How did I get this tired?

WARNING: This post is just my tired mumblings......

Look what Charles gave me today! A new Moomin mug!

 

I love this little treasure hunter :)

I am so tired this evening, I had a long day at the office. I had hoped to sew a bit this evening, but I am just too tired. Getting up at 5:30AM does that to me ;)

You'll see all the pictures are taken with my cell while I'm sitting on the couch - I'm too tired and too lazy to get up. So you'll have to excuse the poor quality of the pictures....

I am blogging, watching some Ms Marple on tv, and playing Mario on Miss V's Nintendo. And that's about all I can do this evening ;)

I absolutely understand why these are so popular with the kids!! Little A wants one too - a blue one ;) But at 3 years old, I think he is still a little young. Maybe this Christmas....or when he turns 4 in spring. We'll see.

Also I want to share a comment he made this evening that made me laugh. He wanted to try on my shoes - not my sneakers but my work shoes...I want him to not break his ancle, so I said no.

He then looked at the shoes...looked up at me with a frown and said "These are like little slides mom!"

 

And I guess he is right!

New shoes

Today I bought a new pair of shoes.....for running! And other running gear ;-) I need to get back out there, and take a little better care of myself!
Much as I love sewing, it really doesn't do much for my health. LOL!
I do have some clothes tucked away somewhere, but it's probably a size 2, and no way am I going to even try to get into that!!!

I went to a Nike-factory-outlet, and got everything I need (+a pair of sneakers for Charles) for less than those shoes cost in a regular store.

After shopping for not-so-interesting-shoes I saw these

and I just had to have them!
I love them, and they are surprisingly comfortable.

Oh I should tell you!
My sweet Charles is doing his PhD, doing research on folksonomies and collaborative tagging....he might need to do a case-study, and guess what he chose as his topic?! Quilters! How fun is that?!

These are my favourite...........shoes!

In terms of feeling good about wearing them, that is. I love these shoes! They are from Fly London Shoes, and they are really comfortable -as heels go, that is!
I don't wear them if I know I'll be carrying Ask around for hours..........

Speaking of Ask, we stayed home from daycare today. He really did not sleep very well at all last night, so I didn't think he was fit to spend a day away from home.
I enjoyed having him with me all day, cranky and sleepy as he was! We had a great day, played with his toys, went for a walk, hugged a lot, and took a very very long nap -well, Ask did! I worked on my paper...

I am so grateful for all the support I get from you all. It is really helping me out a lot!

I fell asleep!

Ask did so well yesterday, he played with his new friends, and didn't complain at all. I sat at the nearby coffee-shop, and studied. I am really quite busy, I have a 20 page paper due May 26th...

But I still found time to do some shopping.... This is a new house-dress. Viola and Charles love it, and want me to wear it out of the house too. We'll see about that!

And I got Ask some sandals for summer.

And....who can resist these little Tupperware-wannabies?! They are perfect for bringing raisins, nuts, grapes and all those little foods the kids like to eat :-)

Anyway, this was supposed to be yesterdays post, but after I fell asleep when I was tugging Viola into bed, and when I finally woke up, I just went right back to sleep in my own bed...
so there may just be 2 posts today!

Wonderful indeed!

Look at what I got in the mail today:

These patterns are from Wee Wonderfuls, and I can't wait to get started!

Since I don't have a lot of time to do crafty stuff these days, I seem to be buying a lot of fabric, patterns and other fun stuff.... Then I can sit and dream of days to come, when I can spend a whole day (or even just a couple of hours) sewing!

I need to get Ask equipped for daycare, so today he and I bought him his first pair of shoes! Aren't they the sweetest little shoes?!


Unfortunately, wearing shoes makes it really hard for him to walk.... Oh well, such is life. Loads of stuff to learn!