So I half wrote a blog post yesterday and didn’t have time a work to get it posted. Of course I lost it when I shut down my computer. I’ve been working hard to crank out my two chapters which are due the end of the month. Turns out that the second is becoming a monster project that I did not anticipate. I’m struggling to maintain confidence in my writing abilities. I don’t like being frustrated with myself!

What I wanted to write about yesterday was how much I’m loving my shampoo bar soap I ordered from Dress Green’s etsy shop. It cleans my hair perfectly leaving it smooth and full and I don’t even need conditioner! After doing some research about making my own shampoo bar soap, I’ve decided that I don’t want to mess with lye. I feel that ordering from a one-girl-show is definitely the next best to making my own. So yesterday I ordered another bar of shampoo along with a body bar and a shaving bar. It think they will be easier to transport in the camper when we embark on our 2 week camping excursion. (Now all I have to do is talk Jim into using them.)

I also wanted to write about my obsession with the POM tea glass jars. My friend Carrie got me hooked on carrying one around because the metal lid is reusable. I now keep a jar of water next to my bed tightly sealed so I don’t have to worry about a kid waking me up in the middle of the night by spilling water on me. (It’s happened.) But when I went to POM’s website to link to a picture for you, my dear readers, I found out that they’re switching to nasty ‘ole plastic bottles. You can imagine my disappointment. So I sent them an email letting them know how I felt about it and it doesn’t seem that they intend to budge. Upon telling Carrie this dreadful news, we decided that we should scour the local grocery stores to see if there were any remaining glass bottled teas. So last night we got good and stocked up, bring each of our collections to a set of 8. That should keep us set in reusable, lidded glasses. But considering the cost, it would have been nice to build my collection over the course of several weeks rather than get most of them in one go. Oh, well, at least I got what I wanted.

I wanted to thank you all for your advice on dealing with Honor. Things haven’t gotten much better, but I do recognize that he is adjusting to Eden being home from school. We also went through this when she started school. I guess he really doesn’t like change. Jim has been wonderful, helping me crack down on him. I’m always so thankful that my kids have a dad who is engaged in their lives.

Half and half

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Honor, do you want to be good or do you want to be naughty?

Half and half.

New truck and camper.

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-test posting from my cell- this is the new truck with the new camper. We took it out on its maiden voyage Sunday night. We had a great time and slept pretty well too. Cant wait to go again this weekend. Pics of the ‘remodel’ coming soon. Saturday night my friend carrie and i stayed up til 3 am painting to get it ready for the first trip.

new fabric at tangle

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(test posting from flickr)

I just made more curtains for the camper out of this fabric. It’s one of 6 new ones we just got in at Tangle.

So last Monday I was approached in the grocery store by a reporter from our local newspaper. She must have been drawn to the large car shaped shopping cart I was hauling around full of screaming small people. (I had Eden, Honor and my niece, Alex with me. I know that was crazy.) When she asked to interview me, I looked down at my cart at the squirming little bodies and told her that I was a little busy. But she persisted and I ended up shopping pushing a cart full of screamers with a reporter trailing me asking about my shopping habits and how the rise in grocery prices was effecting my budget. Amidst it all, she got the quotes right. But left out the part of where I talked about how important it is to me to spend more on organic if I have to rather than buy junk for cheap.

Little did I know that the article would run in Sundays paper on the front page and that my name would be the first words of the first article on the front page. Just great… I’m just glad that I turned down the photographer who wanted to come take picture of me putting groceries away!

Socks for DonAnn

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Some socks I whipped up for our friend DonAnn’s birthday. Gotta love that Big Mexiko.

um, I think I need this.

So wow, where have I been? The last week has been crazy to say the least. Eden had her student led conference last Wednesday. She sat down and showed us all her work, read us a book at her reading level, told us about her favorite poems. It was so cute! Her teacher also let us know that she’s at a level 12 reading level which is really great for a kindergartener. They need to be at a level 16 by the end of 1st grade.

Thursday I worked my last day of regular hours at Tangle. We’re now on reduced summer hours and it’s so relaxing! I’ve been feeling like I’m on vacation. Friday the kids stayed at their grandmothers house because we were leaving town early Saturday morning. So we stayed at our friends house in the next town over so we could get an early start. Saturday we went up to Arapahoe Basin where I hung out at the tailgating party for our friend’s birthday and Jim got in his last snowboarding trip for the year. It was crazy to be up in so much snow again.

Sunday was an amazing mothers day – Jim totally spoiled me with a new skillet, sushi making stuff, flowers for the yard, new glasses for my new favorite drink – an Otter Pop, clothes, jewelry and shoes. It was kind of ridiculous… but who am I to complain? Eden had painted me a flower pot at school and led me on a scavenger hunt to find it. She was so excited and so cute.

After we went and had desert at my moms house we went on a hike to the Mica mine not far from town. It was about a 5 mile hike round trip and the kids did great. There was so much run off from the snow that the trail had a big stream going down the middle of it. Needless to say my new Keen’s got soaked, but they are luckily fine. And I missed out taking some amazing shots because I forgot my camera!

And now I’ve got to go visit my Grandma who is in town… but there’s much more to say! Miss you all!

Today is no pants day.

That is all.