October 2009 – Page 2 – CatChick6 Creations

Cat Shoes…..

Those are my cat shoes on the right. I love them. I used to wear them all the time…I don’t so much anymore. When Tuesday was little, all she would wear was dresses..dresses..dresses..dresses….she just couldn’t get enough of them. I desperately wanted her to have a pair of cat shoes. I looked everywhere for a pair for her, but I never found them. Until the other day…in the store..there they were…and I had to get them! Except now she isn’t a little girl anymore..and she refuses to wear dresses…..and she likes them..but she says she will never wear them in public. I told her that one night we are going out somewhere special and we are both wearing our cat shoes!

What’s Hot and what’s not..part III

Wow…my third what’s hot and what’s not post! I can’t believe it. Writing a post every day has helped me alot. It makes me think about what I am going to write and makes me focus a bit more. I am continuing the loobylu tradition and continuing the what’s hot and what’s not posting.

What’s hot:

-Candy corn…We keep it in a little halloween container and my 2 year old daughter has figured out how to “steal” the candy while no one is looking..or so she thinks!

-Fake 100 dollar bill…my father gave us this…it is an advertisement for a company on the one side, but the other side looks like a real one hundred dollar bill. We have all been having a lot of fun tricking people with it.

-My new ipod! It gets loaded with tons of great music and movies for the car rides that are not so fun!

-Microwave popcorn…we’ve been eating too much of it..maybe it’s the cold weather….

-Chocolate and white chocolate chip and coconut swirl cake…too delicious..especially the fudge like icing!

-Sweaters waiting to be made into woolies..

-Mail…my daughter has acquired a little mail box and every day she waits anxiously for “mail!”

-Games…games..and more games…my daughter wants to play them all day long!

What’s Not:

-Microwave popcorn…we’ve been eating too much of it..maybe it’s the cold weather….

-Chocolate and white chocolate chip and coconut swirl cake…too delicious..especially the fudge like icing!

(I had to write those two in both spots!!!)

-A hardwood floor that has been newly discovered under a worn out rug…but it has glue all over it and needs fixing up!

-A still dying plant..that doesn’t know what to do with itself!

-School forms..it seems that every time I turn around there is another form to fill out for school!

Growing and looking back…

I finally managed to rearrange the art room and drag the easel up from downstairs. I have been meaning to do it for a long time now. River has decided she loves to paint. Every time she wanted to paint, it would turn into quite a mess….so the easel was the solution, but it is so big, I was afraid it would take up too much space. But with some creative furniture moving….and grunting and groaning from the stairs..I was able to set it up. She immediately loved it and set to work on a “masterpiece!” After painting for a half hour and asking me every three seconds, if I loved it, and telling me how much fun she was having…she promptly finished and said, “Mommy, I never want to use this easel again! I want to use my desk again!” And proceeded to yell and scream when I told her she had to use the easel to paint from now on! Well, you just can’t win…..

While she was painting, I couldn’t help notice how familiar this “picture” looked…..I had to dig up some old photos from about 8 years ago…I should have put her in the same smock…..

River in 2009

Tuesday in 2001

Ooopss…

My goal was to write a post every week day during October…I already failed..Friday I didn’t have time! Well, instead of beating myself up for it..I will just move on..with a new post for the new week. This weekend felt like one of those weekends where you actually get so much done! Not only did I accomplish productive things, but we had lots of fun. We got out all our Halloween decorations and decorated the house and put away all the mess. We went to Six Flags…a first for me in about 25 years! River had a fun time. We had my niece and her boyfriend over for dinner which was a lot of fun. And we relaxed! I got some painting time in! I am determined to finish this mural by Christmas!

Coincidences…..

One of my favorite blogs to read is Rosie .com, which is Rosie O’Donnell’s blog. The other day she wrote about her mother’s death and how her strongest memory is her mother’s bathrobe that she wore. It touched me because my mother recently passed away. The day after reading her blog, I was going through a tin of buttons that had been my mothers. My daughter loves to glue and she wanted to glue buttons. So, I was going through the buttons and there, among all the other nondescript buttons, was my mother’s old bathrobe button! I couldn’t believe it..what memories it brought back! Maybe if I hadn’t just read Rosie’s blog entry….maybe that button wouldn’t have hit me like it did…but I think not….that button is unique and I hadn’t seen it in a very long time! It was from a bathrobe my mother had when I was a child…goldish in color..but with bright, big diamond looking buttons. As a child, I loved that bathrobe and I loved those buttons!

What’s Hot..What’s Not…part two…

Okay….here we go again….(once again…I borrowed this idea from Loobylu )

what’s hot……

*rock creatures…..my children love creating them..they gather rocks from the yard, wash them and then paint or marker them…then the hot glue comes out and I get to put them together! This can end up being an all day project!

*felt board people…..I love taking my daughter’s favorite story book characters and making them into felt board people. She will spend hours playing with them all and re enacting the stories. Now my elevent year old daughter has gotten into the act and is creating some characters for her! Her latest story is Cinderella.

*apples…we always have to have a huge selection of apples. Just something about this time of year makes it perfect for biting into a crunchy apple….perfection!

*everything Halloween! We just started getting out the Halloween decorations…but they just can’t get enough….

*books…as always books books books and more books….my children never stop reading books and these are some of their current reads.

*painting…everyone always loves to paint..but right now it is all my 2 1/2 year old wants to do…….

What’s Not…..

*dying plants…I inherited this plant when my mother died..it is a rabbit foot fern…this plant was her father’s plant..my grandfather! I was warned not to kill the thing..and of course…I already am! help! I am not a plant person…..

*leaves…don’t get me wrong..I love Fall and I love leaves…but they always end up all over the house!

*my middle school daughter’s mess….my daughter has always been messy..but now that she is in middle school..the mess is getting worse…..

Chew and Swallow…chew and swallow….

Okay..today is one of those days. Not that I’m complaining…I am grateful to have this day. I am just trying to breath and get through it. As my daughter says, “chew and swallow…chew and swallow..” It has become my mantra lately.

River has not been feeling well. Today the &*$#* seems to have hit the fan. She is grumpy about everything. It doesn’t matter if it is changing her diaper, getting her lunch or taking her to the library…it is all about the grump. I am trying to just remember to chew and swallow.

I finally got her down for a nap and I thought I would check on my bank account. My bank has been having some online problems…..well…they have gotten worse. Someone has decided to use my account for their purposes. So, instead of getting a lot done around here…I got to talk to the bank for an hour or so. Now I have to go to the bank and continue to get it straightened out….oh the joy..chew and swallow..chew and swallow..

I did manage to get a little bit of sewing done….a new design that I am working on. I am trying to get some Winter themes worked into my woolies and this one is adorable!

Chew and swallow…chew and swallow….

Some Days are just Grumpy….

River had a rough weekend. She wasn’t feeling well the whole time. She finally got a good night of sleep last night…but she seems even grumpier today than she’s been all weekend. I guess some days you just don’t want to do anything. She did not want to model for me..but I convinced her, I thought, to model just one woolie for me. She cried and pouted the entire time. Poor thing. Now she is painting and much happier!

Now I am off to finish up two custom orders!

I think I can…I think I can….

It is only October 2nd…..and I already am having a hard time doing another blog entry. I am determined though to do one every day this month….except weekends! Today I just keep going back to my sewing desk….starting something and then get interupted. It has not only been that kind of day, but it’s been that type of week! I feel like I have gotten started on a lot of things, but never really accomplishing anything. One hour at a time. River has had a cold all week, so that has slowed things down. She started out great with the potty training, but I think her cold has made her lose her determination! She keeps telling me tomorrow…tomorrow…tomorrow….

Anyway, here is a shot of my desk…..with a milliion things on it….waiting to be finished….Have a great weekend…

October 1st….

It is October 1st and I am going to follow some of my fellow bloggers ideas…and try to write a post every day for the month of October. Hopefully, I will be able to pull it off….try to make the mundane seem exciting. So, I have been working on a lot of custom orders and at the same time, trying to fill up my Etsy shop. I love doing custom orders and I love being able to just create…without having to worry about all the little details..so doing both, at the same time is the best.

Lately, it seems that my days are filled with errands and more errands and endless errands. I’m trying to combine all the errands to one or two days, if possible, so I actually have days to stay at home and……sew…or at least try do get some sewing done!

Toilet training is also happening in our house….it started out well..but got a bit stalled…we’ll keep trying!

While at the store, I saw these and they seemed so wrong, I had to buy them. Whenever I make cookie dough, I have to hide it or my husband and children will eat it all BEFORE I even make the cookies! They will freak when they see these!