Ever feel like the world is judging you? Your parenting skills?
Kae's progress report came home today. She's below grade level in handwriting....and has no ability to manage conflict.
Ok I know kae is really sensitive, she gets upset easily, she doesnt handle bullying well, she doesn't handle criticism well. She's SEVEN...
We've had a lot of upsets this year, Connor being born, the "incident", daddy probably changing jobs. We've had some conflict. She's having to share her room now, and her parents.
The teacher says, no need to be alarmed. But this [jnsert profanity here] called Dcf on us. So my knee jerk reaction is to go in with my dukes up.
It doesn't help that I'll have both kids with me because Ross can't ever be home to help with this.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
November Reading list
november
1-69 Southern living Christmas cookbooks vol 1 (11/11) - free/library
2-70 southern living Christmas desserts (11/11) - free/library
3-71 the three shepards daughter - Gillian Summers (11/28) - free/Gail loan
Yeah, really exciting.
The Tree Shepherd's Daughter is a YA Fey book. I was told to prepare for mass hatred of the main character Keelie. That she'd annoy the hell out of me in just a couple pages. I was pleasantly surprised. Keelie wasn't as bad as some teenagers, considering the situation.
If I'd been in her situation, I'd have been SOOOOO much worse....yeah.
Anyway, I'm not totally psyched for Renn Faire 2013!
Time to pull my Bellydance stuff out of storage and put my Gypsy costume back together!
Friday, November 16, 2012
October Reading List
yes, i know November is almost over. I just completely forgot!
1-64 Ascend Trylle #3 - Amanda Hocking (10/9) - free/gail loan
2-65 Death Masks - Jim Butcher (10/11) - free/library
3-66 Blood Rites - Jim Butcher (10/21) - free/library
4-67 Kiss the Dead - Laurell K Hamilton (10/27) - free/library
5-68 Time Untime - Sherilyn Kenyon (10/30) - free/library
ok so Trylle..it was ok, but the ending was too happy. Someone should have died.
Death Masks was actually a re-read, i'd forgotten which Dresden book i was on and picked it up again. This one is great. I miss Shiro already. Blood Rites was GREAT! yes, caps. I love these books, once you get past the second one they're fantastic.
Kiss the Dead....Really LKH? really? Affliction better be worth it, or i might just stop reading these books..nah, probably not. But they're kinda ridiculous now.
Time Untime. Kenyon NEVER disappoints. ever. I have loved every single book of hers i've read, even the CIA sniper romance novels...weird but true. This one walks a little more away from the Greek Dark Hunters and explores OTHER cultures trying to end the world, the Mayans. Yup..the End of the Mayan calendar. and Ash is in it, so it's all good.
1-64 Ascend Trylle #3 - Amanda Hocking (10/9) - free/gail loan
2-65 Death Masks - Jim Butcher (10/11) - free/library
3-66 Blood Rites - Jim Butcher (10/21) - free/library
4-67 Kiss the Dead - Laurell K Hamilton (10/27) - free/library
5-68 Time Untime - Sherilyn Kenyon (10/30) - free/library
ok so Trylle..it was ok, but the ending was too happy. Someone should have died.
Death Masks was actually a re-read, i'd forgotten which Dresden book i was on and picked it up again. This one is great. I miss Shiro already. Blood Rites was GREAT! yes, caps. I love these books, once you get past the second one they're fantastic.
Kiss the Dead....Really LKH? really? Affliction better be worth it, or i might just stop reading these books..nah, probably not. But they're kinda ridiculous now.
Time Untime. Kenyon NEVER disappoints. ever. I have loved every single book of hers i've read, even the CIA sniper romance novels...weird but true. This one walks a little more away from the Greek Dark Hunters and explores OTHER cultures trying to end the world, the Mayans. Yup..the End of the Mayan calendar. and Ash is in it, so it's all good.
Oh look! A recipe!
Some of the husbeast's favorite meals are two things. Simple. And vegetarian.
This last meal plan was cheap and easy. And needed to use a lot of stuff sitting in the pantry and the freezer! I had a bag of frozen mixed broccoli and cauliflower. And two boxes of rice a roni long grain wild rice (my favorite!).
Roasted Parmesan veggies
Dump the veggies in a big bowl (I thawed mine first)
Add a drizzle of olive oil
About a tablespoon of lemon juice
Minced garlic (I used about a tablespoon)
Salt and pepper
A teaspoon of red pepper flakes
1/4 - 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Toss really well and dump onto an aluminum foil lined baking sheet (mine had a lip)
Cook at 425 degrees (preheated) for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 or so.
I served mine with the rice. It was nummy!
This last meal plan was cheap and easy. And needed to use a lot of stuff sitting in the pantry and the freezer! I had a bag of frozen mixed broccoli and cauliflower. And two boxes of rice a roni long grain wild rice (my favorite!).
Roasted Parmesan veggies
Dump the veggies in a big bowl (I thawed mine first)
Add a drizzle of olive oil
About a tablespoon of lemon juice
Minced garlic (I used about a tablespoon)
Salt and pepper
A teaspoon of red pepper flakes
1/4 - 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Toss really well and dump onto an aluminum foil lined baking sheet (mine had a lip)
Cook at 425 degrees (preheated) for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 or so.
I served mine with the rice. It was nummy!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Bad stuff
Monday was a hard day for me. Lots of things happened. Bad things. Not bad things in the Trueblood sense either.
Without going too much into it, I almost lost the most important things in my life, my kids. I've been scary depressed.
I'm around, and we'll survive, but I'm not in a good place, and I've used up my allotment of "smile and everything will be ok" for the rest of my life.
I love my babies, everyone who knows me knows that. How could anyone think otherwise?!
Without going too much into it, I almost lost the most important things in my life, my kids. I've been scary depressed.
I'm around, and we'll survive, but I'm not in a good place, and I've used up my allotment of "smile and everything will be ok" for the rest of my life.
I love my babies, everyone who knows me knows that. How could anyone think otherwise?!
Loomin
So I got my loom warped and started a project on it. It's a table runner for my mom for Christmas. I hope.
It's about 13 inches wide and my loom accommodates 60 inches of warp, so that's what I'm going for. Her dining room table is like 75 inches anyway.
I think I'm going to run out of weft yarn before I get to 60 inches, so maybe it'll be a weird abstract wall hanging instead...
Like my craft stick shuttles?!
It's about 13 inches wide and my loom accommodates 60 inches of warp, so that's what I'm going for. Her dining room table is like 75 inches anyway.
I think I'm going to run out of weft yarn before I get to 60 inches, so maybe it'll be a weird abstract wall hanging instead...
Like my craft stick shuttles?!
Monday, October 1, 2012
September Reading List
September
1-53 Craved - Stephanie Nelson (9/5) - free/kindle
2-54 The Art of the Loom - Ann Hecht (9/17) - free/library
3-55 kids weaving - Sarah Swett (9/19) - free/library
4-56 hands on rigid heddle weaving - Betty Linn Davenport (9/20) - free/library
5-57 Hands on Weaving - Barbara Leibler - (9/24) - free/library
6-58 The Key to Weaving - Mary E. Black (9/27) - free/library
7-59 Legacy of the Witch - Maggie Shayne (9/30) - free/kindle
8-60 Small Loom and Freeform Weaving - Barbara Matheissen (9/30) - free/library
9-61 Weaving Made Easy - Liz Gibson (9/28) free/library
10-62 Pasta! - Time Magazine Book (9/29) free/library
11-63 100 Knitting Projects - Jean Lanhauser (9/30) free/library
most of them were non-fiction this month. I really enjoyed Kids Weaving by Sarah Swett. It was really well written with easy projects for kids (and adults) and included instructions on how to build a PVC loom. see my previous post lol.
Kae decided to check a few books out for me on her trip to the library with daddy (i stayed home with the sleeping boy-child) she got me Pasta! and a couple knitting books. One of them was..outdated. the other is baby knits, she even picked out a sweater i MUST knit for connor. must..now..get to it mommy.
all in all i spent nothing on books this month. very little non-fiction, and honestly it feels like very little at all. I got my loom put together and warped, did a little spinning on my wheel and have knit a little.
girl scouts takes up a lot of time. We have a fundraiser starting today /sigh
1-53 Craved - Stephanie Nelson (9/5) - free/kindle
2-54 The Art of the Loom - Ann Hecht (9/17) - free/library
3-55 kids weaving - Sarah Swett (9/19) - free/library
4-56 hands on rigid heddle weaving - Betty Linn Davenport (9/20) - free/library
5-57 Hands on Weaving - Barbara Leibler - (9/24) - free/library
6-58 The Key to Weaving - Mary E. Black (9/27) - free/library
7-59 Legacy of the Witch - Maggie Shayne (9/30) - free/kindle
8-60 Small Loom and Freeform Weaving - Barbara Matheissen (9/30) - free/library
9-61 Weaving Made Easy - Liz Gibson (9/28) free/library
10-62 Pasta! - Time Magazine Book (9/29) free/library
11-63 100 Knitting Projects - Jean Lanhauser (9/30) free/library
most of them were non-fiction this month. I really enjoyed Kids Weaving by Sarah Swett. It was really well written with easy projects for kids (and adults) and included instructions on how to build a PVC loom. see my previous post lol.
Kae decided to check a few books out for me on her trip to the library with daddy (i stayed home with the sleeping boy-child) she got me Pasta! and a couple knitting books. One of them was..outdated. the other is baby knits, she even picked out a sweater i MUST knit for connor. must..now..get to it mommy.
all in all i spent nothing on books this month. very little non-fiction, and honestly it feels like very little at all. I got my loom put together and warped, did a little spinning on my wheel and have knit a little.
girl scouts takes up a lot of time. We have a fundraiser starting today /sigh
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