Spring…what spring? I live in Boston we have two season Winter and Summah!
I’m not complaining… except I am. It’s hot… record high heat in early June is not fun.
Reason #1 It is too hot to swim… all water options are still way too cold unless you are 2 & 3 and look adorable running through a sprinkler.
Reason #2 Allergies are still wicked bad… I think this is the worst year ever, for allergy sufferers and I am an allergy sufferer, and it stinks.
Reason # 3 I am WHITE! OH. MY. AM. I . WHITE and freckly… Katy loves to point that out to me!
(Notice, my Boston accent slipping out… summah…wicked! Usually only happens when I have had too much to drink. Not the case tonight!)
Truthfully… I love summer and am totally ready to embrace it. Looking forward to many cookouts at my dad’s. Eating…chatting… swimming…laughing… cruising through the back yard.
So my girl… you know the dancer!
She has her big recital this weekend. Her dress rehearsal was yesterday. It’s killing me not to post a picture, bit I don’t want to ruin the surprise for anyone who is coming to the recital. Anyway… she did great on stage, much better than we expected, I totally felt like a crazy Toddler & Tiara mommy. But, my girl she shined, she smiled, she ROCKED it. So proud of her. Yes, I bawled like a baby!! The bad cry… which made her dance teachers cry… we were a mess. Hopefully it’s out of my system and I can just watch Katy girl shine on Saturday!
We are gearing up for our big walk for Children’s Hospital on Sunday!! So happy to give back to a hospital that has done so much for our family.
Katy has a big week coming up. Monday she has a long day of Pre Op at Children’s and then Tuesday she has a Cardiac Cath & MRI. We are hoping it is just a day visit, but we know we might end up overnight. Oddly enough this is the first appointment I have really no anxiety, ok let me rephrase that. I have no additional anxiety.
My feeling is that there is nothing they can tell me that can be worse than what they told me last year after her cath & MRI. I am not expecting any huge changes, and if there are, there is really nothing that will change… the only fix is a new heart.
The only thing that may happen is, we may learn that her heart is failing faster and the pressures are too high and she needs a different medicine regimen, which may mean we are hospital living until we get a heart. Not ideal, not how I want to spend our summer, also not completely a surprise. We all want what is best for Katy, and we are all working towards a common goal that gives Kate the best childhood possible with the situation she has been given.
Thanks for your prayers, thanks for thinking of us and Katy Girl. Will update as soon as we know something.
I know you have heard me mention a mysterious new blog.
It’s a no go. However I am going to try and be more purposeful in posting more under my craft button.
I have been busy, busy doing one of my favorite hobbies, paper crafting, particularly scrapbooking. I have recently found my mojo after being in a creative slump for so long, and it’s great.
Some ladies have asked me how I got motivated again, I think for me it is because I have just jumped in and have taken away all the rules that were embedded in my head from my days as a Creative Memories consultant. My books will still be chronological (I haven’t lost my mind) but, I am not necessarily scraping them in order, which is something I was limited to when I was exclusively using CM albums. Now I just work on what makes me happy, I have been working on our 2010 Family Album and Katy’s 1st Year.
I have also began doing single page layouts, which has freed my creativity. I have been stalking Nichol Magourik she is so talented and inspires me to get in my craft room and play.
Also, I had my great idea that I was going to have a craft blog…hahaha! So I had to have something to write about.
Here is what 40+ pages looks like
I am a lover of many things… creepy crawlies are not one of them! My girl loves them all!!
WOW! I am exhausted! And I can’t believe we are already in June. Where is this year going?
We had a fabulous weekend… spent lots of time with lots of family, and it was wonderful. There is nothing I love more then seeing my kids playing with cousins, being cuddled by our aunts and uncles, and just loving life. It was nice to see a lot of family we haven’t seen in awhile, and everyone said the same thing…
”Katy, looks so good!!!” I tend to agree. What do you think?
Hard to believe its been almost a year since our world was turned upside down. We have a few big appointments coming up, but before I stress about that we have things like, lemonade stands, dance recitals, and Children’s NSTAR Walk to look forward to.
Happy Summer!
Is a BUST! So my plan was to have another blog for my craftiness/Murphy Custom Creations It was proving to be ridiculously difficult, and I have already spent more time then I had wanted to on it. So I have decided until I find the best way to do it… I am still going to go forward and it may even turn out to work better for me, just having to maintain one blog. SO that is what I am going to do. Craft Posts will come up on the main page and then archived under crafts still easily accessible if you click the pick Craft Circle.
Let me know what you think?
