When I was pregnant with Paige I woke up with a song in my head,(we did not have a radio at the time and no tv was on) I'm not really sure where the song came from, but all I could remember from my dream was the tune. I couldn't figure out where I had heard the song before, but it sounded familiar. But alas, i had no words and Jim had never heard of it. I would hum it to paige when she was baby though.
Years later, Jim and I are watching the movie "Waking Ned Devine" and WHAM! There's the song!!! With Words!! I learned the words and could now sing the complete song to my kids, which I did. It was the only thing for a few weeks that would get Ethan to sleep. I have always loved it, but since they got a bit older I haven't sung it much. I actually forgot about it, till this week, when it got in my head again. It soothes my soul. Maybe because it's from Scotland (said to have been written as early as 1605 as a poem..I did some research..that's how much i love this song), I'm not really sure, but I know that I love it and will always love it.
It's called "Parting Glass". There are tons of good versions, but I really like this one by the 'High Kings'.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
I've started making baby blankets for my grandchildren
It's true. Don't hate. I don't really know if they will be for the grandchildren or not, but here's the story:
When I was about ready to have Samantha I went through all the baby clothes to see what I had. I found quite a few things with stains.Since then my kids have gotten stains on clothes that refuse to come out. The problem is, i love to sew, and i look and some of their clothes and think- 'that pattern is really cute', or 'that onesie that say's "if you think i'm cute, you should see my mom" still looks alright on the front'. I have been making a huge pile of clothes that should be thrown out, but I can't. I just can't. Do you understand? So now my pile is huge,and I thought to myself that most of the things are small and I wouldn't be able to get a huge square or amount of fabric off of. So I started cutting them, and making a new pile. Of squares for baby blankets. But since they are my babies clothes, I thought that I could just keep working on them till they are older and then giving them to their kids. I know, insane. But i'm ok with it. I'll try to remember to take pictures or my progress now and then.
By the way:
I am hating winter now. I miss just going somewhere being simple. No "where are your boots, hats, gloves, coats, socks, scarves"(x3), shoveling the drive so I can get out, warming up the car, scraping windows. bla bla. I miss...."grab some flips flops..."....and done.Ha! Here are some nice pictures from summer: #1 and #3 are Ethan and Samantha at Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill's pool and #2 is Paige with Aunt Elizabeth at the Drowsy Parrot.
When I was about ready to have Samantha I went through all the baby clothes to see what I had. I found quite a few things with stains.Since then my kids have gotten stains on clothes that refuse to come out. The problem is, i love to sew, and i look and some of their clothes and think- 'that pattern is really cute', or 'that onesie that say's "if you think i'm cute, you should see my mom" still looks alright on the front'. I have been making a huge pile of clothes that should be thrown out, but I can't. I just can't. Do you understand? So now my pile is huge,and I thought to myself that most of the things are small and I wouldn't be able to get a huge square or amount of fabric off of. So I started cutting them, and making a new pile. Of squares for baby blankets. But since they are my babies clothes, I thought that I could just keep working on them till they are older and then giving them to their kids. I know, insane. But i'm ok with it. I'll try to remember to take pictures or my progress now and then.
By the way:
I am hating winter now. I miss just going somewhere being simple. No "where are your boots, hats, gloves, coats, socks, scarves"(x3), shoveling the drive so I can get out, warming up the car, scraping windows. bla bla. I miss...."grab some flips flops..."....and done.Ha! Here are some nice pictures from summer: #1 and #3 are Ethan and Samantha at Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill's pool and #2 is Paige with Aunt Elizabeth at the Drowsy Parrot.
Friday, January 14, 2011
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