It has been a whirlwind in the past couple of days. Sheesh….
Reza had her holiday concert
Saw The Hobbit which absolutely ruled, including some tears on how much Kevin would have loved it. Shortest three hours of my life.
Reza got her yellow belt in Karate. More on that later.
Had a Indian food dinner with friends, which Reza promptly puked up at the table, on the way back to the car and in her bed later that night. Regurgitated Indian food is…. wow. NO.
Visit from Diana on Sunday
Packing up/shipping art off
Working on commissions
Got our short, stumpy tree… late, I know.
Plotting xmas/birthday gifts
Reaching out to loved ones, well, for love and all that shiz
Making our xmas cards since I missed online order date, so I snagged a design and did it on my own. Those will be sent out post haste but will probably arrive a little late, such are the woes of wanting to do it all yourself. Designer and artist curse right there.
Reza and I made our first gingerbread house. Mine too! Can you believe it? First time for everything. We ROCKED IT. And in one of my not so finer moments of parenting, just as the house was assembled and the deco was about to start, with the wave of her purple spatula she proclaimed, “LET’S FROST THIS BITCH!!”. It was hilarious and I put my best poker face on and told her that’s not a word for her. But damn if this kid isn’t cut from the same cloth as us.
Oh yeah! And some asshat stole my debit card number and tried to buy concert tickets from some website from Johannesburg. Luckily my bank caught it and shut the shit down… I’m disputing the $110. AFRICA! The shame of people. Happy Holidays!
And somehow along the way I am trying to keep a decent home, a kid in school, cats fed, a husband loved up on…. all while dealing with some very intense emotions over what has been going on in the world.
The time escapes me but somehow it will all get done, completed and then I can relax next week. Josh and Reza will be off ALL WEEK and I am looking forward to that time with my triangle.
What’s up with you? What’s shaking? What moves(ed) you lately? I want to hear all about it!
My name is Ivonne and this is where I come to unload. Artist, wife, mother, loud mouth, blogger, crafter and multipurpose elf.
About 2 years ago, my family and I did the unthinkable and uprooted from the West to the East Coast. You can imagine the culture shock when a Mexican, West Coast girl lands herself in South New Jersey. If anything it has made for some ridiculous stories.
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That image would make a great Xmas card.
Me? Happy in l♥ve. Bunny. Qi Gong. Finding it surreal that it’s been a year since I completely destroyed my leg. Trying to create meaning in all of it. Sushi. Music. Internets. Emotions. Memories and making new ones. The usual.
A much better place to be in considering the dark spot you were in a year ago. It always gets better Lesa, sometimes it just takes a little longer than we want it to. <3
yikes! is she ok? was it a stomach bug or the food?
I think it was a bug… All she was having was rice and naan. We ate the same stuff and were fine
Well, I hope she gets better soon. Poor thing.
My 5 year old, then 4, angrily called my mom, “Stupid ass!” Complete with enunciation on the id and ass. I told him not to do that, but I had to hide my grin and giggle.
I am not sure I would have been able to keep a straight face at the comment.
All is good here. Ready for Yule and enjoying the winter break with my boys. I have completed fall semester and have been so ready for what will be a month of almost vacation (still have to work). I have time now to work more on baking and crafts. What moves me is the cooler weather. Such little of it hear, and the long summers are so searing, I actually get uncomfortable thinking too long on it.
And I agree, that would make a lovely greeting card.
*here* not hear. Tired, that is all.
LET’S FROST THIS BITCH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH That kid is amazing.
I got my money jacked too. From Spain and Hong Kong. They drained the account and then kept trying and kept getting declined. WTF is wrong with people!?
Kudos to you for introducing Reza to different cuisine at her age! Hopefully the experience doesn’t make her shy away from Indian as that would be a shame.
I’ve been trying to take time to enjoy the season and those around me but work is so hectic it just feels like a race to the end of the year. Missing some good friends who have moved to the UK and Australia nd feeling sad that I won’t see my family this year. Trying hard to not beome overwhelmed with news updates but finding it harder to avoid. Disappointed that because I don’t want to talk about it or have an opinion on “why it happened” that people think I am feeling. So all in all feeling a little down and out until today when over the course of my work day I heard my three favorite Christmas songs: John Lennon – Happy Christmas, The Pogues – Fairytale of New York and Band Aid – Do They Know its Chrismas I know they are not terribly uplifting Christmas songs but none the less they are my favorites and they do make me think of good times Christmas’ past.
Its been a good year, I have a great husband, amazing friends, hillarious kitties and really good life and I’m looking forward to an exciting 2013. The world will continue to shock me but that’s okay I will continue to look for the good in people and not be disappointed when they turn out to be flawed.
I’ve enjoyed your blog so much over the past year and thank you for sharing and being so open. I wish you and your family health and happiness in the coming year !
Sorry meant to say disappointed that people think I am unfeeling when I don’t want to talk about it. Sensitive keyboard.
okay you’ve convinced me to see teh hobbit, have been grumpy about it for some reason I do not understand, as much as I love LOTR. I’m back onto photos, so that’s motivating me at the moment.