Moments

We had a good full weekend.  A jumble of outings and activities.  The time always goes so fast, there's never enough of it.

Last week Ainsley let me put her hair up for school and dress in a cute little corduroy jumper and blouse.  I had to snap a photo. That girl, she's too much for words some days.  Her new thing is slipping letters under her door to us when she's supposed to be sleeping.  This was an I'm sorry note for not going to bed well.  IT's hard to stay mad at her for long.  Those notes, those EYES!!!!  Ah, she's got me.

Ian picked up my 30th birthday ring on Saturday.  The design turned out so beautifully, I love it so much.  The perfect sparkly every day mama ring.  Every time I look at it I think about all those great 3s in my life.  What a special gift.

I'm trying to get our house in order.  These spare warm days have my spring cleaning bug itching.  Our wooden floors have been bugging me all winter.  They are looking so worn and dull and truthfully could use a good refinishing, but that's not in the budget.  I've heard good things about Bona floor polish and thought I'd give it a go.  The two areas I've done look awesome.  It fills in some of the smaller scratches, puts a new protective coat on the wood.  The real test will be our dining room floor.  That's definitely seen better days.

No hard work for me today though. I went to bed with a bad sore throat and woke up no better.  No fever, not even a runny nose, just an aching head and sore throat.  So I'm taking the day off from my hard exercise I've been doing.  I took a good run yesterday and am more sore from that than from my two weeks of workout tapes.

Monday's are grocery days for Felix and I.  We drop the girls off and hop over to Trader Joe's.  I've been buying fresh flowers every week and the ones I found this week are my favorites.  They really feel like I could have just walked outside and plucked them right up (if there was any green out there to pluck).  I love a good full fridge on a Monday, and a fresh bouquet of flowers, such piece of mind for me.
(Menu for those who care, wild rice casserole and pumpkin bread, baked franks and beans, fish and chips, zucchini and ground beef stew from my favorite italian cookbook, potstickers and green beans, baked havarti and turkey sandwiches with tomato soup, spinach and cheese quiche)

The beginning of March has found me in a flurry of projects.  I'm so excited about them all I'm having trouble focusing on what needs to get done first.  Right now I'm flitting between a new cardigan for Felix and the finishing touches on a knitted dress for Louise (she loves it so much she already slept in it once, live stitches on waste yarn and all).  I'm most excited right now about a gift for a little niece of mine.  I had one small thing I found for her months ago, a thing that's exciting for me but perhaps not so much for her.  But this gift?  I'm hoping will be VERY exciting for a little one.  The girls are so smitten I'm already trying to find time to make them their own in time for Easter.  We'll see.

Then there's the sewing (new pants and shirts for my growing boy, birthday presents galore, spring dresses and skirts, always always), new baby knitting (a new little niece arrives next month!). never ending house projects and not so fun adult things to do (ah tax prep and car troubles and millions of 100 year old home odds and ends).  It's enough to make my brain buzz.

I'm learning a bit every day.  I make sure to find a time to just sit quietly, like right now.  No TV or music even, just the quiet house and a simple project, a cup of coffee and silence.  There may not be enough hours in the day, but there surely are plenty of moments like these.