“The Banerina”

This is the lovely “banerina” (how Em says it) before her recital last month.  Her studio put on the ballet “Alice in Wonderland” and it was really fun to watch.  Emery was an oyster – and true to form (remember the Disney cartoon?) was eaten in the end by the oyster farmer.  It may sound a little gruesome, but you know ballets - you only catch certain things – and Emery didn’t catch that.  Thank goodness.  She was the youngest in her group and did a really nice job.  We may be biased, but she’s definitely a natural!

Full

I had to stop doing the dishes and write this now.  Just some new thoughts I’ve been feeling and thinking…

We had the opportunity to attend the wedding of my 30 year old cousin (the “30” is significant, or else I wouldn’t put it in).  The great girl he married (also 30-ish) had a table full of past roommates and good friends at their wedding dinner – most of them unmarried.  As they introduced this rather classy table, I was hit with a little jealousy.  “Janet is a personal trainer, Barbara teaches elementary school in DC, Kathy works at a very prestigious law firm, Nancy works for the CIA and Margaret is a rocket scientist for NASA.” (OK, so honestly I can only remember that the first two are real, but you get the picture.)  I was just in awe of their accomplishments and fame.  I wanted what they had…till I remembered that what I have is all they want.  It was very humbling and brought me back to reality.

I love that my DVR is FULL of “Little Einstein's”  and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”.    I love that my dishwasher is FULL of Ikea plastic-wear.  I love that every surface in my home is FULL of sticky finger prints.  I love that my days are FULL of entertaining phrases and hilarious bouts of curiosity (like Jane bringing me a dead fly between her two little fingers – she was so proud of herself!!:) I love that my extra room is FULL of good kids books and lots and lots of used toys.   I love that without these two

in my life, no matter how successful I might be, my life would definitely not be FULL. 

For lack of a better phrase, I am “seriously so blessed!”

Journal of a Craft Addict

So, I’ve been slacking the blogging world lately.  I have had so many other things on my mind and honey-do’s to get finished, my blogs have gone by the way side.  AND I lost my camera and finally caved and bought a new one.  I have some great pictures to add and soon will…but for now…

I wanted to invite all my talented family and friends to join me in “beefing-up” the craft blog I started: Journal of a Craft Addict.   I have a million ideas, as I’m sure you all do, but not the time to do them, let alone blog about them (and that takes time, unfortunately).  SO…if we could get a group of say 6-8 of us and we each were willing to post a new project once every other month, we could have a really cool “How-To” blog on everything from sewing, to painting, to home improvement projects, etc. If we had 8, there could be a new project posted every week!  I just think it would be great to share each other’s ideas and have a place to keep track of everything we do.  AND I KNOW YOU DO “STUFF” so don’t consider yourself counted out…EVERYONE should think about it!  I think I’d change the blog to Journal of Some Craft Addicts…

Let me know if anyone’s interested.  I think it would be a really fun way to keep us motivated in getting our projects done! And to share them with all of our friends! 

Here’s the latest project I posted:

Celebration Chair