Parker
• The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
• Endgame - Samuel Beckett
• Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
• Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
• House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende

In  other news: I would swear that I had spellcheck yesterday.

i am not a blogger

Well, this is awkward. I have sworn over and over that I would never write a blog but I have run out of room in my head and there is no one around to listen to my many fascinating thoughts. I blame this on Referendum 71...but more on that later because I don't have enough time left in my lunch break today. I am not delusional, I don't think anyone is or should be interested in anything I have to say. Although I am quite brilliant. I'm kidding. So here it is, a new beginning. A new outlet, really. And if anyone should stumble upon these ravings of a tired, stressed out mom who sometimes gets a little too carried away I say welcome to you.

So...we'll see how this goes. This may not be for me but I'm up for an experiment.