Have fun with more Wordless Wednesday.

As I alluded to earlier this week I have been working on a new craft in time for Valentine’s Day. I have been bewitched for some time with the concept of embroidery for quite some time. Sublime Stitching makes me quiver (yes I am a geek). However, although my interest is peaked; knitting, children, blogging and photography have taken over all the “free” time I have. Since sleep is not really optional (believe me I have tried), I have been complacent to merely oogle stitches.

Then I saw this. My creative bones creaked and moaned, urging me to do this. So with Valentine’s Day approaching and the fear of yet another move not looming over my head I started out stitching some felt. Yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday was a little glimpse at the hearts I blanket stitched together to make Heart-Felt Garland. I am quite pleased with the result. It was a simple yet handmade goodness to brighten our space.

Holly had blogged about Project Spectrum before the plague that took my family out of commission. My snoopy nature forced me to follow her link trail to the fabulous 2008 - Project Spectrum Element. Since all the cool kids are doing it, it is not purple kool-aide AND it will force me to continue to be creative, which soothes all the beasts and makes my soul glow, I am signing myself up. My Heart-Felt Garland has a tad of red in it so I figure it counts towards the Project S. I have my head all a swirl thinking about the Earth Element. Yet I am trying to focus on the Fire that sparked my interest in the first place

Since I am chatting about creativeness, if you wander over to the other blog –> here … you will find yourself absorbed into my latest projects and rambling about knitting, or my fat head …

I am parting ways with you now … my rambling fingers needing to stop …

Last week was a blur of snot, aches and pains. I am dreadfully behind on EVERYTHING. Blogs, Facebook, emails, housework (ha!), crafts, photos … It is insane how out of the loop I feel.

So I am in the process this week to make my way back to the normal scheme of things. While I was sick it became February. Wow. Becca and I need to start crafting the love. I started a project (that I will share later this week) and I hope to do more with her. I have been knitting away on J’s scarf, finished a hat that I may have to frog and figure something out for I think it may be too small (more details soon promise).

The friend that I made at the library is incredibly sweet. She put a call in to her “not accepting new patients” doctor and got us in! Score! I took the kids on Thursday to touch base an make sure they are throughly vaccinated for Canada. Yup. The doctor rocks. Very laid back, nice and not all push his opinions on you. I like him. He also submitted a referral for Becca’s eyes, but without a great need chances aer we will not see someone till summer. We are in no hurry since she saw someone in New Mexico.

I hate the feeling of being behind. I was just feeling settled and organized. I was doing more and feeling great. Darn cold. It was the nasty sort that knocked my whole family out. Is cold and flu season over yet? Our weekend was pretty quiet considering. We did get down to the farmer’s market (I bought YARN …hehe!), other than that it was pretty dull and full of naps and kleenex.

Did the groundhog see his shadow? I want to go out and play

Well, it is that time of year again. The time to reflect on the past and look forward to what is to come. This will be a two part post. The second part will focus on the year to come. Right now I want to look back at this amazing year.

The year 2007 has seen the Soodz clan live to two different states & two different countries! Plus we have added new members to the family and lost a member. It has been a year of grief and loss, but also a year to celebrate and gains. We have watched our children grow, as we too have gotten older and hopefully a little wiser.

January we were in California, pregnant and happy. Becca and I were adventurous and enjoying time with new friends. We enjoyed trips to Disneyland and the zoo. I was knitting and enjoying time with Marina and Holly. We also welcomed some fellow Canadians to California!

February was a warm month in California. Becca swam in our little yard, in her kiddie pool (something tells me we will NOT be swimming outside in February here in Canada)

March was my baby shower for Ethan, it was so amazing to be surrounded by so many mothers and celebrate. Some of those women I never saw again

April was all about Ethan! He arrived with perfect timing and left us in awe and bliss. J’s Mom stayed with us to help out and we learned how to be a family of four.

May was a flurry of play dates, adventures and visiting. I was trying to experience it all before we left California. My Dad came for a visit and to meet his new Grandson.

June we celebrated Becca’s third birthday early with all her friends. It was a wonderful pool party, perfect celebration of our time in California.

July we arrived in New Mexico. Our stuff did not.

August we went on our first family camping trip. It was so FUN! We adopted Skippy the Alley Cat. I injured my foot pretty badly, then limped to many chiropractor appointments to get back on both feet.

September my Dad came to New Mexico for a visit. We also said good bye to our dear sweet cat, Charisma and watched as Becca’s heart broke. J went for an interview in Nova Scotia for a tenure track professor position.

October was a blur. J was offered a position in Nova Scotia … to start January 2008. Started Packing. We celebrated Ethan’s first Halloween in style. Ethan as a Hot Dog and Becca as a butterfly.

November we continued to prepare for our trek back to Canada. Said our good byes in New Mexico.

December we made it home. Our stuff arrived in tact and on time. Sadly our car has not. It is on a train in Ontario and has been for almost two weeks. ugh. We have enjoyed the snowy walks and adventures with the children. Ethan’s first Christmas ws magical. Becca received a call from Santa and believes in all the magic Christmas has to offer. We even had friends come to visit us in our new home.

We have finally arrived.

We shall begin.

That is a very brief recap of our year … Now for a visual … Happy New Year Everyone …

So J has been home the past couple days due to Thanksgiving down here. He is going in today to work, however. No rest for the chemist. We have been working our tail feathers off trying to get all our stuff ready for the big move. My goal is to have everything ready by Tuesday so I am not stressing out right before the movers show up. J is working all next week, so it is me and the kids directing traffic.

So super pissy news. We have had issues with the company that will be transporting our car not contacting us and letting us know what the gig is. Yeah that is because they plan on having our car for THREE weeks. Nice. Yup our little American car is going to see Vancouver then all the Canadian countryside by train. I have the worst luck with moving companies.

So we will becoming intimate with Halifax’s Metro system. Becca is really excited about riding on a bus and since we will be doing a lot of walking and metroing it will be nice to check it out.

So for Thanksgiving we ordered a meal through our supermarket. After Ethan’s birth Holly had brought us a similar meal. Seriously people these meals, although not as good as Grandma’s (like anything really could compete) are awesome. I will not have to cook like till Tuesday! w00t!

Oh and because we do not have enough stuff *sigh* we went out on Black Friday to score some more! Since it snowed here like two inches we did not make it down the Hill until 9:30 Am. The sleeping bag I wanted to score was gone from Target, but we found a pretty cool alternative. So that covers beds for all of us until we have furniture again!

Becca has enjoyed the snow. I was getting Ethan down for a nap, but J was saying she was having issues with snow being … cold. Poor girl. I knit her a toque and mittens, but I fear the mittens are not ideal. Need more cuff. It was my first pair, live, knit, learn.

It would be awesome to share some pictures, however I am lucky to have time to read emails, much less take and upload, pictures. Sorry. Hope to catch up once we are there. We will be without much so I figure I will have time.

3 days till the movers come.

7 days till we fly home.

wow.