*blink*
Wow, I really have not been here for a while!
I can at least say that the family is doing well.
Teren graduated high school and is going to Green River Community College-with all reports so far being positive ones. He's living with his dad now, but I see him for orthodontist appoinments and special family events. It feels weird to not be making him a Halloween costume this year.
Nayeli is growing and learning more every day. She's verbal and very active and very much on the small size for her height and weight despite eating a large variety of foods including lots of vegetables. It should come as no surprise that she loves looking at books and being read to, or dressing up. Otherwise she bounces between her blocks, play kitchen, car toys or swords.
Textile-wise I'm struggling with trying to complete a rough draft of a paper for Kingdom A & S and have been working on trying to complete a lot of projects around the house or out of my fabric hoard. It's too large to simply call a stash. So far I've managed to complete 35 mending projects, 8 UFO's (unfinished objects), complete the Tudor Gown for Project 8 (and enter it at the Baronial level for A & S), complete my Haith cosplay from Wayfarer's Moon (a digitigrade shapeshifter), a 1940's evening gown for Costume College, a 1922 dress for the King Tut excursion, 3 different SCA gowns or robes for Nayeli, her Tudor outfit, 3 1820's Regency dresses for myself and Nayeli, 4 quilt blocks on my self-esteem quilt, and some home dec fabric projects for Nayeli's room. I've designed and painted fun murals for her walls, am working with Erik on some new decorations for Yule and Halloween and am doing a lot of canning.
Erik's going through a rough transition period at work - they removed a Production Director in August, much to the staff's thought of "finally!" but this month they let go all the primary weekday on Air talent, which took a normal easy October to being a difficult one with reworking all the ads, markers and other voice overs. He's very supportive, but glad that I'm trying the FlyLady routine again to work through the boxes of paper, memorabilia and fabric.
These aren't the completed murals, but they do have about 90% of the detailing done.
I can at least say that the family is doing well.
Teren graduated high school and is going to Green River Community College-with all reports so far being positive ones. He's living with his dad now, but I see him for orthodontist appoinments and special family events. It feels weird to not be making him a Halloween costume this year.
Nayeli is growing and learning more every day. She's verbal and very active and very much on the small size for her height and weight despite eating a large variety of foods including lots of vegetables. It should come as no surprise that she loves looking at books and being read to, or dressing up. Otherwise she bounces between her blocks, play kitchen, car toys or swords.
Textile-wise I'm struggling with trying to complete a rough draft of a paper for Kingdom A & S and have been working on trying to complete a lot of projects around the house or out of my fabric hoard. It's too large to simply call a stash. So far I've managed to complete 35 mending projects, 8 UFO's (unfinished objects), complete the Tudor Gown for Project 8 (and enter it at the Baronial level for A & S), complete my Haith cosplay from Wayfarer's Moon (a digitigrade shapeshifter), a 1940's evening gown for Costume College, a 1922 dress for the King Tut excursion, 3 different SCA gowns or robes for Nayeli, her Tudor outfit, 3 1820's Regency dresses for myself and Nayeli, 4 quilt blocks on my self-esteem quilt, and some home dec fabric projects for Nayeli's room. I've designed and painted fun murals for her walls, am working with Erik on some new decorations for Yule and Halloween and am doing a lot of canning.
Erik's going through a rough transition period at work - they removed a Production Director in August, much to the staff's thought of "finally!" but this month they let go all the primary weekday on Air talent, which took a normal easy October to being a difficult one with reworking all the ads, markers and other voice overs. He's very supportive, but glad that I'm trying the FlyLady routine again to work through the boxes of paper, memorabilia and fabric.
These aren't the completed murals, but they do have about 90% of the detailing done.