Rainy Days, Sunny Days




Life has been a bit of a roller coaster here lately, my dad's been in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer (no fun, but we're all grateful now that we know his collapse wasn't due to something less treatable and more serious like a heart attack....) He's gotten a few blood transfusions and is getting his strength back, but I think at least part of our Easter will be spent in his hospital room - he's not ready to come home yet. The wee baby, while she's thriving in all other ways, seems to have the metabolism of a hummingbird, and hasn't returned to her birth weight yet (she'll be 4 weeks old on Wednesday). This week we're mixing organic formula with some pumped milk after every nursing session in an effort to boost her calorie and fat intake and see if that helps - she has her next weigh in Monday. She took to the bottle without any problems, but there have been lots of warm baths and belly rubs since the poor kiddo now has a tendency to get all blocked up from the formula.

In between taking care of the girls and visits to the hospital there has been SOME time for creativity and farm work though. C's quilt top is almost done - I keep adding border after border so that it will fit nicely in the existing quilt hanger already up on the wall in the nursery! Early this am, Gi and I made an egg wreath for A's house since she's hosting Easter for her fam tomorrow, and yesterday A and Alex came over and we made all the ice cream cakes for her train birthday cake. It needs to be decorated, which I'll do before the party later this morning over at their house. I made a big frittata last night, which we'll serve with cold cuts for Alex's birthday party lunch as well.

I joined swap-bot this week after seeing it on several sewing blogs and just put together my first "newbie" swap package. The whole concept definitely speaks to my long, love affair with pen pals and the post office and as an added bonus pushes me in new directions with my craft and sewing projects - should be fun! I also joined etsy (as a browser only :) and have been scoping things out since I'll be listing my quilts there, as well as our beeswax and a few other farm items, as I make up merchandise for the farmer's market.

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Posted: Sat - March 22, 2008 at 06:42 AM        

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