Rainy Monday

Grace woke up sick today. She stayed home from school and I took her to the doctor this afternoon. The flu. No strep this time. She is very sleepy and is happy to just be horizontal. Ahna is practicing the flute. She is wonderful. And Grace had her softball assessment this past Saturday (very cold and windy but sunny). Grace was amazing. She had just come from riding, changed clothes, put on her mit and was ready of everything. Very cool.

I've been thinking about art a lot.
Creating. Painting.
Feeling the brush on canvas. paper. wood.
I've been knitting light pink wool/cotton a scarf that is just a bunch of different patterns. It's pretty. The needles are from dear old friends, Kyle and Marsha. I watched their son for a couple of weeks, actually brought him up from KY to CT several years in a row. Anyway, one year they brought me a lovely pair of needles. They are my favorite pair.
Taught knitting to a great group of kids after school. Some were experienced, I had had them several years in a row and I also had a lot of new children. It's lovely to see the experienced ones helping the novices. A couple learned knitting in the round but it was hard. They liked it once they got going. No major projects though.

The photo is of Ahna and Grace wearing hats that I knitted for them years ago. I love to see them don them year after year.

Just got back from signing Gracie up for softball. The girls are immersed in Eragon, they are listening to it on cd for the second time. We have new dog named Sasha Rose.
She's a rescue, lab mix from MA. She's great. Tons of energy, chewing anything, making Manny the Chihuahua find his playful side. One of her favorite things is to slide on the rugs. It's like having another kid.
Danny is working with abused kids in MA. He takes them skiing through a program called May Institute. It's good for him. He hates his work. It's hard on him. I wish he would leave. I'd so much rather be poor than see him go through this. He has to make his own decisions though. If he feels like he needs to stick it out then that's what he needs to do for now.
I am still working at the preschool. It's a good job. I love the kids and the other teachers are pretty cool. It's not much money though. That's never been an issue in the past but... I can't say too much about that.
I am also teaching after school programs and the girls' school. Knitting and American Girl crafts. We don't do too much with the actual dolls because only one girl doesn't have one and it's a bummer for me. SO, we do awesome crafts that aren't for the dolls but more about the history of the different girls. I ask, "Which American Girl would've done a craft like this?" It makes it more about reading the books than about the dolls themselves.
A friend asked me to consider a position as Activities Director and a local swim club this summer but it's 5 days a week and it would tie me down to being here. I like to go places over the summer. We'll see.

peaceknitter

It sounds a little too philosophical for me but I am a peacemaker and I like to knit and they sounded good together. I am a mom of two girls and married to a very handy guy. We have a crazy little Chihuahua named Manny and a really old German Shephard named Sam, Sam Shephard. We are big Red Sox fans so I thought that was why Danny, my dh, named the dog Manny but he says it's because the dog is like a little man. I am thinking Manny could use a little Prozac when we have folks over to visit. He goes a little nuts if people make sudden moves or laugh really loud. I posted him on petfinder.com yesterday but I am starting to doubt my ability to let him go.
I absolutely love reggae music. I like ska a lot and rock-a-billy too. I listen to music all of the time. I have started listening to books on tape too which is nice for when I am in the kitchen working or on a road trip. Love those road trips!