Ok.

First of all,

I want a goat.

And this video just makes me want one more.

Beyond cute, right?!?

Oh goodness, I die!

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This weekend was a friends birthday, so we did some celebrating.

She liked the purple leg warmers I made her, which was good.

(she told me about how she had some when she was younger that she literally lived in...)

Also, I made banana bread using this recipe.

It makes 2 loaves, which is good because the first one is pretty much gone.

Most of it was devoured yesterday hoping it would bring me out of my funk.

I think it helped a little... Until I realized how much I ate.

Anyway, it is so good.

I'm eating some right now!

And now I am off to bake some bread and do a little felting,

although, I can't, for the life of me, find my good scissors since I moved!

I looked for about 2 hours yesterday and it is driving me nuts!

Let's hope I find them today, shall we?!?

Until another day...

Today...

(Jacob taking a nap)

Today is Andy's Birthday.

I painted him a small picture of nature things and

I took him out to lunch at one of our favorite Japanese restaurants

(we love the bento box lunches there).

I of course forgot to take photos, so maybe I will take a photo of the painting tomorrow...

Anyway, here are some cute photos from yesterday.

Poesy loves rosemary (of which we have many)

so I clipped her a branch and she went to town dismantling it.

Good bird!

It is such a great plant for the respiratory system and seeing as birds have sensitive respiratories it is a great thing for her to snack on!

Veda's beard is getting a bit unruly!

I think it is time for one of the (maybe) 4 baths/haircuts she gets a year...

We still have our tree up.

traditionally it stays up until around february.

I LOVE having a tree in the house,

it smells so good!

I wish it didn't cost so much to have a live one each year and then plant it,

so until I have an excess of cash I will honor the cut ones we get each year.

Hope you have a nice night!

Birthdays, A Funeral and Current Projects

I have been in a bit of a funk for the last couple of days.

I have 3 birthday to celebrate this week, so it has been kind of hard to focus on making things for my business.

I had to go to a funeral sevice yesterday,

which was in fact very beautiful.

Probably the most wonderful service I have been too.

It wasn't hard to go to this service.

The man who passed was my "godfather" and a wonderful man at that who lived to be

90 years old!

I don't normally handle funerals well,

not that I know anyone who does,

but they are just so uncomfortable for me.

I tend to deal with those emotions more privately...

Anyway, this funeral was very nice and he had many, many friends who shared wonderful stories about how wonderful he was.

The hard part for me was that it was in the church where my fathers service was held

(and I haven't been there since).

There were also some family members there that have not been the most wonderful people to me, my mom or my sister.

(long boring story that just goes on and on...)

It was hard for me to see these people that play with my head,

it was heartbreaking actually.

But I guess that is life sometimes, right?

On a happier note,

before my funk I was able to get some more yarn finished and ready for dyeing

and some felted ready to be sewn/embroidered.

Now I have some watercolors to work on.

What have you been working on lately?

oh YEAH!

Did I mention that I LOVE Danielle from Dinosaur Toes?

Not only is she freaking awesome,

but her artwork is so wonderful!

She has such a great jewelry style!

I was so excited to order these for myself for Christmas,

and she was so sweet to send me ring (like this one) as well!!!

Love. Love. Love.

I get so many compliments, it is crazy!

Now I am in love with her orb necklaces!!!

Want.

(Seriously, Danielle, these are the COOLEST!)

So you should go and check out her shop!

(and her etsy shop)

Well, I am off to take my Mom and Nana out for lunch for their birthdays.

(my mom is today, nana tomorrow... and Andy is Friday! CRAZY!!!)

Hope they like their gifts!