Dreams…
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | 9 Comments
Well, I’ve been wanting (actually needing — part of being a DT is that you’ve got obligations and deadlines) to do some crafts but the moving thing and Jovie’s wonky (teething) schedule have been taking over. I want to unwind though… I am feeling quite overwhelmed… and figured writing might just do it…
So here I am, pooped from dragging all sorts of empty boxes upstairs from the basement, sipping some hot cocoa (while it’s still chilly out) and thinking about all the exciting stuff that’s going to happen soon. For the longest time I’ve always wanted to live in Europe and wow, it’s going to come true in just over a month! The best part is that I’ll be sharing this experience with a great husband and the two most adorable and sweet kids. I kind of feel like I need to run around our house and yell: whoohooo!!! But I won’t… it’s dark and rainy first of all and I think our neighbors would call the police thinking something is wrong with us here.
I really have no idea what’s in store for us there but I really look forward to each and every one of them. A few weeks ago I was wondering what I’ll be doing there and today I have more of an idea in that department. I can’t share yet but hopefully soon enough I’ll have the courage to tell you what they are. As much as I’ve learned about myself and have an idea of what I can and cannot do, I am hard on myself and I do feel self conscious about me and new things.I also envision a different kind of blog. I’ll still be sharing my paper crafting creations but I want something more. Right now it’s not all that clear but hopefully it’ll be better.
Ok, I guess I’m not that talkative today. Before I go I want to share a picture… or two… my friend said according to the Chinese culture big ears are a sign of wealth. What do you think? My baby’s 9-mo-old and weighing at just a tad bit over 14lbs. She’s petite! I’ve been continuously playing with my light kit. I definitely need another one to even out the light.
Happy Birthday Miss M!
Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 21 Comments
Has it been six years? It has it has!!! My little girl is now 6-yrs-old. We’re not doing anything crazy to celebrate. M wanted a party at her school and so we have cupcakes and goodies bags ready. Then this weekend we have plans on going to Kansas City to do some celebrating at her choice of places. I do have a surprise, or two, stops. Hopefully the weather will be nicer. It’s snowing right now.
Last night, despite my tiredness, I made her a sweet little card. She’s gotten simple and sweet on me and I thought this card would be perfect for her. I used Wplus9’s stamps again (check here for store opening info), mostly Funky Foliage. I used the tree top portion to make a flower! The colors I used are Rasberry Fizz, Artichoke, and Chocolate Chip.
Like I said it’s sweet and simple and very M.
Here’s a photo of my girls this morning. One just turned 8-mo-old yesterday and the other is a big 6-yr-old. I remember when she was just born! That sweet little face. So glad I have them in my life!!!
Two-Steppin’, Funnies, and Budgeting
Posted on | January 17, 2010 | 10 Comments
Hi y’all, I two stepped. Oh yeah, me, Savitri, two-stepped. How? Cause hubby let me lead. I’m not good with music. I have to read sheet notes to be able to play any songs on the keyboard where my sister can just memorize and/or listen. But I can listen to rhythms and beats and that’s what I did. I wasn’t awesome but I two stepped! Oh, I did the Electric Slide (it was rough starting but then it was like riding a bicycle… it just came back) and who knew what else. There were all sorts of Electric Slide-ish types of dances, stomp here stomp there and when things get too confusing I just make my own moves. It was fun.
Oh, before the dance hubby’s friend and I had a conversation. It wasn’t word for word but it went more less like this:
Friend: You going to cut a rug tonight?
Me: What (looking at him funny)?
Friend: You going to cut a rug tonight?
Me: (hmmmm, did hubby tell this dude that Max, our Lhasa Apso, puked on the rug this morning) Why?
Friend: Just curious if you and Drew are going to cut a rug tonight.
Me: (hmmmm, I washed the rug before we left. Hubby knew that. Why would we cut the rug?) Why would we want to cut a rug? It’s clean.
Friend: (gave me a weird look) You don’t know what cut a rug is?
Me: (me giving him a weirder look and thinking, of course I know what cut the rug is, but why would I want to cut our rug?)
Friend: It means to dance it up (or something like that)
Me: Oooh, uhm, maybe. If he drinks enough.
So folks, don’t ever talk slang with me cause who knows how I’d interpret it. Hubby said I am the smarter dumb person he knows. Trust him {::SMILES}. Just FYI, hubby drank enough to want to dance. We had fun!!
Today we had all day event at the city. Sushi at our favorite place, some grocery shopping for Jovie’s meals (check out the WOW of the day!!)), dinner with lovely friends, and ARCHIVERS!!! Yes! I got a few goodies which are great (of course) but my Mint account is going to kill me. Do you have one? It’s like an online version of Quicken or Microsoft Money. I like it a lot because it’s online and I can quickly look at all our accounts in one place. If you have an iPhone you can get a cool app for your phone. It’s pretty neat.
I set it up some while back when one of my friends from work mentioned it. Lately I’ve been using it more, the planning portion, to get us used to a budget. With two income, small town living, and not a lot of bills we have been somewhat carefree when it comes to spending for our hobbies. The UK, with one income and the possibility of still owning a house, we’d have to cut back and really watch our spending. But this month’s not a good month to budget. Mint has been screaming at me because we’ve overspent already on eating out. This January’s special. It’s our last time seeing families and such and so we’ve been eating out or buying food to cook for them.
Anyhow, just the other day I gave myself a craft budget. It’s a reasonable amount but this month I already have my last SU order as a demo, some PTI goodness, and then Archivers. It’s going to get some getting use to since after the UK I’m only allowed a scrapbook club (Scarlet Lime) and specials on holidays and birthdays or worst case scenario (if we still have the house and I am completely jobless) nothing at all. Technically I should be ok with nothing because I already have a lot of stuff but being able to get whatever whenever now will make it harder. It’ll all be good though. No worries… at least I’m not.
Oh yes, I did a scrapbook page. Just cut-outs from Sassafrass Lass. It came with my 2008 Studio Calico kit. I’ve been hoarding it.
Have a nice one I am off Monday, yippee!!!
M’s B-Day, Part 1
Posted on | January 9, 2010 | 6 Comments
M’s bday isn’t until Feb. 5th but because of our awesome moving schedule we decided to have a month of celebrating M’s bday. Today it was family day and she chose Dim Sum at Bo Ling’s in Kansas City… or actually Overland Park, a suburb of KC on the Kansas side. As always it was delicious. Then we grabbed a few things from Whole Foods and then ice skating. BUT, ice skating didn’t happen because it was an outside rink and our little princess did not want to be out in the 9 degrees Fahrenheit (-12-ish Celcius) weather (we don’t blame her). So instead we dropped the hubby off at Mercy Seat and us girls went to another known KC location, 39th st (close to the also known West Port), for some coffee/hot cocoa (Javanaut — we like local shops than chain if possible. The Starbucks is at the next block), and 2nd hand bookstore shopping. M got herself five chapter books. She loves to read like her parents.
No crafty goodness today but I want to post some photos to help me remember what we did this weekend.
For once my M dressed up like a normal girl. She still got layers of clothes but at least they were coordinated… although her rainbow color outfit sometimes makes her more adorable. Oh, check out them boots from Santa (they’re by Primigi if anybody wants to know), I want some!
Our two girls.
Our little shrimp. She’s only 13lbs some ounces at 7 months old. She’s in the 10th percentile in height and 5th in weight. Her head is normal tho, ha! My poor baby, 90-95% of babies her age are bigger than her!
And what hubby got after I picked up from Mercy Seat (suppose to be one of the best place to go in KC, Exile is another great one). This is one big reason why our marriage is still going well. We let each other do whatever and support each others’ wants. I’m not a tattoo person. I’d like one but I’m too chicken to. But, I let him ink up as long as they’re nice looking. This is his fourth.
Is Moving Ever Fun?
Posted on | January 5, 2010 | 9 Comments
Moving things around sucks, going through junk sucks, deciding what to keep and not to keep sucks, comforting M sucks (three melt downs so far), imagining a few months with VERY minimal furniture sucks, the thought of leaving my job sucks (I love my job and plus, not working equals to house wife duties aka cleaning). Hmmm… what else? You done listening to me whine? Sucks, sucks, sucks. But, all the negativities does go away when I think about the journey ahead… all the adventure that we’ll be having whether they’re good or bad as a family. That’s why my 2010 one little word is: journey.
1 : an act or instance of traveling from one place to another
2 chiefly dialect : a day’s travel
3 : something suggesting travel or passage from one place to another
All of us are very excited about this year and we’re one of those people who doesn’t mind changes — as long as they’re good (or at least they sounded good at that time). I’m hoping to be able to document most if not all of our adventures via my good old blog — or blogs — and scrapbook pages. I mean it’s not everyday we get to pack all our belongings and move to a different country. Now, don’t worry, I won’t be bombarding you folks with pics. I got Flickr/other photo galleries for that {::SMILE}.
Here’s my first page of 2010:
My baby girl.
I used bits and pieces for this page. A little bit of Making Memories paper that came from Studio Calico in 2008, some American Craft, Creative Imaginations and Amy Butler. Nothing fancy — something that’s M-ish.
K, that’s it. Have a great night!!
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