squirrel jerky

This morning Rosie was out in the backyard chewing on something. I saw that she had this large black thing, and I instantly knew it was something old and dead. Emme said it looked like a big piece of bark. I got some newspaper and retrieved it from her. Thankfully she let me take it. It was indeed a dried out mummified, and I assume, was a squirrel. Or a giant rat. But they're pretty similar anyway.

what a weekend!

Friday morning I got up early and made my way up to Seattle for a brief visit.

I hung out with Sydney



I finally got to meet Anatomist's baby Jack! Here he is sporting the baby bolero I made for him. The sleeves are extra wide to accomodate the big biceps he's working on. This was also the first time he held a toy!



The impoetus for my trip was a baby shower for Ms. Khya, here she is sporting Jack on her shelf.




Khya and her baby daddy have a ghosts and monsters theme going on. So I designed a little hat.....



Here's it's close up



the shower was fun, I wrote some haikus:

Khya once lived a
life of booze and partying
that is now over

Baby bumps are hot
Celebrities say it's so
Khya's bump is best

I took off shortly after the shower and headed back to Portland. I got home and started cleaning.
Today I have been super duper productive! besides lots of cleaning, organizing, and tree trimming, Jeff and I went to Costco and got a Costco membership! We bought way too much food of course. Should last us through the winter...... A few weeks ago a co-worker gave me a little freezer. It's really the perfect size for an extra freezer, it's shorter than me and not too heavy. So I finally cleaned it up and we got it into the basement. To put our frozen Costco goods in of course. I suddenly feel very grown up. Like all the other stuff, the career, the homeowning, the PTA meetings and step parenting, none of it quite did it. It was the Costco membership and the extra freezer.

Rosie pic time

Kindergarten Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

On top of the hay pyramid



In the hay maze



on the hay ride



warty pumpkins?

Baltimore!

Jeff and his Momma



My first ride in a limo



These ladies boogie down! Some of these dancing beauties are about 75 years old!



Jeff and his uncle, the father of the bride



It was a flash in the pan trip, but it was a total blast!

patience

Lately I feel like I'm always waiting. Waiting for some kind of answer/plan/timeline/date. I'm waiting today to see how our childcare plans will work out to find out whether or not we're flying to Baltimore tomorrow at 5:30 am. We have the tickets, but might not be able to use them. Waiting to see whether or not I need to pack...... I'm waiting to find out other things to figure out when I can plan a wedding. When we can pick a date. Everything is on hold and I'm so tired of waiting. I seem to possess a patience I either did not previously have, or it's just never been tested this way. I give full credit to my mom, I'm sure I learned it from her.
I have been overwhelmed this week with our stuff, as well as with co-workers, close friends, and family who are dealing with tragedy. So much in one week, it's unbelievable.
But when the worst happens to people you know and love it does seem to have the effect of bringing out the good things and putting many other things in perspective. I know I am lucky lucky lucky and I will wait and wait and wait if that is what I have to do.