The Hundlings: March 2013

We are ready for Spring! The garden seeds are up. I've been running outdoors (until the recent snow anyway) and the light has been extended in the evening. But we'll enjoy the snow for the short time it is around! Gabbie built a 'snow castle' tonight and Will enjoyed a ride to the mailbox in the sled. I signed up for a half marathon to keep my motivation up and give me something to look forward to-though last time I signed up for this particular half-marathon it rained the entire run.

Here are some pictures (from my phone...so the quality is a little questionable but not too bad!)

Getting the fish tank ready! Too bad the kids both ended up sick for a whole week after we got it ready, so we still have not been to get the fish.

I have a heck of a time getting a good picture of both kids! I've been trying to get a good 18-month photo of Will instead of having a professional. Now I see why I get a professional! I'm hoping to try a few more times, maybe will have a good one before he turns 2.

After this picture she went and found a mouth for the snowman using my mulch! Supposedly this day the kids were home sick. She seemed fine so I sent her to daycare the next day, when she got sick again. At least they got some fresh aire I suppose!

Working on her spaceship. I had to hand her whatever color crayon she requested! She's so creative! And sometimes so adult like. Tonight one of my home health clients called and Gabbie answered the phone so well saying "Well hello, how have you been lately?"

We were really classy and took our kids to the bar :-) Good thing it was for an anniversary party.

Wearing my snowshoe boots!

Above-our drive home on Sunday afternoon. I'm sure glad Brice was driving! I hadn't anticipated the bad weather. Below is a picture from 2010 to remember that 9 inches of snow isn't so bad!

Toward the end of last year I was finding that continuing home health was not fitting well into my schedule. So I started turning down clients. But lately I took on 2 and was not sure why I did that, knowing it would be stressful. Well, everything for a reason! Above is a quilt square from several years ago. Lucky for me one of the clients quilts and I see her in the evening, at which time she also helps answer any questions I have about this project. Lucky I don't go to her house until I get the kids to bed since it makes for a lengthy session!

Below is a fun result of the other client. My New Years Resolution was to be happier in the 'here and now'. Until now I've always 'looked forward' to something...marraige, kids, another kid, a vacation. So this year I'm going to be happy in the moment. Its been fun-I find I go for a run more often over my noon hour (instead of worrying about how crappy I may look the rest of the day), and I drink a lot more Cherry Coke (because in that moment at 3 p.m. it sounds so good!) I also decided that instead of waiting until my kids are grown and I have time, I'm going to start now with something I've wanted to do since I had Gabbie at St Anthony Hospital. I always said that when I had more time I wanted to make the blankets and hats that volunteers make for the new babies. Well, turns out it doesn't take long to make those. Just is going to take me time to get good at it. Anyway, my client helps with these and showed me several of hers. She also showed me the Prayer Shawls they make for the more critically ill patients at the hospital. She showed me her patterns and told me who I could talk to about donating.

The start of a purple baby blanket. I find I have to knit on round needles, not sure why. It drives the lady at the Yarn Basket crazy when she's trying to help me!