My wrap-up layout (a 2-pager this time) for October ALREADY. Wasn't it just Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas last year, like a few weeks ago? A friend of mine once explained his version of why time goes so much faster as an adult than as a kid. He said when you are 5, one year is 1/5th of your whole life. But when you are 40, one year makes up only 1/40th of your life. By comparison, 1/5 is much larger than 1/40th. Makes perfect sense to me.
Well they (the varsity team) ended up 5th in their league. They grew tons and I'm excited for next year! Now, we have about 3 weeks "off" and then Club Volleyball starts, which lasts from November through July. With two kids in volleyball now, I guess you could say we are a volleyball house. Good thing I like to watch it. If it were, say golf or bowling, I'd have a much harder time (LOL, no offense to my golf and/or bowling loving friends.)
Don't think I shared this one here (know I did on Flickr) and all posts can use sumthin' purty to dress them up, so here it is.
And an update for me on my list posted last time. There are a few things gone (yeah) and a few new ones (I started one I hadn't even conceived of within an hour of posting the list...I'm hopeless.)
Pink skull hat (surprise for B)
Modern blanket (crochet)
Cotton Log Cabin blanket
Flower scarf
New black skull hat
sling bag - The "dish towels as fabric" one
"wrap-up" album
Art spot/seasonal art
(Start and finish) puzzle album
(Start and finish) tag album
(Start and finish) file folder album
Find missing file tab punch
Hexagon blanket (pics to come - I LOVE it!)
Spiral experiment blanket
HOF entry
Pouch album
Frame "Silly things" print
Just thinking outloud, thinking maybe if I put this all down here I will be somewhat more accountable for it and GET ON IT.
To finish:
- Pink skull hat (surprise for B)
- Modern blanket (crochet) - do I love (LOVE) the red or not? decide
- Tunisian felted experiment/potholder - finish or toss already
- Cotton Log Cabin blanket
- Finalize wording on photography price cards, then print and guerilla market :)
- Flower scarf (I'm sending this to someone special)
To start:
- New black skull hat when yarn arrives (for Mel)
- prototype for sling bag that I've alredy cut out. The "dish towels as fabric" one.
- Start an album that contains a "wrap-up" page of each month. Ongoing - will just grow and grow.
- Find a spot to put a consistantly sized piece of seasonal art. And make said art. And make said art for other seasons so I can just swap them out with the seasons.
- (Start and finish) puzzle album
- (Start and finish) tag album
- (Start and finish) file folder album
Must do:
- Decide if I'm really going to start new felted bag and either rip it out and forget about it or start on it for REAL.
- Pick up S & C at midnight-ish when home from Pasco.
- Mail LO to SBT mag
- Find my missing file tab punch - driving me crazy - all kids deny touching it
- Stop starting projects until I cross off some of the ones above!
- Either hit SEND or CLOSE on the order form open for 2 days on my computer where I've ordered (want to order) 24 balls of Queensland rustic wool.
In other news: I'm SO EXCITED. And its not traditionally exciting, but scary news. Scary, exciting news I have been waiting for for 30 years. I broke my hip when I was 11 and it forever changed my life. I was active as a child and did gymnastics and rollerskating and loved to dance. But after that point, and complications from my surgery, I have lived the rest of my life in moderate to severe pain. I get no exercise, I often move like an old woman. My back is always hurting (from compensating for my hip.) Well, I just met with an orthopedic surgeon this afternoon and I found out today I can get on the surgical list for a hip replacement! I could kick myself (if I COULD) that I didn't do this sooner. The quality of my life would have been so much better. And now it will be! Scary, lots of rehab, but I see this terrifically awesome ability to move and be pain free waiting, just over the horizon. I am so EXCITED!