Girl Friday

Me, I have a love for hats. I used to buy hats all the time. I realized that I never wear the hats I buy. I quit buying hats. Recently I went shopping with my dear sister. I always buy stuff I never wear when I shop with my sister. I bought a hat. I love the hat. The Girl loves the hat. I love the hat on The Girl.

The Girl has started saying, "Oh dear!" Randomly, she will come to me and say, "Momma, lets laugh and sing!" So I start singing and three or four words in she busts up laughing. Which makes me laugh. When she feels somehow slighted by something I've done or said she sings this little song, "Mommy's stupid yes sir-ree" to the tune of A Happy Family. She single handedly ate four klondike bars yesterday while I was curled up in fetal position on the couch [we've had the flu this week... hopefully I'm the last] and her dad was running errands. The evidence was all over her princess dress.

ps. Lace frame how-to.

Little Green Notebook

So, I've tossed recycled nearly everything in this little green notebook sitting next to me. The last order of business is to let go of the things I don't think I can let go of! Here we go... A few random photoshop tips:

1. Justify journaling in a text box >>> [shift] + [ctrl] + [j]
2. To move a group of items with out flattening the image >>> hold down [shift] and click on other items in layer menu
3. to change a GIF to a JPG >>> in menu bar - image > mode > RGB color

Yummy Chai recipe:

• 1 1/2" slices fresh ginger x 4
• 2" cinnamon stick x 1
• 4 whole cloves
• 1/4 tsp cardamom
• dash of nutmeg
• 2" strip orange rind
• 1/2 vanilla pod split + seeded
• 2 c. water
• bring to boil
• pour through strainer into another pan
• add 2 c. milk
• heat + repeat [you can reuse the seasonings]

**I love this to make hot chocolate too**

There's a few "to-do" items in my notebook, but I promised to only share what I am doing/have done here so now I'm off to start a private to-do blog!

Enjoy the journey!

Remembering

5.9.2008 - ultrasound
5.22.2008 - found *I* chilling under the neighbors apricot tree doing "nothing."
6.21.2008 - baby born. 8 lbs 6 oz. Doctors said she looked older... I was shocked she was a girl.
6.22.2008 - The girl loves to sleep on her daddy's chest. My milk arrived in the late night.
6.23.2008 - leaving the hospital. Grandma Mick comes to stay
8.6.2008 - *I* asks *B* how much it cost to have The Girl.
                  *B*: $10,000
                  *I*: You don't even have that much money...
                         It wouldn't even fit in your tiny little wallet.
9.20.2008 - He said, "you know I love you no matter what you look like", but I don't.