Filed under: Baby!, Dwell On Things, Health Stuff, Ladyfest, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze, Purge, The Urban Jungle, Things I Eat, Things I Make | Tags: cravings, endometriosis, fertility, garden, pregnancy, ultrasound
Sorry to keep you all in suspense, but I had a good ultrasound (for the most part). There’s a real live baby in there, with a real live beating heart. Yay!
That said, I’m still not totally stress-free about this whole pregnancy thing. The baby measures 9 days behind “dates” — I typically ovulate late, so this isn’t necessarily “abnormal” — but has a good strong heartbeat. I will feel better when this u/s is followed up with the midwives and I can see that growth is remaining consistent, though. My EDD based on gestational age is May 18, 2010.
Filed under: Drama, Etsy Shop, Get All Mushy, Make Lists of Things, My Kids, People I Know, Purge, Roller Skates, Sewing, The Urban Jungle, Torchdrool, Unrequited Lust For Jim, Vacation, Work at Susie's | Tags: summer vacation, change, summer, Vacation, projects, transition
One more day before the kids are set free for summer. One more day before I actually have to have plans (and, oh, I have plans.. but they’re not entirely organized yet). One more day to make sure we have all the phone numbers and contact details to keep the boys in touch with their friends over the summer. One more day.
Filed under: Hippy Shit, My Kids, Random Geekery, Sewing, The Urban Jungle | Tags: guerrilla gardening, Sewing, The Urban Jungle
I’ve been an incredibly crappy blogger lately. No good excuses other than “It’s Spring! Yay!”, “I’m gardening! Yay!” and “I have a desperate compulsion to design and sew dresses for little girls, despite having none of my own! Yay?”
Spring is awesome. I feel myself coming slowly back to life after the creative stasis of Winter. This means I’ve a list of projects longer than my arm and, quite honestly, not nearly the required time to see them to completion. I’m currently (finally?) installing the recycled patio-stone walkway in my front yard — the one I’ve been thinking and talking about since I did a big part of the one in the back yard. It’s coming along nicely, but is only a couple feet long. I need to find some more patio stones to smash up for it. If anyone has some they’d like to get rid of, let me know — I’m happy to come and get them with my van!
Filed under: City of Ottawa, Hippy Shit, Sticks and Stones, The Urban Jungle, Things I Do | Tags: guerrilla gardening, Hintonburg, neighbourhood, ottawa, urban jungle, urban spaces
The park at the end of our street is a wonderful space for kids. There are broad paved paths perfect for learning to ride bikes, a smaller play structure for climbing and sliding, lots of little hills to roll down and tables and seating to encourage congregation of families and neighbours.
About the only thing missing from this great little gem, IMO, are some kid-friendly plants with flowers to be enjoyed or picked that are hardy enough to withstand the heat from the asphalt and the love from the children. What the park accomplishes in fun and function, it sorely lacks in visual appeal. A few half-hearted efforts in years past have left a couple patches of mangy forsythia bushes, some enthusiastic daylilies, a couple random tulips, and violets that have self-seeded sporadically around the park.
Fortunately, I’ve a surfeit of Spring-flowering plants needing new homes.
Filed under: City of Ottawa, Diaper Fluff, Fibre Crafts, Hippy Shit, Random Geekery, Sewing, The Urban Jungle, Things I Do, Work, Work at Susie's | Tags: ottawa, knitting, urban foraging, cloth diapering, urban hippy, guerilla gardening, urban, soaker, ravelry, wabi-sabi
I resort to lists too often. Today is my first day in the house by myself for the full day, as DH started his new job this past Friday (and #2 is half days on Monday and I work on Tuesdays). I made a big list and only have one significant entry left to accomplish. Yay me! Yay lists!
Still, there are always more brief disjointed comments I can jot down about what’s going on with me:
