Witchy Woman

Dave picked up this costume at our local shop...isn't it cute? Our little witchy woman!! She is riding on her broom stick with her cat!

We will probably go to my friend Sandra's house for Halloween for trick or treating...not done so much out here in countryside... Aine can't wait to go with her friend Conor!! 

More Artwork

Okay...so I'll stop after this one... While I was cleaning up her room (she helped sporadically, LOL, but not her strong suit!!) she sat down and took out her Magnadoodle again and said she was drawing herself with long hair... The long hair is a new thing, and the body using 2 circles is new...note her belly button she drew in, hee hee!!

She loves to play pretend. Today she put the washing out on the line (all her dress up dresses...) and then had to run around taking them in because it was "getting too windy". She had me help her fold them next... I could see her mimicing the way I fold and smooth out the clothes!

Aisling is really mimicking her sister as well. It was really adorable, she took her little dolly, put it in the buggy, put a blanket over it and kissed it...then spent hours pushing her up and down the hall.

Dave had a third interview today with the company in Co. Carlow!! We are going nuts with two jobs nearing offer stage, but no offers yet!! Both seem interested, so I guess we better just get on with life and keep our fingers crossed for next week! 

Future Artiste?

Okay, so I drew the stick figure for her, but she did everything but the circle for his head! Here is Aine's rendition of her friend Conor, LOL, complete with "eye-boughs" and ears and hair...done on her magnetic drawing board... I thought it was cute...certainly the most expressive face she's drawn!

Only three weeks left till our trip and 2 weeks till Aine's birthday...she is growing up too fast! She's told me she wants Dora party hats for her birthday...I figure I should get her a little bit more than that! We were going to get her a bike, but it is the wrong season, and there may be a relocation for us in the near future (Dave should hear something about 2 jobs tomorrow! Please please please keep your fingers crossed for him!) so I have to figure out something and quick! Any ideas?

I'm working away on sewing projects for myself. Just finished a top today for myself...a very scrappy flannel quilt. I am also still sewing away on my hand pieced project. My hobby gives me a little quiet space in the evenings after chasing around two very energetic kids. Hot tub is pretty good as well...and that is calling me tonight too!

More soon! 

King of the Mountain...of Scraps!

Just a quick note to get back into the blogging rhythm... Had a bout of food poisoning last Thursday which knocked me off my blogging groove, LOL! Wasn't fun...included a fever as well as tummy bug thing...

Still struggling with food, which is not a good thing, as I plan to enjoy myself in the States, but would prefer to do this with my weight down a bit...oh well...maybe I just need to relax about the whole thing and just lose again in the new year...start afresh after Christmas!

Went to a yoga class tonight, which was great...wish I could incorporate it more into daily life...need to start making an effort.

Girls were pretty good today, but no real stories to tell.
More tomorrow... 

Mommy's Helper

Aine and I busy washing dishes today...she's my good little helper, she washes every dish about 5 times!

Aine is getting to that point where she is playing one parent off against the other, and poor Dave is losing out... she is a real mama's girl these days, she opted to stay home and wash dishes with mommy rather than go to the shop with Daddy, unheard of!! It is just a phase, but Daddy is getting tired of the "your not my friend anymore"s and the "I want mommy" she is usually screaming this when I want to sleep in after a sleepless night with Aisling, etc... I don't get to sleep in!! Oh well... She is a good little kid...just a little attached to mommy right now. I should relish in it because it might be a short lived phase!

I should include a photo of my other cutie. I took this picture this morning while she ate her jam toast...she was actually saying cheese...copying her sister!

Still being bad food wise, just don't have the will power now to do anything but hover so that is my plan till the new year...keep under 140 and then work on exercise and eating in the new year.

We had Conor over today playing with Aine...they fight for a while then play well...it is their general pattern, but Aine loves to play with him!

Both girls are coughing in their sleep now, like I was last week...at least they are bright and eating fairly well during the day, so it can't be too serious!

Well...guess that is about it for today...more exciting stories tomorrow, LOL

Aine had a bad day...

It started off okay...she had her "Ballou" bear "making his wee wees" LOL in the old potty that I use to store toilet roll in the bathroom!!

During the day she helped me clean, ate well for breakfast and lunch...

Then came dinner...and mommy and daddy's new decision that there is to be no processed food dinners as a regular feature...girls will eat what we are eating...at least one bite...then fruit or yogurt if they don't like what we give them... We had a real battle to get her to eat our moussaka tonight...Aisling loved the aubergine and ground beef...Aine took many tears, lots of "you're not my friend anymore" and "never evers" to get her one bite... It took us threatening Santa Claus wouldn't bring her "kiddie makeup" this year (She will be getting kid nail polish etc for giving Santa all her pacifiers) and her waving to a pretend Santa looking at her to make sure she ate her food, LOL! The joys!!

I managed to get to my yoga class again today...yeah! Also walked three miles...so a good eating and exercise day for me... Not such a good eating day for Aine...at dinnertime anyway... 

Aisling's first pair of shoes

I just scanned this in from a polaroid they took at the shoe shop, but this is a photo ofAisling's first pair of shoes she got last week! Ain't she cute!??

Not much new to report... Aine and Daddy touched up the paint on the house and garage while I looked after Aisling...worked on quilting a quilt for my friend...cleaned...

I promise to make up a good story tomorrow these blogs are too boring right now! 

The Package Arrived!!

Couldn't get a better photo of the girls in their new outfits from Nana than this... Aine had attacked her sister with hugs and Aisling didn't know what to make of it...she is crying in the photo!! The outfits are both really cute. Aine loves her Dora clothes!!

I'd taken the girls to their playgroup this morning and when we came home Dave told me to wait a sec and see what Aine would do when she found something that he put in her room for her... it was a package mom sent early last month that we thought was lost...it arrived looking undamaged and unopened, just very very late, dated Sept 7!!! Needless to say, she was very exciting by the outfit and books and knickers that nana sent her.

Had one of these days where I felt like I couldn't get organized...hate those...running late with everything you are trying to do...never getting the errands done you wanted to do... oh well... tomorrow is another day. I did get a dip in the hot tub, so all is right with the world. Keep your fingers crossed for Dave for a new job...there are two hopeful ones that we hope we'll here about in the next few weeks!

Gonna do a little bit of quilting, then head to bed. Hasta manana! 

Aine the Swimmer

She has such an imagination these days...dress up is always her favorite thing to do...she decided to take my swimming gear today and suit up for a good swim, LOL! She is getting so grown up, sniff!!

Mom emailed me with notes about folks coming to visit us on our trip home...it is great!!! I am looking forward to introducing my cousins to my little girls, so please Sara, Col, and Barb, do come out while we're visiting...we'll squish in somehow, LOL!! I know B would love to see ya too!

Not too much exciting today, except that Waterford now sports its own Subway sub shop, and I got my favorite spicy italian sub there with extra jalapenos...Irish people look at me funny when I ask for them!! I'll be better tomorrow, I promise...have to lose some more weight so that I can gain it back while visiting home!!

I'm getting a list from folks here... Christmas present items: a Dora flashlight, small owl and rabbit (of the Pooh bear brand variety) stuffed animals, Scooby Doo clothes...I should open up a Christmas import business!! It will be fun looking for them though, and for my own stuff... I'm ready to shop, now I just have to sort out my budget, darn it!

5 more weeks to go, looking forward to the visit home! 

I'm back....again...

Here are my two girls, growing up so fast, hanging out on Aine's bed in a sisterly moment that I interupted. Aisling is eating one of mommy's chocolate cookies she is addicted to (having a bad Weight Watchers week, LOL!!)

I am hoping to keep up better with my blogging, and my photo albums...have been looking around for a good photo organization program, and mom suggested Picasa which has been perfect for all the things I do with my photos, including blogging...and it is free...very cool. I hope to be able to make web albums of the girls photos and various trips etc and store them on our website. We shall see how this all works out!!

Most of you probably know that Dave was let go from his last job in September. He is getting several interviews and one very strong prospect and another quite good one, but none of them will let us stay where we are now...so it looks like there is a move in our future... We're budgeting the money to last as long as we can, though I am being selfish and bringing the girls with me to the States!! We'll be there from November 19 - December 10 and I'm really looking forward to it! We have the money in savings so we should be okay. And hopefully Dave will already have a new job by then and the money he got as severance pay will be like a bonus (fingers crossed!)

I am still doing Weight Watchers and not doing horribly, though I must say I'm doing badly this week!! But I'm still in the 130s range so not too bad anyway...just wish I wasn't so much of a junk food junkie!

I'm still obsessed with my quilting hobby and my quilt that I am hand piecing. I have made a virtual reproduction of all the pieces of the quilt I've finished so far...click here to see it if you want!!

Other than WW and quilting, my life is filled with daily rhythm of raising those two girls of mine...Aine is writing her name and speaking Spanish...she'll be 3 in November...we're still waiting for her montesorri to open its doors (it is a new one)... Aisling is a wild woman full of temper, but very cute and cuddly...she goes around with her "bibby" any bib that serves as a security blanket!! We call Aisling "Imelda" (as in Marcos) for her obsession with shoes. Today she was walking around in Conor's shoes, Aine's 4 year old boyfriend (she goes for older men, LOL!)

Aine will be giving up that pacifier soon...she is giving them to Santa at Christmas in return for some "nail varnish" i.e. nail polish!! What a girlie girl!!

Anyway...hopefully you'll catch me posting here every other day or so...with more photos and news...