Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Morning kitty
Cleo peeking at me from behind my laptop while I’m on my morning conference call.
So cute 
Plumbing Updae
Bad Me - the problem got fixed and I never updated!
Hubby did a bunch of research on the problem and figured out that it was a grease plug (my term.) He decided that he would rent a jetter and try to clear the line himself. While he ran out to pick up the equipment, I decided that pouring boiling hot water into the drain might help.
We found out, when the other guy scoped the line, that we have an outside drain that hooks into the sewer line. I boiled a dozen or so pots of water and dumped them into that drain - it was at least 10 feet closer than any drain in the house.
Between all of our efforts the problem seems to be fixed. I was able to do 7 loads of laundry the next day with no issues! Yay!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Pants!
Side view of the dance pants with short overskirt that I made this weekend. I didn’t have a pattern. I just used another pair of pants to kind of measure things out and sewed it all together with the hope that they would fit.
I learned a lot from this crafty endeavor, the biggest lesson: if you try on just one pant leg after sewing the sides, make sure you know which side is the top. You can avoid all kinds of panic and not so nice thoughts about your legs .
I wore them to class and got all kinds of positive comments. I need to attempt to fix the waist, they sit way to high and the waist band I made is super uncomfortable!
Now that I have a good idea of what I’m doing, I’m very tempted to head back to the fabric store for some other fabric that I was eyeing but intimidated by, I feel like I could handle it now!
I love my new hobby! Sewing makes me happy
Saturday, April 11, 2009
New Morning
Hubby and some co-workers decided to go out for sushi for yesterday’s lunch. I tagged along thinking a little fish might do me some good.
Even with my shelfish allergy, I can still eat a lot of fish and have enjoyed sushi in the past. Several times. I’m always careful to ask what’s in what ever I am eating.
Yesterday we got a little too adventerous and ordered something that didn’t agree with me. I knew almost immediately that I should not have eaten what I had just eaten.
Depending on what it is that causes that effect, I can sometimes get away with not getting sick. I just deal with a very bad stomach ache. Not so yesterday. We got back to the office and I made a bee-line for the bathroom.
It’s been years since I have been sick because of seafood. Hubby and I had to come home early so I could rest.
The one “good” thing about my food allergy - I don’t have any other reaction besides getting sick. No swollen throat, no hives, no emergency room. And I felt fine a few hours later (after a good nap.)Today is cloudy with sun breaks here and there. We were going to go see the tulips at the tulip festival, but they haven’t bloomed fully yet. Maybe in a couple of weeks!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Dream
Last night I had a dream. Well - I usually dream at night. But last night’s dream was...amazing? prophetic? Symbolic without a doubt. It went like this:
I was at my Grandparent’s house - well this dream’s version of my Grandparent’s house. I dream a lot about their house, I think because it has been the most stable, safe location of my life. Anyway...I was at their house. I was trying to get somewhere else, trying to move, only I was tethered in my place. I was struggling and couldn’t move beyond the small area I was in.
In the dream I was only looking forward, only trying to reach the new space.
I looked down to see my legs were wrapped in Ivy. I kept trying to walk, to move, but the Ivy had wrapped itself so tightly that I wasn’t able to just break free. I finally realized what I had to do. I sat down and slowly started to remove the Ivy from my legs.
It was painful, the Ivy had adhered itself to my body and I had to “unhook” it from my legs. It took awhile to get it all off.
But after awhile I was able to free myself.
If that isn’t prophetic I don’t know what is…
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
