droopy flowers
Without fail, every single year, as soon as our lovely tree peony blooms, we get a downpour of torrential proportions, drowning and crushing the poor thing. The flowers are so large, they simply get weighted down nearly to the ground by the water. I went out in the mucky mud and tried to shake off all of their little heads, but they are still hanging low. The same goes for our lilacs, which bend and block the entrance to our garden path, so you have to limbo under them if you plan on getting into the house. And it's been such a good year for blossoms; the tree peony has about 13, and the lilacs are profuse with blooms for a change. (They're usually quite spindly and sad)
I apologize for my lack of entries lately. I, too, am like a droopy flower :( wah! I wish I could be more like some people with their vigilantly maintained blogs. But I find it hard to write about things every day. I suppose my life is not that exciting. Lately, particularly so, as I've been waddling around like the pregnant lady I am. My pelvic bones seems to be out of whack, causing me to shuffle around with tiny steps and grunt every time I get out of a chair, and pathetically attempt to put my pants/skirt on in the morning. I can't believe it! I really thought I would be a hearty breeder, like the scandinavian/german woman I am. My mother had 7 kids (yes, I'm one of seven!) without any problems. She just popped them out and moved onto the next. I however, seem to be a bit more wimpy than that. So, needless to say, I try to go out as little as possible, since walking around in stores, etc. seems to really put me in pain. So I sit around, making bears, and filling felt jewelry orders all day, while I watch movies. In the past two weeks, I've seen the following movies:
Nanny McPhee, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Brokeback Mountain, The New World, The Family Stone, Shopgirl, Matchpoint, and Cassanova.
Blah. So that is that. I really want to be out shopping for baby things. I have an assortment of cute things that I've gotten already, and they are so sweet. I splurged on this little dress at Marshalls. It's Ralph Lauren, so it was overpriced, but it is the palest pink, with smocking and a peter pan collar, and the sweetest little bluebird print. Sigh. I truly hope the ultrasound does not lie, and that it is a girl. That is another thing I've been doing with my time. I copiously read ultrasound boards online, where tons of women post their pics, and need affirmation that it is indeed a boy/girl. I posted our pics, and got a positive response that it is a girl. I also took all kinds of tests online, checked out the Chinese lunar calendar, performed old wives tale string tricks, etc, and all point to girl. Along with the fact that I am gaining weight all over (my face, my butt, my arms, are all FAT) which everyone says is a sign of a girl. SO we're safe with buying anything pink, i hope. I was adversely opposed to pink, however, now I am very pro-pink. We are using a pale, pale green in the nursery, and I have to say, a pale, pale pink goes so nicely with that. While I love modern, colorful nurseries, I just can't resist soft, baby colors. Too precious.
I've also been baking alot again (perhaps another reason I am "carrying all over" ha! I bought this huge flat of strawberries, so it's been strawberry shortcake with yummy homemade sugary biscuits, strawberry pie, ( and I finally got a nice, buttery flaky perfect crust, after zillions of recipes the past few years!) and today it will be strawberry muffins, and perhaps a strawberry tart to give to my mom for Mothers Day. We truly have a sickening amount of strawberries. And they are getting really ripe, really fast.
Anyway, I feel that I have rambled on enough, more than making up for a lack of recent posts. The sun just popped out too, and it looks very green and bright outside, so i better go photograph some things. Hey, and three new beary friends will be added this afternoon. Keep an eye out.
I apologize for my lack of entries lately. I, too, am like a droopy flower :( wah! I wish I could be more like some people with their vigilantly maintained blogs. But I find it hard to write about things every day. I suppose my life is not that exciting. Lately, particularly so, as I've been waddling around like the pregnant lady I am. My pelvic bones seems to be out of whack, causing me to shuffle around with tiny steps and grunt every time I get out of a chair, and pathetically attempt to put my pants/skirt on in the morning. I can't believe it! I really thought I would be a hearty breeder, like the scandinavian/german woman I am. My mother had 7 kids (yes, I'm one of seven!) without any problems. She just popped them out and moved onto the next. I however, seem to be a bit more wimpy than that. So, needless to say, I try to go out as little as possible, since walking around in stores, etc. seems to really put me in pain. So I sit around, making bears, and filling felt jewelry orders all day, while I watch movies. In the past two weeks, I've seen the following movies:
Nanny McPhee, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Brokeback Mountain, The New World, The Family Stone, Shopgirl, Matchpoint, and Cassanova.
Blah. So that is that. I really want to be out shopping for baby things. I have an assortment of cute things that I've gotten already, and they are so sweet. I splurged on this little dress at Marshalls. It's Ralph Lauren, so it was overpriced, but it is the palest pink, with smocking and a peter pan collar, and the sweetest little bluebird print. Sigh. I truly hope the ultrasound does not lie, and that it is a girl. That is another thing I've been doing with my time. I copiously read ultrasound boards online, where tons of women post their pics, and need affirmation that it is indeed a boy/girl. I posted our pics, and got a positive response that it is a girl. I also took all kinds of tests online, checked out the Chinese lunar calendar, performed old wives tale string tricks, etc, and all point to girl. Along with the fact that I am gaining weight all over (my face, my butt, my arms, are all FAT) which everyone says is a sign of a girl. SO we're safe with buying anything pink, i hope. I was adversely opposed to pink, however, now I am very pro-pink. We are using a pale, pale green in the nursery, and I have to say, a pale, pale pink goes so nicely with that. While I love modern, colorful nurseries, I just can't resist soft, baby colors. Too precious.
I've also been baking alot again (perhaps another reason I am "carrying all over" ha! I bought this huge flat of strawberries, so it's been strawberry shortcake with yummy homemade sugary biscuits, strawberry pie, ( and I finally got a nice, buttery flaky perfect crust, after zillions of recipes the past few years!) and today it will be strawberry muffins, and perhaps a strawberry tart to give to my mom for Mothers Day. We truly have a sickening amount of strawberries. And they are getting really ripe, really fast.
Anyway, I feel that I have rambled on enough, more than making up for a lack of recent posts. The sun just popped out too, and it looks very green and bright outside, so i better go photograph some things. Hey, and three new beary friends will be added this afternoon. Keep an eye out.