December 2009
13 posts
12-29-09 - Catch up day
Lazy day today… hoping to get a bit of pre-party cleaning in, and catch up on phlogging a little. May also visit Full Bloom to get some knitting and social time in. I’m hoping to finish Dad’s Santa hat today, too, so that I can give it to him for Christmas. Here’s a photo of it in progress:
12-28-09 - Carmen Angel
Some days, Carmen is an awesome kid ALL DAY. Today was that day! We went to the Y early on, and she played great and didn’t want to leave when I was done. I spent a full hour on a stationary bike, knitting the whole time. It rocked…. definitely be doing more of that in the future! We came home and had snacks, and she was great. We ran out to the bank, and she was sweet. We came...
12-27-09 - New tripod!
Today, we finally got to pick up our “ladies” from Double Durrango farm. They should be having their kids sometime in late April. Let’s hope for more girls this time!!! We also went to Main Street Yarns to get some yarn for Dad’s Santa hat. We got an alpaca/wool combo for the red and a baby llama for the trim. The baby llama is incredibly soft - I want to swim in it. ...
12-16-09 - Errands, knitting, sun
Today started out well because I got my butt out of bed early and was able to run some errands while Andrea watched the kidlets. They didn’t wake up until noon (!), so she got off easy today! I finished my out of the house stuff and came home to camp out in the office with Tyme and finish his hat. See picture below. It’s pretty awesome. Then I started on a soft bunny blanket...
12-15-09 - No TV day
Today was our TV fast day. I declared it in the morning and stuck with it through nearly the whole day. Go me! We have it on a good amount of the day, but Carmen rarely actually watches it. She just likes having the option to watch it, I guess. But not today - today was a play outside, play inside, think up new games, do puzzles, read, and watch Mom knit day. Carmen didn’t protest...
Nothing horribly exciting happened in the past few days, but, ironically, I was too busy to write up anything in the journal. So I’ll do short summeries of each day. 12-10 Actually, I don’t really remember what we did. Probably went to the zoo again and ate something like Chik-fil-a. 12-11 See yesterday. BUT we did go and meet Nicole, who would be Carmen’s babysitter for...
12-17-09 - New windows, and Santa
This morning started out with a lot of waiting and some cleaning. The windows got here late, and Uncle FL got here even later. As soon as he pulled up, though, he got right to work ripping up the window in the front to make way for our new bay window, and after about 8 hours, it is nearly done. Tyme was helping, too, which is awesome since we’re both into learning as much about...
12-9-09 Downtown Disney, and conveyer belt sushi
Ok, I promised myself I wouldn’t knit until I caught up on the blog!! Yesterday, we had a fabulous time with the fabulous Lernie (of Lernie.com). We met her at her house, tried in vain to pet her poor, traumatized kitty, then headed out together to Downtown Disney. She showed us around and we did a bit of shopping, I got an awesome skirt (http://www.karizadesigns.com/), Carmen built a...
12-8-09 To the zoo again
Happy 8 months of being out of the uterus, Carolyn! Today was a zoo day - we went to Santa Ana Zoo and Carmen played on the playground for about half of it. Carolyn sat next to me and I got some knitting done, until I realized that I had forgotton the extra needle I needed for cabling. A pen I found in my purse worked for cabling 2 stitches, but 3 was too much and I was forced to quit after...
Recent Photos
Here is a list of photo sets from our most recent adventures: Sea World Aquarium of the Pacific Irvine Regional Park/Orange County Zoo Santa Ana Zoo Here are our family photos from November and October: Family, November 09 Family, October 09
12-7-09 - Whole lotta nothing, unless you count...
Today we did… just about NOTHING! It was raining out all day and chilly, and I felt nearly no motivation. We got up late and missed the hotel’s breakfast, so I took the girls to IHOP. Apparently, today was an eating day, because Carmen demolished her “Tooty JR.” Of the two eggs, sausage, bacon, and two pancakes with apples, she ate all but one bite of the eggs. Then...
12-6-09 - Family Day
Yesterday was a nice, chill day with the family. We try to pack in family activities as much as possible when Tyme has off - today was filled with options, but we chose a simple route. Carolyn was up all night, so we took our time getting to breakfast. She’s been a little congested, and even nursing wasn’t making her feel any better… she would cry even harder and push away if...
New blog! - Today, Aquarium of the Pacific in Long...
I used to have a livejournal. At some point, I decided that I didn’t want to post there anymore… I’m not sure why not? Any way, I miss writing and communicating to friends and family, and I would also like to share a photo a day; artsy, fun, sweet, or weird. Nothing deep or too personal - just a little about my days and what’s going on in them. We’re currently in...
