Runs for Cookies: Saturday Morning Photographs
These had been meant to be Friday Evening Photographs–a week in the past!–but higher late than by no means. Many of the images I’ve on my telephone are of current initiatives I’ve labored on. I will put these in a separate submit although. I have been actually into stitching recently, and it has been so chilly exterior (we had frost on the bottom yesterday!) that I have never been motivated to work on outside issues. I *want* to scrub the storage; throughout the winter, we simply toss issues in there to place away within the spring.
It has been an emotional week. Final weekend, only a few miles from me, a girl was driving drunk at about 3:00 within the afternoon and drove her automotive proper into the aspect of a ship clubhouse. The place there was CHILD’S BIRTHDAY PARTY occurring. She hit and injured 15 folks and two youngsters died–siblings, ages 4 and eight years. An older sibling and mother are nonetheless hospitalized and there was a candlelight vigil on the boat membership final night time.
Does not that simply rip your coronary heart into items? I’ve ZERO sympathy for that girl and I hope she rots in jail (she is at the moment out on $1.5 million bond). She has taken no accountability and has proven no regret. She was going so quick via the parking zone that she went 25 toes INTO THE BUILDING earlier than her automotive stopped. And that was after she’d hit a parked automotive shortly beforehand. I’m merely devastated for these youngsters and households that not solely had been injured, however there to witness it! There isn’t any getting back from that type of trauma.
Okay, I’ve considered it a lot this week that I would like to maneuver on for now. It is horrific and I am unable to cease excited about that poor mother who misplaced two of her youngsters and now has an enormous restoration ahead–both her and her 11-year outdated son had extreme accidents.
I assumed I had much more images than this, however that is in all probability due to all of the images I took for the baseball workforce. Talking of baseball, Eli determined to depart the workforce. He’d been enjoying baseball since he was three years outdated! Nonetheless, the varsity coach type of sucked all of the enjoyable out of the sport for him (and several other different youngsters) and he determined he’d reasonably spend the time at work to avoid wasting up for a automotive. Eli mentioned it had been on his thoughts continuous and he put a number of thought into whether or not he wished to proceed enjoying; as soon as he made the choice and informed his coach, he mentioned it felt like an enormous reduction. He appears happier and his temper is so a lot better! I did not notice how a lot it had been affecting him.
Anyway, listed below are just a few images which were hanging out on my digital camera roll…
When Luke and Riley had been at Brian’s one weekend, we went over there to see them. They’ve this play gear that hangs in a doorway (a swing and these rings beneath). I used to be attempting to explain to Riley how she may in all probability do a backflip with the rings and I wasn’t doing an excellent job explaining… so I made a decision to reveal for her, hahaha. I hadn’t tried it since I used to be a child, and I had no thought if I used to be going to fall and break my again, however I managed to do it. And it was so enjoyable! Riley took this image of me whereas I used to be hanging the other way up.
The children had been leaving the next day for Texas (only a quick journey with Brian) so there wasn’t time for me to take them to Barnes & Noble for Luke’s birthday custom. I’m going to take him the subsequent time they’re right here, however within the meantime, I had gotten him a ebook that I used to be planning to purchase since earlier than he was ever even conceived. It is a ebook by Dr. Seuss known as “My E-book About Me” (Amazon affiliate hyperlink), and it is a fill-in-the-blank ebook for youths to fill in. My mother and father acquired one for every of my siblings and me, which we crammed out after we had been about six or seven years outdated. Luke simply turned seven, so I assumed it was time. (That is significantly a unbelievable present for a 5-7 yr outdated! I nonetheless have the one I crammed out. Perhaps I will dig it out and submit a few of it.)
Right here, Luke was beginning to fill out the ebook. I observed he was writing together with his left hand and I mentioned, “Luke, I did not know you had been left-handed! Do you all the time write with that hand?” and he mentioned, “No, I can write with each palms” and he switched to his proper hand and continued. BAHAHA.
In the meantime, Riley took every of us (Jerry, my mother, Brian, and me) upstairs individually to 1) model our hair, and a couple of) make us a reputation tag. I want I had gotten an image of my hair! She put a number of spray-in conditioner in it and slicked it down on my head and put a bow on high. It was… not my ordinary look. Ha! Often, after I inform the children I’ve to depart, Riley jumps in my arms and asks me to remain longer. This time, I mentioned, “Riley, we’re going to have to move out in a couple of minutes” and he or she replied with zero hesitation, “You’ll want to take out that bow!” The children are SO humorous; I want they did not develop a lot between every go to.
Jerry: “You bought the mug!”
Me: “What do you imply?” (realizing then that I meant to cover it and forgot)
Jerry: “I used to be going to purchase that Mates mug and conceal it from you!”
Me: “That is what I used to be doing for you!”
So, we had every seen it and Jerry simply left it on the shelf till he may return for it with out me seeing. When he went again, it was gone. As a result of it was in my cart, haha. I feel I will plant some cat grass in it.
Do you ever get the sensation you are being watched? 😉
May Duck look any extra evil? |
Jerry was DYING to get his palms on one in every of these ghost lure popcorn buckets from the discharge of the brand new Ghostbusters film. As quickly as they had been obtainable, he drove to a theater about an hour away with a purpose to purchase one. Then he went again two extra occasions to get the smaller sized ones to ship to Luke and Riley. They offered out tremendous quick, however he managed to get them.
Jerry, Eli, and I went to see Ghostbusters. Not like Star Wars, I really do like Ghostbusters (nothing like Jerry does, however I feel it is a cute nostalgic film).
My dad requested if I would make a pecan pie for Easter. I’ve made them 1,000,000 times–my dad loves my pecan pies–but one thing SO ODD occurred this time. I don’t know why, nevertheless it overvalued throughout baking(?!) and the feel was completely off. I’m a self-admitted horrible baker, however I make a killer pecan pie; this was so unusual! My dad mentioned it nonetheless tasted good although.
I lastly made one thing with the Mates material that I would gotten. I had deliberate to make Jerry and I matching pajama pants, however I assumed this may be extra enjoyable. These are backrest pillows they usually’re SO cozy. Jerry and I haven’t got a headboard, so they’re good for sitting up in mattress (often we simply stack a bunch of pillows on high of one another).
I have been on a very good sleep schedule (lights out at 9:00 pm) and it has been understanding nice, BUT I get up method too early. I truthfully suppose my physique solely desires six hours of sleep as a result of it is virtually not possible to sleep longer than that. So, I often find yourself waking up at round 3:00 and I attempt to keep in mattress till 4:00. So, I’ve began studying my Kindle earlier than I even step foot off the bed.
When Jerry and I had been at Goodwill, I noticed a pair of pants with this tag and I assumed the tag was so cute! I have been saving some tags to placed on a bag one in every of nowadays, so I have been paying extra consideration to them. I did not wish to purchase these only for the tag, so I a minimum of took an image.
I made some critical progress placing my denims quilt again collectively. I completed the quilt high and I really like the way it appears to be like. Nonetheless, I began quilting it and it appears to be like horrible now. I’m simply not lower out to be a quilter! I assumed the toughest half could be stitching via the thick layers however that wasn’t an issue at all–I’ve sewn via rather more than this earlier than. Nonetheless, the quilt high type of bunches up whereas I am stitching (even with a strolling foot) and after studying about it, I feel it is as a result of the backing was too taut. So, it should look homely, however that is what I really like a lot about denim–I feel it appears to be like greatest when it is type of messy. So this quilt goes to have character! 😉 I will submit a pic when it’s very completed.
After I was feeling unhappy after listening to concerning the drunk driver, I checked out a bunch of “eye bleach” memes (mainly, actually candy and healthful memes/quotes to make me smile). I actually preferred this little story:
I took this image of Chick yesterday–he was SO out of it. He is so chill; the polar reverse of Duck, who has as a lot anxiousness as I do. Peas in a pod, me and Duck.
Duck was digging via some issues I’ve in my night time desk, and I grabbed my telephone to take a video of him. As quickly as I began it, he sensed I used to be there after which leapt towards me to take a look at my telephone. It reveals his “curious” look very effectively.
I discovered this neck tie at Goodwill and I beloved it. I purchased it with a purpose to use the material on something–haven’t determined what yet–because it was too distinctive to not. I really like {that a} 13-year outdated boy designed it for the Save the Youngsters Fund group.
That is all I’ve acquired for now. Have an amazing weekend! xo