So, I just finished my Christmas shopping!! Now, I can focus on making the cookies and the treats that I need to make for all my friends. OH happy day when you can say, yeah I finished my shopping!! OK I ordered a lot of stuff today, so I don't actually have it in my house yet! BUT it is on it's way. All I need is a couple of little stocking stuffer things!!
THAT IS ALL, I just wanted to brag!! BYE...
Craft fair is next Sat. Dec. 3 from 9-4 if anyone is interested in coming out to it!!
Friday, November 25, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Craft Fair!
So, after a bit of consideration... A friend of mine and I decided to have a craft fair HERE at my house, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We have a "guest house" here so we decided that it would be perfect for the "fair" if that is really what we should call it? I think that we are going to decorate it so that it look like Christmas or winter! Fun,fun,fun... I am a little excited about this venture! It is only for a few hours on that day, but I can't wait to see what we do. My friend makes beautiful wreaths. (I did a couple fairs with her last year, they are gorgeous!) if you drive by my house you see her handiwork over my door! I of course am making jewelry. We need a few more people to put things in. Anyone interested? Knitters... Oh, Cheryl is still away. Quilters... snowmen makers? ANYONE let me know and we can set you up! Even some photography would be great! I am giving hints to people who read this... So, if you are up to it let me know! It should be a lot of fun and I am really looking forward to it.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Yes, I am still around...
Well for the 2 of you that read my blog, I have been around and very busy. As I know that you are too. I have been here there and everywhere. Doing what? I am not sure! But with the gas prices going down, I don't fret when I need to drive somewhere now! I saw it for $2.29 today... yipee!!! I didn't ever think it would be that low again! So, what have I been busy doing you ask? Well, I really don't know I guess I have been just busy being a Mom. Oh, that makes me think of an e-mail that I received from a friend a couple weeks ago. I will share it with you...
Just a Mom ? ? ?
A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "do you have a job or are you just A...?"
"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman. "I'm a Mom."
"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation, "housewife covers it," said the recorder emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day..I found myself in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient and possessed of a high sounding title like, "Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar." "What is your occupation?" she probed.
What made me say it? I do not know. The words simply popped out. *"I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations."*The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair and looked up as though she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a continuing program of research, (what mother doesn't) in the laboratory and in the field, (normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (the whole darned family) and already have four credits (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities, (any mother care to disagree?) and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form, stood up and personally ushered me to the door.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model, (a 6 month old baby) in the child development program, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom."
Motherhood! . What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the door. Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations" and great grandmothers Executive Senior Research Associates"? I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "Associate Research Assistants. Please send this to another Mom, Grandmother, Aunt, and other friends you know. May your troubles be less, your blessings be more and nothing but! Happiness come through your door!
A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "do you have a job or are you just A...?"
"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman. "I'm a Mom."
"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation, "housewife covers it," said the recorder emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day..I found myself in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient and possessed of a high sounding title like, "Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar." "What is your occupation?" she probed.
What made me say it? I do not know. The words simply popped out. *"I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations."*The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair and looked up as though she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a continuing program of research, (what mother doesn't) in the laboratory and in the field, (normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (the whole darned family) and already have four credits (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities, (any mother care to disagree?) and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form, stood up and personally ushered me to the door.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model, (a 6 month old baby) in the child development program, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom."
Motherhood! . What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the door. Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations" and great grandmothers Executive Senior Research Associates"? I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "Associate Research Assistants. Please send this to another Mom, Grandmother, Aunt, and other friends you know. May your troubles be less, your blessings be more and nothing but! Happiness come through your door!
OK, I hope that you all enjoyed that and had a good laugh! BYE...
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