The Life and Times of a 20 Something Mom

I have a squishy pipsqueek on my lap. It's so wonderful to have him on my lap. I can't imagine. It's still a tad surreal that I have a new son. He's so tiny and so light. In comparison, Finnegan, the old baby, is now really looking like a huge toddler. It's like overnight he grew. The change is just so amazing. Slowly the house is going back to normal. I'm getting into a flow with the new baby. Yet, still try to rest my body so I can fully heal. Abigail is having trouble adjusting. Her outbursts are intense and sudden. And, sadly, more times than not, my paticence with her is shorter and shorter. I need to work on it, but I feel that's always something I try to work on. Which is odd because everyone tells me I have the paticence of a saint when it comes to her.

I think now may be an ok time to start to write down his birthing story. There's tons of pictures of his birth, but I'll probably won't post them since I'm naked in them all.

( Le Pipsqueek's birth story )

Anyways, today Le Pipsqueek is 6 days old. It's crazy to think about how quickly time as flew. We finally decided on his name. Tristan Leonard Slawson Hamann. It's not what I would have guess 10 months ago, but it really fits him.

I need to:

1. Finish Finny'd doll
   
2. Double check school books
   
3. Double check fincial aid
   
4. Run some diapers
   
5. Run the dishwasher
   
6. Find my energy...
7. Catch up on emails.
   
8. Start some sort of knit project. I'm really missing having knitting needles in my hands...
   
9. Start buying fall and winter clothes for my kids. We need snow boots!
   
10. Start thinking about packing for NYC!
    

Oy. I think that's enough.

The past weekend was slightly crazy. Saturday, we were gone all day. First we went to the Highland Games, which was a lot of fun. There was kilts and bagpipes everywhere! I'm really surprised my kids don't have kilts, nor my husband...There was lots of competitons to enjoy. Abby really enjoyed the taber tossing and the dance competitions. Sadly, we missed a bunch of band competitions. There was plenty to enjoy though! It was so hot though! It must have been 90ish. Thankfully we brought a wagon so I didn't have to wrap Finny. He was too hot with just a shirt and diaper on. After we left, we took a short jaunt to Brunswick and went to the Galato Fiasco. Best galato ever!! We finished up the day with dinner at Moody's. It really was a wonderful day.

Yesterday, Kim and I received 2 phone calls. One said he didn't get this job at the first. The second was for me. I was given a job interview today. It went alright, I didn't do terribly but I don't feel like I was spectacular either. We'll see how it turns out.

Uggggggghhhhh. I have so much to do! It's 1 o'clock and I feel ike I've waisted the day, even though I've already had a job interview...

I love mornings. Everyone's energies are high, sprits are high and we're all nicely rested and easy going. This morning, Abby and I worked on printing. She also ran back and forth from the sofa to the breakfast table in between movements of classical music. It's a wonderful feeling.

I've been up since 6. I have enough coffee to know that there's so much that I have to do! Today we're going to Damariscotta so Kim can go to his job interview. I'm tagging along because right afterwards we have a meet up with some homeschoolers right afterwards in Waldoboro. We should hopefully be home around dinner time. I have laundry (will probably get done before we leave I think), the kitchen needs to be scrubbed and the living room needs to get straightened up. Cuz we have kids, ya know? Oh, and the dishwasher? Is making our dishes dirtier then when they started. I think I need to clean something out. I swear, the dishwasher is more work than handwashing dishes!!!!!!! I mean, why the fuck am I going to prewash the dish, and then put it in the dishWASHER. *grumble* I also need to finish Finny's birthday presents, buy one for Miss Lily, buy some needed fall clothes for my kidlets....*deep breath* find out what sort of school books I need....I feel like the more I write the more I feel like I'm running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. This weekend we're goign to the Highland Games, then it's the Fairy House Festival in Boothbay Harbor (looking forward to that since it's fairies and I've never been to Boothbay before). After that, we're going to NYC for a few days and then my mom will be here AND school will be starting -_- Honestly? Going back to school with two kids AND starting prek with the oldest? I must be insane! Seriously! Someone take me away, please!

And now back to your normally scheduled morning. That's enough ramblings for the moment.

Yesterday, we did our Rockland errands. We made good timing, had fun AND no melt downs! We bought a big kick croquet set. We've been wanting a croquet set for a while, and figured a giant one was better for hyper 4 y/os.

Also talked to Alessandra yesterday. She answered all of my chicken and goat questions for me! Yea! I'm hoping when my mom come sup we can build a shed and get some animals. I'm thinking 6 chickens will be plenty for us, free range of course. And also thinking of getting 2 pygmies. They're supposed to be small, gentle and make really good milk.

Oh! And I taught Abigail how to sew yesterday! So, she can't sew a straight line, but she really enjoys the act of sewing. She made a bag for her cats yesterday. She's very proud and really hooked on sewing. I told her next time I go to the fabric store, we can pick some out for her.

Abby's awake so that means I don't have top tip toe around as much. Finny will be up shortly. Also needing to leave shortly. I wonder if UMA's book store is open yet?

Yesterday, I was finally able to sit down and work on Finny's doll. I can't believe he's turning one in october! I finished the head mostly. I'm not happy with the smile, so I may change that. And I attempted crochet and I think I made a pretty decent wig for his hair. Go me! Hopefully today I can finish sewing on the hair, once I decide what to do with his smile.

Kim also got a job interview lined up on Thursday! I'm mostly happy. I'm just sad because we're almost at the part where we can support ourselves from our own ventures. Regardless, it'll be good to have steady income. (also feeling a bit sad that I haven't had a call back...)

Alright today, my to do list is as follows:

1. Clean up the living room
   
2. Put dishes away, do some more
   
3. Straighten up the kitchen
   
4. Do some laundry and, more importantly, put it away
   
5. Possibly do some more sewing.
   
6. Send out a few emails
   

I can't believe Abby just woke up.

Today, there was a post on freecycle for gas grills. Somelady was giving two away! Thankfully, I was able to reply right as it was posted. We picked the one that has a little side burner. Amazingly, it works! And it came with a little propane! I'm so excited! As we speak, we're grilling steaks. We're braking our veggieness to brake in the new grill ^-^

So, I'm back to gauging out my ears. I started it probably 5 years ago. I just didn't really progress far. At all. So, I bought a set of tapers (because one of my excuses was never having the gauge on hand) and I'm going to start again. I'm thinking I'll go to 0, maybe 00. I'd love to larger, but I'm not sure it's me. Or that it'll heal all the way. I'm trying to find some nice amber plugs as well. Now, if only my hair was long enough to redread...

My facebook status says it all:

Robin Slawson Hamann is sending out her 7th cover letter/resume in a week! I know the economy is OMG TEH SHIT, and people with out degrees OMG DON'T GET TEH JOBS, but really. A real email/letter/phone call would be nice. "We're sorry. You suck. Good luck!" instead of the uber generic letters that I've been getting. "We've reviewed your application and we feel you do not suit our needs at the current time" Bah. More reasons to focus my energies to being self employed.

Grumble. Grumble. Grumble.

While I've been having good days, I havn't been having very productive days. I've been trying to start on Finny's doll for the past couple of weeks. Yet, whenever I sit down to start to sew or look up tutorials on how to make a head, something else grabs my attention. Sometimes it's the laundry, or Finnegan or Abigail. Sometimes it's toys that need to be picked up or food that needs to be cooked. And! I'm trying to get ready for school, which is also starting to demand my time. I know, I shouldn't complain. Tomorrow I'm going to sit down with fabric, a needle and some thread and just sew. I've been planing on doing it for a while, so we'll see if I get to do it.


There's now a skunk who lives under our deck. I've seen him before, but I think he's now living there. I've named him Onion, because he kinda smells like them. I really want to get him used to us, but I know that's a terrible idea. My goal is to get us to exist in harmony.

This weekend Kim and I want to take on a project that we've been wanting to do. Right now, it's either make a banging wall or a chicken coop. We're thinking the banging wall will be it.

Next week I have a play date with a homeschooling mom. Together we're going to get a county wide group together. That should be fun! I'm really looking forward to Abigail meeting some other homeschooled kids and also building a support network for myself.

You know, I've been stareing at the screen for a good while now and I just can't remember anything else I wanted to write down. I guess it'll have to wait until morning.

I've had an insainly productive day. I'm sure it's going to end, because I'm really frazzled. Still, I feel good. I wish every day could be this productive!

Firstly, I payed off UMA. I'm offically a college student. School starts on the 31! Ack! I'm not sure what I'm going for. I'd love to go into midwifery, but I don't see that being possible. I'll probably either stick with early childhood education or switch to social services. It would be nice to be a lactation consultant, maybe work with WIC. Regardless, I'm starting in a couple of weeks! Crazy. I'm definately questioning my sanity, I'm taking 3 classes. Ugh. Now, I need to figure out what I'll need supplies wise. I'm thinking lots of post it notes, pens and legal pads. Possibly another accordian folder. And....

What else did I do today? I made some stain glass with Abby. It's a kit that I remember doing with my grandmother when I was younger. I think I might have been older than 4 because there's not plastic bits all over my floors. Abby enjoyed it, and the outcome, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

When I was at my computer, Abby came in with her sketchbook and borrowed a pencil. Then, she said she wanted to "experience" things and was going to exparament and see what she could do. So, she started to write. She can now write p's. She wrote "ABBY" which is mostly legabel. Also "ABBY4", "CAT" and "APPPPPPPPY". She was also amused to discover W's are M's upsidedown.

I still need to clean the kitchen. We have fruit flies something feirce. And the living room is a mess. My head is still kinda spinning. Possibly I may do it tomorrow. Or, tonight.

*yawn* Dinner time.

For my records, I'm registered for:

• Sacred Earth (the class I tried to take and it kicked my ass)
  
• Introduction to Human Science
  
• Introduction to Sociology
  

So, that's 9 credits. I'm contemplating taking one more class. That is, if I can find one to get into. They're all full. Not surprising, since the semester starts on the 31st.

Here are my goals for today:

1. Pay off UMA.
   
2. Get Fasfa squared away (I think it is...)
   
3. Make stained glass things with Abby
   
4. Start on Finn's doll.
   
5. Do some spreadsheetin'

Last night Kim was a night owl, and in turn so was I. I hate it how I can't sleep if he's not in the bed. Like, really hate it. I did some reaserch on jobs to apply to, narrowed them down a bit. I also started to play farmville, which is turning out to be a lovely distraction. Now, I think I'm ok with coffee in my system. Got to get Abby up and eating soon (she's playing circus with her dolls) becuase I have to go to Augusta very soon. Yes, again. *groan*

My to do list today:

1. Wash diapers.
2. Get the mail out
3. Go to Augusta. Possibly Goodwill.
4. Apply to the few jobs I found last night
5. SEW!!!(I've been trying to for the past few days, I doubt I'm going to do it today)
6. Look up the LLL schedual
7. Check out FASFA, see if everything is squared away.

I'm really scattered, so I think I shall stop writing and drink some more coffee. Mr. Clingy Trouble Butt is sort of happy by himself, so perhaps I can nip off for a shower.

Oh, and Abby just presented me with a paper that says "Abby" in which she wrote herself! Yea! So proud! I'm thinking of doing an informal pre-k thing this fall with her. Should be fun.

*yawn* Spent way too long in Rockland today at the Lobster Fest parade. It was an hour and a half long! Way too long. Painfully long. Between today and yesterday (spent more time than I thought in Augusta) I feel so behind in my to do list. And, tomorrow, I'm going back to Augusta to pick up a wagon. Hopefully, that won't take all day. With my luck....

I need to make Finny's doll today. I need to knit a hell of a lot. I'm hoping monday to pay off my college bill and register for classes.

I really want to sign up for the Fiber College. I really want to go to the crafting thing at the library. I also really want to join the bagpipe group in Augusta. And LLL.

I also really want to start to run and get into shape. I'm looking for some running shoes really cheap since my ankles and knees need it.

Bah. I'm just feeling behind. I'll feel better tomorrow.

This time of year is historically busy for Kim and I. I think it's because we live in the tourst state, so everyone comes up to visit now. Plus there are summer fairs and fun. I can't believe we're at the end of the month! And I think August will be even busier. It already looks booked up -_- Fun, but tiring.

Jenn and Trevor just departed from a visit to us. Kim and I havn't seen them since Abby was crawling! We're very glad for the chance to catch up with them. We played bocce ball, drank beer and ate lobsters. Then, this morning we showed them around Rockland (the Read and the glass studio and gallery) and we had lunch (oysters!) at Billy's Tavern. It was a pretty nice and relaxing day. I hope we can see them again some time before Finny turns 5 :-P

Tomorrow, I'm praying I can get some sewing done. I really need to work on Finn's doll. Also, I should do some embrodery on his crown, but I'm sorta waiting for the buttons I ordered to come.

So, I'm pondering (like always) to go back to school. I may try (as in, make some phone calls tomorrow) to see if I can get in for the fall. I figure I'll talk anatomy 101 and ace it and (hopefully) get into the midwifery apprentice program at birthwise. Well, that's my dream atleast. I'm just not sure how great of an idea that would be with young kids, ya know? I'm also comtemplating going through USM all the way to become either a lactation consulant or possibly something in social work. It's just frustrating because my passion really lies with birthing. I;m also slightly frustrated because I want some sort of career. I guess sometime I want to be known as more than a mother entity.

Ah well, speaking of that I should probably stop posting to lj and start doing something...Maybe I'll get an early start on my to do list for tomorrow.

OH! And Kimmy bought me a battery for my laptop so now my laptop is now a laptop and not a mini desktop! Yea!!!

Being busy is wonderful, but dear me. I just want to sit and knit. Or, catch up.

Monday we headed out early to get the car fixed and run a bunch of errands. Our goal was to pay the excise tax on the car, go to the dump, get the car fixed, go to the DMV, buy coffee and lobsters. Well, it turns out the town offices have the weirdest hours (3-7, 2-6, 11-5 on random days), and the dump i closed monday and tuesday. When we got to VIP, and once they started on our car, we found out that the one axle they thought would fit, doesn't. *rolls eys* So, they ended up replacing one axle and one boot. Exactly what they told us they wouldn't do in the first place, but did because they felt sorry for us. So, the car is fixed. Yea! But, since we didn't go to the town office, we didn't get to go to the DMV. We did get a chance to buy lobsters (who are now awaiting their tortuous death in our frige) and coffee. I'm amazed we survived the day, both kids were wicked grumpy (probably the sudden summer heat?).

Yesterday, Jenn and Trevor were supposed to show up, but that's been bumped to today. In the morning, Finn and I left wicked early and went grocery shopping. We hit wal*mart before the crowds (OMG!). I'm happy that the new closest grocery store is the wicked big, green hannaford. Not as good as wegman's, but it's green and makes most of it's power. Also, this first week, they're giving out reusable shopping bags. I came home, and baked bread. Then, I made a pie crust (blueberry pie baked today). And broccoli and cheddar soup. AND! sent out a job application. I feel good.

Today we await the arrival of the Clarkes. I'm not sure how long they shall be here. Its also Ed's birthday. The house is pretty spotless right now, and I'm at a loss. I think I shall work on Finny's doll. I want that to be done. I'm also hungry, so I'll reheat some soup. I'm also rambling, so I'll stop writing :-P

BTW, Finny was being silly last night and raspberried my belly (or tried to atleast). It made me giggle. He's also trying to pull himself up on things. WHich is cool and great, but he's not crawling yet! I wonder if he'll skip crawling all together.

Oh the fun that is the on going saga of our car. We had brought it in a couple of days ago because the brakes were squeeky and on their way out. So we through. The brakes were actually misaligned but fine. Yea! Except our boots were torn. I'm not sure why my car needs boots, but in order to fix them they need to replace both axles. Yea! We kinda broke even because the price for fixing the axles is about the same as the brakes. Anyways, we woke up bright and early to get it fixed today. And, we find out that one of the axles they ordered doesn't fit. Why, I don't know. The techie gave us a very long explanation, but damn if I can remember any of it. Anywho, we have to go back TOMORROW as well. To get it fixed. Hopefully. *grumble*

I would love to go into detail about Alessandra's housewarming party yesterday, but I have a splitting headache and am going to eat lots of carbs and protein because that seems like it's the only thing that makes it go away.

I'm not sure why, but I'm so exhusted right now. I don't even think I have reason to be. All I did was go grocery shopping, and with out the kids even! (that was weird) I'm drinking coffee right now, even though I'm pretty sure it won't do much or keep me up. As long as I can get through dinner and bedtime, right?

Kim and I have decided to get jobs, preferably part time. He's been unemployed since March. I've been sicne last year, but that doesn't count much since I also was pregnant. It's pretty cool how we've been able to make ends meet. Just barely, but still. Pretty amazing actually. Right after he got laid off, his consulting picked up a bunch. He picked up a handful of new clients, and a few contracts. Anyways, we've decided to get part time jobs. We're thinking that will sort of fill in the gaps. Part of me thinks it'll be great to get out into the outside world. But, I'm really not looking forward to the application and especally the interview process. I'm going to try and be picky. I don't want to work in some low end retail or fast food job. I tried for a few when Kim first got laid off, none came through.

Tomorrow is the crafting group at Gibs. Probably won't be able to go. There's a ton of stuff that needs to get done around here. Jenn and Trevor will be here tuesday, Kim and I wanted to apply to jobs, I've decided to make an etsy store (since it's taking forever to set up a server for websites)...We'lls ee but it's not looking good.

I need to figure out what I'm doing with school. I want to go back to school. I'm starting to feel like if I let any obstical get in my way, I'll never go back. *laughs* But there are so many!! I owe the school $800 before I can go back. Then, there's tution (FASFA never covers it all) and books. I'm thinking of loans, but do I really want to have them? Lord knows we're still paying off Kim's. I really, really want to go to Birthwise. But, I'm not sure if midwifery is for me. let along a midwifery college 2.5 hours away. UMA is closer, only a half an hour, but...Meh. i can't let obsticals staand in my way.

Wow. Coffee STILL isn't helping me. Maybe I'm so tired because I'm cutting back? Only a cup in the mornings now. Meh. Regardless.
..where was I going with that thought?

Today's to do list!

1. Felt Finny's crown.
   
2. Dry diapers, put away laundry.
   
3. Make business cards.
   
4. Wash down the table
   
5. Clean up the living room, vaccum
   
6. Start tacking the office.
   
7. Start Finny's doll tonight

I would also like to:

• Figure out when the next LLL meeting is (since I missed yesterday's)
  
• Sign up for the Fiber College
  
• Contemplate going to Gibb's Library crafters group (tomorrow)
  
• Located all the supplies to make Abby's Reid (I need a new knitting project)

Good Morning.

Last night, I was able to get an extra hour of sleep. Though, Abigail woke us up at quarter to 7, so I'm not sure that hour counted. *yawn* Yesterday, Finny was sans fever, but he was extra grouchy. My poor little guy. I hope he feels better today. He's still asleep, thankfully. Abby's having a hard time remembering what an inside voice sounds like, so it's pretty amazing that she hasn't started screaming or shouting yet.

Yesterday, we drove back out to Belfast to get the brakes fixed. The good news is that the brakes were fine! Just a little bit squeeky because they needed to be realigned. The bad news is our front axle needs to be replaced (the boots are torn...). It works out to be what we expected to pay for the brakes. So, I guess we broke even with that. We have to go back on Sunday to get them fixed.

I finished knitting Finnegan's birthday crown. I need to felt it today. I acutally have a lot of stuff I need to do today, so I hope Finny isn't going to be grouchy. The fabric for Abby's quilt came as well! I think it's going to be huge. The Wizard of Oz fabric collections each had it's own "pannel". So, I figured I'd get each pannel and that would be the main part of the quilt, along with other fabric along it. Well, the pannels are HUGE. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a full sized quilt, maybe a bit bigger. O_O Oh well, Abby will love it none the less. Hopefully today I'm going to start working on Finny's doll. After a bit more unpacking and some housework.

Well, Finnegan is awake. That's my cue to get off the computer. *yawn* I think I need more coffee.

Dear me, I am so tired! Finn has been a bit under the weather, which means I haven't been sleeping well. Starting saturday night, and into today, he's had a fever. The peek has been 103.6! That really worried me last night. He was grumpy and tired all yesterday and all through the night. Poor guy. We took him to the doctor today, since he woke up with it being 100.4. Oddly, the drive helped more than the tylonal and when we got there his temp was pretty normal. The doctor gave him a once over and said that it's probably a virus and that he's probably almost done with hit. He said we really shouldn't worry much unless the fever goes up really high really quickly, or if he has it for longer than 5 days. He told us ibuprofhen is better than tylonal when it gets really high and to use that. I think the car ride did a lot of good, Finn is acting a lot better now. Still a bit off and hot and sweaty. But better.
Also, they weighed him. He's now 22 pounds! He was 20 last month!

Yesterday was also our housewarming party. It was lots of fun. Alessandra came with Lilly. It's so nice to get together with Alessandra! I love having crunchy mommy friends. Sues brought Harry, which made Abby really happy. Kim's friends Nick and Matt came. Also our old neighboors, Adam and Coleene. And Kim's old neighboor, Audrey showed up along with the Albury clan. There was lots of food, it was great. We had people over until close to 8. I really wished I took more pictures, but alas, I didn't.

I really want to get my crown knitted by this weekend, so I think I may do that. Kim seems to have Finnegan occupied, so now may be the best time to do it. I have probably 5 more inches to go. And, since I'm using REALLY bulky wool, it's going very quickly. Hopefully I'll be able to start on Finny's doll afterwards. With any luck, I can finish his doll this week, and buy fabric when I go into Bangor next weekend. *crosses fingers* Then! I'll have to work on Abby's quilt (the fabric hasn't came yet..)

Wow. I feel rambly. Coffee. Knitting. Yes. maybe a hsower.

'Allo! I've been trying to update for a while. I just haven't had the time. Or, I'll get the time but I'll be so wiped.

We're plauged with clouds today, but thankfully we had a bunch of sun. Kim and I took the kids up Mt Battie, which was wonderful. Abby enjoyed walked around, but was frustrated when she couldn't go farther (the mountain would drop off). I remember the last time we took Abby there. She was learning how to walk and took her first unassisted steps a few days later.

We also took a trip up to Portland so Kim could go to an iphone developer meet up. The kids and I went to Whole Foods. Finn ate my galato. I Went because they have a wonderful selection of beer that I just can't find around here. Mostly Dogfish Head. I love Dogfish Head. I bought a ton of beer. Which is kinda silly, because I don't drink a lot (neither does Kim), but it'll last us a while. I think the iphone thing will be monthly, which will be fun. I like Portland, but I can't justify a hour and a half drive for no reason.

I've been on a quest for red wagons because of a new bussiness I'm starting up. Anyways, I put in an ad in Uncle Henry's. Uncle Henry's is really a riot. Anyways, I placed and ad sayign I wanted beat up wagons to fix up. I got an call from an older man and the whole things was just so amusing. It turns out he saw a couple at a yard sale. Granted, it took me a few minuets to figure that out since he started talking about where to find them and didn't menchon they were at a yard sale. Anyways, he realized that I was too far away to just stop by and look at them, so he offered to go and see how much they were. THe next morning, he calls me becuase he found one for me and bought it for me. *laughs* So we drove out that way to get it. What's with people refusing to give their address to others? Seriously, I asked him for his address. He asked if I was familiar with the suburb he was in. I've never heard of said suburb, and always get lost when I'm on that side of the state, so I said no. He gave me directions (even though he doesn't know where I am), talking way too fast for me to write down. -_- It took me a while, but I was finally able to figure out where it was on google maps. It was a fun trip though. I was able to stop at Jo Ann's as well. I bought fabric for Finn's doll, yarn for the hair and a few various other craft things. Also, yarn for a birthday crown for him (and Abby because I'm goign to make ne for her birthday later). I've already cast on for Finn's. Quick and easy pattern.

I found Wizard of Oz fabric! I bought a bunch of diffrent prints and I plan on making a very simple quilt for Abigail for Chirstmas. She's going to be so excited!! I'm excited! I know she's going to love it! I can't wait for the fabric to come! I originally wanted to make her a quilt with baby clothes, but I think she'll like this one more :-)

Yesterday I also had great craigslist fu. A wagon for $20 and a tumbling mat for another $20! Wooot! I was also wicked productive yesterday. Hoping to keep it up today as we have a party this weekend.

This weekend, Belfast Celtic Days and our Party.
Next week, Alessandra's party, Jenn and Trevor are coming up that week AND Ed's birthday AND Lobster Fest!
The week after: is Maine Highland Games
After that: A fairy house fest and we're going to NYC.
After that: Mom's coming up for a visit and it's Union fair time.
That'll bring us up to September. Dear lord.
Ack. September means the Fiber College (I want to take a class). I'm hoping to take real classes at the college (if I can afford them). And Common Ground.
THen, I'll blink and it'll be Finnegan's first birthday. And Halloween.
Blink again, and it's Thanksgiving.
Then Christmas. Then Kim's birthday.
Then 2010.

Ack.



'Nuff of that. Gotta finish cleaning and all that fun stuff. Can't wait for this weekend.

I have so much to post, but I'm tired and I just want to post one thing.

Abby has been obessed with the Wizard of Oz since Marchish. By that I mean she knows the geography of Oz better than that of the US and calls me Ozma and herself Dorothy. She also carries a small dog stuffed animal with her, only wears a blue checkard dress and has a pair of (now very worn) red sparkly shoes.

Today we went new story hour. When one of the mom's asked her name, she said "Abby. But I call myself Dorothy". Lol.

To add to the list of random summer afflictions I've received this year, I'd like to add a bug bite on my pubes. Not sure how I got that one yesterday when I was wearing pants....

Yesterday was the first sunny day we had in a very , very long time. Kim and I spent the day cleaning out the car for the first time since January. It feels sooo good now! We switched Finny's carseat around (early, but he's at the weight requirement and was soooo squished backwards). I'm not sure if he likes it or not. We'll see. I also found out Abby outgrew her car seat! She's 42 pounds and her car seat goes up to 40. :-/ But! Finny's goes up to 65! So, we're going to switch them! Yea for convertible car seats! The worst thing to do is to buy bucket seats since you're going to have to get a bigger one anyways.

We also went to the circus yesterday. "Affordable family fun!" Not really, but the kids got in free. It was cute and Abby loved the girls who hung in the air by their toes. "Mommy, when I grow up, can I work at the circus?" They had monkeys, horses and other tricks too. It was fun. Finny enjoyed it too. Sometimes, I just think life is better for him when he has a reason to clap. Clapping is the bee's knees. The mosquitos enjoyed eating me. It was a good night. Abby eneded up in bed around 11. But, she saw stars and fireflies.

Today, we need to meet with out tax lady, get coffee and hopefully we're going to go to Mt Battie.

For the past couple of days, I've been preoccupied with Finny's first birthday. It's odd. I'm trying to find one of those candles that you can reuse every birthday. I don't really want a "count down candle" but more of like a bigger candle. I also want to make him a birthday crown (and one for Abby for her birthday next year). And later I plan on ordering the fabric I need for his doll. It's fun and odd and I really can't believe he's going to be one in 4 months. It makes me happy, probably since we almost lost him at birth.

His birthday makes me remember that I *really* need to work on scrapbooks.

Yesterday, I went to Michal's with Abby to get some stuff to make stepping stones (our new hobby) and they had fall stuff out! Fall?!?1 I feel like we havn't even had summer! It's been raining almost non stop since June. -_- In fact, it's raining right now! And, while it's sorta nice and keeps the ants at bay, even I am getting sick of it!! There have been so few nice days! Abby's going through play ground withdrawl and I really wanted to take her up to Mt Batty once or twice. We were also thinking of going camping this summer, but I dont know about that any more. I'm glad we didn't get a chance to plant a garden, because I don't think it would have done very well. I did start a compost pile. I'm pretty sure it's floated away by now.

Last night, one of my facebook friends posted an "article" she wrote about how working moms chose to formula feed because "it's embarrassing to carry a pump with you to work" and a whole lot of other bull shit. I'm really amazed I'm still offended by it. I can think of so many working moms who not only pump, but make it their top priority. I can think of so many who would rather switch jobs than be forced to feed their child crap in a can. Her whole article screamed how she was just embarrassed to lactate. To which, i wonder why did she bother to get pregnant in the first place. I mean, if you're not going to even feed your child...Gah. I try to be so tolerant of other parents, but this really got to me. She summed up all working mothers as "breastfeeding is just too much for me to do" and "I'm embarrassed to lactate". *shakes head*

Anyways, a to do list:

1. Scrub the table and mop the kitchen floor (oh, the joys of solid eating babies!)
   
2. Do diapers. Possibly strip some diapers.
   
3. Rehang clothes in the closet! Thankfully, it's fixed now.
   
4. Do some dishes!
   
5. Clean Zee's cage.
   
6. Order fabrics for Finny's doll. (I'm starting to get excited about making it.)
7. Go to the post office.
   

That's about it because I want to have time to work on a few projects I have going.

I've decided I'm going to be a posting whore, since I havn't posted anything in a month.

Finny's birthday is in 4 months. So, I wanted to get him a nice waldorf doll. I figured since he's a boy, no one would buy him oodles of dolls (like they do girls). And, I do want him to have a doll since they're wonderful for development and creative play. I wanted a nice, soft body doll and I figured I could splurge a bit since it would be his only doll. Anyways, I've looking online today and I found out they're waaaaaaaay out of my price range! Seriously, they're $90-$150!! Way too much for a toy for a one year old. I figure I'll just make it myself. I made one for Abby when she went to Ashwood. It was fairly simple and I remember making the face the hardest part. In fact, I think I still have the directions somewhere...

Besides, it gives me an excuse to buy fabric ^-^

So, i did forget some things. One thing that happened in June was Sapphire's first birthday. We went to her party, which was a lot of fun. It's scary to think that all the babies born last year are starting to turn 1! Finny's included in that too! I can't believe he's going to be 1 in 4 months! Where did the year go?

I has the internet! Finally! We've been with out it at the new place for a month now? It's been wholly frustrating too. Basically, the internet company would tell us "2 weeks" every two weeks. First they had to figure out if they could serve us (being in the middle of the country), then they had to put us on a waiting list for the equipment and then to get the appointment. We've been using the internet at the old apartment (no one's renting it yet, so my deks and computer was there).

Wow. I haven't posted in about a month! How friggin' crazy. A lot has happend in said month. Obviously, since we've moved. I suspect this entry may be long. I'm just not sure where to begin.

I'll start with the house. We're mostly unpacked. Minus the office and a few stray Abby boxes. Well, I'll add the closet to taht too. We have a wonderful walk in closet and I put all of our clothes on our shelves and then the shelves collapsed. *grumble* So, that needs to be fixed and redone. It's feeling very cozy here and we're settling into a nice routine. It's sad that we've had a ton of rain, we havn't been able to enjoy the outside as much. But, our deck is wonderful and overlooks woods. We have a ton of ants though. On the bright side, cinnamon has been working wonders with that. There are also little quirks here and there (like the severe lack of cold water in the kitchen facet) and a terrible lack of screens for the windows, but it'sa pretty nice place. I love having a shower. For the first time in 4 years!

Finnegan is growing by leaps and bounds (even in this short month). We took him into the doctor, he's 20 pounds now. Lighter than I thought, but healthy non the less. He took a tumble off of a chair earlier in the month. He ended up with a small gash on his forehead that almost needed a stitch. Thankfully, it didn't. He was a trooper though, and really didn't complain at all! Oh! And he sprouted 5 teeth over 2 weeks! He's also learned how to clap. Happily. He's a good cheerleader. And, during an attempt to roll to me (which he can do log style), he learned how to growl. We also started on solids. I'm pretty happy about that. Mostly because we started them when he was ready (at 7 months), and not when everyone told me I should start them. He was very interested in eating, shown all the signs and was really ready. We tried apple sauce, which he hated. I ground up some rice for cereal, which he seemed to like a bit more. I've mixed it with things, and he likes it, but he really loves to feed himself. We've started to cube up sweet potatoes and let him eat them. As a bonus, Speedy also loves sweet potatees and all on the floor gets eaten up. Which is more than I can say about rice cereal with tahini. He enjoys his füds.

Abigail is doing very well as well. I think she may be a bit sad about leaving Rockland, but that's to be expected. I think moving away has been a good thing for us, atleast family wise. Kim has been reading a bunch of my unschooling books so we're pretty uniformed with how we feel we should treat and teach her. Which is a releif. Abby misses her rockland routine, but we're trying to work one out here. Which is hard because all of the libraries around here don't have story hour during the summer. (WTF?!?) We're still working our way through the Wizard of Oz series.

What's odd is Abby's been having this facination with God. A very odd one since Kim and I are spritual, but not in the christian sence. Anyways, it started one day with her telling us out of no where, "God determines half of what we do." Then, when I asked her who God was, she told me God was who created everyone. I asked her how she knew that and she told me that that's because we're all brothers and sisters. 0_0 We don't hang around religious people, we all read the same books (basically the Wizard of Oz and now Charlotte's Web), watch the same movies (again, the Wizard of Oz and Tinkerbell). I'm wondering where her thoughts are coming from. Like, really wondering. Kim thinks she's channeling them (she's telling us the Fairies are telling her this). I want to incourage it, but I'm not sure how. I think I may comtemplate taking her to a church, but I don't really want to deal with Bible things. I don't know if I want to do rituals with her, but maybe. I'd like to take her thoughts and build on them, but I want them to her thoughts (since she's generated them so well already).

Kim is still unemployed, but consulting has picked up considerably. He actually just landed a contract with the Juice Confrence. He's their new system administrator. I'm really happy. I have a feeling that since we have the internet now, it'll pick up more. I'm hoping that Kim can get a part time job, and that I can get my own. Honestly, I think it's really unfair to have to do the 9-5 jobs. I mean, when Kim does that, he's gone from before the kids wake up to after they go to bed. Now, really, how is that fair? I know, it's normal for everyone to do, but still! I'm hoping to avoid it at all costs.

In addition to all the craziness moving, we've been really busy doing things like fairs and such. Early in June we went to the Fiber Frolic. Finn and i have fun looking at roving and yarn, Abby enjoyed the goats. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a goat or two. I just need to figure out which kind (I'm leaning more towards milking) and if I need to get more than one. Idealy I'm hoping I can get one goat and one sheep. Anyways, the Fiber Frolic was wonderful and amazingly I only bought a little bit of roving. We also went to Waldoboro Days, which was fun. The same night was the Summer Solstice Fest in Rockland, which was odd because this was the first year it happend that we wern't living there. We saw a few of Robert Indiana's instalations (the LOVE one and the EAT one). Sadly, with all the rain we had, the Summer Solstice Fest was wet. We also had fun at the first annual Flannel Shirt Festival, which was held in memory of our friend Joel. It was fun and touching all in one. Lots of drumming and bagpipes. Then, this weekend we attended 2 fireworks displays. One we couldn't see at all because of the fog and one we could and it was spectacular. But Finny fell asleep during it. How he could sleep during that I do not know.

I feel like I'm leaving a lot out. But, I'm going to stop writing. I have a wicked headache and it's getting late. I'm hoping I can get Finny down (he likes to sleep around 10 for some reason) and get some sleep myself. My ass still hurts from my sun burn, and I'm just getting over a terribly bout of engorgement with my right boobie. I'm not sure whats on the agenda for tomorrow. I have a long list of things I need to do or look up online. Plus, Zee needs her cage to be changed and groceries need to be bought. Then again, I suppose I could go on forever with the list of things I need to do ^-^

Sweet dreams.

Yesterday, I fell asleep on the porch swing and I got a sun burn on my ass.
Today, I couldn't make any pancakes, but I got the internet at the house.
Later, I shall make a wicked long post.
Until then, what's up livejournal?

Still moving. Hoping to finish up today or tomorrow. I'll give the full report sooner or later. But, I have to say, it's just Kim and I with Finnegan on my back (I've mastered a ruck with a shorty, and also am using Christa's Dream Carrier (THANK YOU!!)). Considering that, we're doing pretty damn good.

I just wanted to tell a story. Yesterday, when we were driving to the new house, Abby starts screaming from the back seat. "I'VE GOT A CHEESE PUFF STUCK UP MY NOSE!!!" And she starts bawling. I still dont know how it got stuck up her nose, but it was. In retrospect, I feel a bit bad because I really couldn't stop laughing. I knew she was ok so maybe that's why. I taught her how to blow it out. She giggled and said it hurt a bit. Oy.

Tomorrow we're getting the key! I'm so excited and totally overwhelmed and stressed! I can't wait! Wheee!

Yesterday I went for the best walk with Abigail. As she put it, it was delightful. We went on the other side of our harbor. It's amazing how something so close (we can see it from our deck) can seems so foreign and magical to her. We walked behind a building, on a path covered with rocks. To her, it was a bridge made of rocks. We saw boats that we see every day from our deck. But, they were so diffrent on this side and up close. There was a little patch of grass. To her it was a field of dandelions. She found two sticks for ourselves, which were wands. As we hit the dandelions, and sent the seeds in the air, we were making wishes. As we made wishes, and worked out fairy magic, mermaids popped their head out of the waters to say hello, and witches hid in the puddles. I found a few four leaf cloves, which will later help us with our fairy magic. Of course, Abigail made them with her wand (which grew shorter with the more magic we learned). Abby was right, it was a very magical walk. For her, the magic was normal. For me, the make believe was a wonderful treat. I'm so amazed at her imagination. I'm so amazed at her world.

Today is my 5 year anniversary with Kimmy. It's crazy that we've been together for that long. It's been wonderful. I love our life together. I remember how every morning, Kim would come over to my house and we'd drink really terrible french pressed coffee and then he'd rush off to go to work. We still drink coffee together every morning, though now it's much more palatable. We've always been so so happy together. I'm looking forward to many more years and soon decades together.

Yesterday, was Finnegan's 7 month birthday. Yesterday, I noticed he sprung another tooth. He's lopsided with 3 teefs now.

Yesterday, we also did everything but pack. Breakfast potluck, out for coffee and then...dinner. Need to make up for it today.

Today was my deadline to pack. However, my deadline is not met. So, I'm pushing it to Monday. I think I have enough boxes now, but ugh. I'm in that part of moving that's inbetween the "I can't tell what's packed and what's not" stage and the, "if it's not packed by now OMFG it's going to get thrown out" I think I may make Kim pack for a while whilst I clean. I can breathe better, which is a plus.

The weather has been OMG so hot for the coast! Like, pushing 90 hot! Yesterday, we spent it all driving around Jefferson, trying to find the rental agency's new office. Abby also got a cute new haircut. It's shorter now. I love it. So does she. Which, I have to admit, I was afraid of. I was so afraid that we'd cut it short and she'd freak out. Phew.

Today was spent mostly at the toy library and playground. I must admit, I'm kinda irked that it's 5 o'clock. Just about time for our friday pizza and movie. Tonight's movie is The Little Mermaid.

I actually managed to be awake and out of bed before anyone wakes up. I love it! Usally, Finnegan won't let me. I've already did dishes, and coffee's brewing and now I'm updating my lj. Usally, I avoid this because Finnegan thinks the keyboard is OMG SHINY and gets very upset when he can't put the shiny in his mouth.

Got so much packing done! I'm sorta in that hazy part of packing where you can't tell what's in boxes and what's not. I've been stirring up a ton of dust, which has been really aggravating my allergies. Seriously, two days ago I couldn't breathe and would have taken my rescue inhaler if I hadn't packed it. I'm trying to use a dust mask, which is helping but I hate it. It feels so scratchy on my face and it fogs up my glasses. I think I'm going to miss my Friday deadline. Today we really need to go grocery shopping. Like, really really. And we need to go down to Jefferson to drop off a hell of a lot of money that will be first, last and security. So, I'm pretty sure today won't be spent packing. At least, the majority of the day. I also need to call the electric company and get everything switched over into my name.

I need to strip my diapers. They're getting a bit stinky. I'm really hoping I can wait a few weeks and do it in a real washer. I don't fancy mine for doing lots and lots and lots of rinses since I have to put the water in via buckets. Though, I may just do it. Haven't decided.

Well, Finny is half awake, half asleep. Kim's awake so I should probably stop typing and pack. Or make breakfast. I soooo want a burrito for breakfast, but I bought whole grain wraps and they brake when you look at them funny. They're tasty with hummus though.

Wow. I am soooooo dragging today! I feel like it should be 7 o'clock, but it's only 130! Ugh. Second pot of coffee. Happily, I can report nothing huge is going on. Lots of packing. Not much else. Thankfully, as moving is consuming most of my energy. My goal is to be packed by this friday. In retrospect, I'm not sure I'll make my deadline (especally sitting around drinking coffee). We'll see. I'd like to have a week or so of being able to clean up the apartment before we move.

Well, I should probably get back to packing. Though I feel like I may be running out of boxes. I shall end with a picture of Finnegan, who looks a lot like one of Abby's favorite dolls, The Hurting Doll.

'Allo. Where have I left off?

The lease has been signed. I need to drop off my deposit this week and I'm hoping the last friday of the month we'll get the keys and start to move in! I'm so excited! I can't wait! We'll be in the country! I'm looking forward to bon fires at night, catching fireflies, making bird feeders, sitting on my deck and drinking coffee in the morning (I don't get to do it nearly as much here because I'ma fraid Abby will wake up and notice me not in the apartment, in the new house, I can just leave the door open) I need to meet up with the local homeschoolers there. Also, I need to figure out things like foods and the y and the library. That'll come with time I suppose.

I feel releativly more productive today than I did yesterday. Despite a lack of good night sleep (Finn is a very hard night nurser) I've been doing laundry and packing all day. In fact, 90% of the bedroom is packed. All the clothing we will be wearing is in suitcases, and the only clothes that arn't pack are stuff that's going to goodwill or dirty clothes. And, lemme tell you, I've been doign a TON of laundry! I'm starting to lag now, but the feeling is good. I think once Kim gets home (he's consulting and should be back within the hour), I may just do some dishes. Oh, and dinner. Damnit. Forgot aboutt hat. What am I doing for dinner?

Oh. Finn. Damn it. Why did you have to wake up? You just went down 15 minutes ago -_-

First off, I need to wish everyone on my friends list a happy mother's day! I hope all the mommies get at least 30 minutes of tranqulity :-)

So much is going on! We're moving! We found a place! Packing! Going crazy!!!

We sign the lease tomorrow! I am so excited! We're renting a HOUSE! Ok, so it's a double wide modular home, but it's bigger than we're in now. It's kinda weird how big it is. It's 3 bedrooms. Abby and Finn will share room since they're both really young. Kim and I will have our own room, and we're going to have an office room where I'll be able to sew. There's 2 FULL bathrooms. I'll have a shower for the first time in 4 years! There's a ton of closets and storage. The master bedroom has a walk in closet that's so big that I'm having a hard time convincing Abby she can't have that as her room. There's a deck, 4 acres of land (!!), stove, frige, dishwasher, washer/dryer, carpet and the world's tackiest wall paper (in every room, flowers and butterflies. So. Busy.) The landloard doesn't mind if we garden, so we're hoping to get in soon enough to plant some veggies! I plan on planting raspberries by the deck. He also doesn't mind us rasing animals, so I'm thinking I may get some chickens or a goat next year. It's in the country, a bit from here. It's closer to Augusta, which will make us closer to Bangor/Portland. Not by far, but somewhat. it'll be an hour instead of 2.

So, we have the huge task of packing a head of us. I've been packing a lot, and there's still more. Granted, I'm also doing a ton of laundry (4 loads or so a day), because I want all our clothes to be clean as they get packed, plus I have diapers. We're hoping to get the futons out this week, and I want to get the crib sold and gone. I'm hoping to be done packing by the end of this week, begining of next. Then, I want to get started on the little apartmetn fix ups we have to do (which, thankfully, is just really painting and polishing the floor).

I'm sure I should be writing more, but my washer just stopped and I need to refil the washer and pack. And boob. Again, Happy Mother's Day.

Abby quotes from the past couple of days:

We got home really late, so Kim took her out of the car and carried her up the stairs while she was still pretty much asleep. A truck drove by.
"Wow. If that was chocolate, I'd lick it all up!"

Then, the other day, she was telling stories about what the Wicked Witch would do if she caught Dorothy. She went on and on about how the witch tired up dorothy and cut her up and "took out all her red blood cells. and then, took out all her white blood cells. And then, they gave her a germ and she couldn't fight it."
She's wonderfully macabre and I think will turn into a wonderful horror author.

to Do List for today:

1. Boob Finn because he's starting to get fussy
   
2. Diapers
3. Round of laundry!
   
4. Clean Zee's cage
5. Pick up boxes
6. PACK
7. Drop off clothes for consigenment.

Kim and I looked at a fantastic double wide yesterday. Really, the words "fantastic" and "double wide" never really go together. BUT! This place was lovely. And we're hoping to make it our home. More about it later, as I don't want to jynx it.

Pirate Facebook amuses me more than I ever thought possible.

A few days ago, we adopted a young rattie named Zee. She's itty bitty and loves to hide in my hood and give kisses. A bit skiddish when it comes to cats and noises, but she's very, very friendly. And hyper. I'd love to get her another rat to be friends with. Who knows when that'll happen.

That day I also went thrifting and bought a beautiful, yet tarnished, sliver tea pot. I cannot wait to polish it!!!!! $10!

I've learned I hate wrapping in the wind :-P

LD 1020 has passed the Senate without added referendum bullshit. Yea! Next step, the House!

I have the urge to knit something pretty and lacey.

I have a crazy busy weekend a head of me. Tomorrow, we're going to Portland to take my computer in to be fixed. Hopefully, we'll go to Whole Paycheck Foods and Toys R Us (I want a red wagon). Saturday is my birthday. No clue what I'm doing then. And Sunday we're going out to Bangor to see Alessandra and Lilly. Monday we're back to the daily grind of business plans, consulting gigs and cleaning.

I should get off the computer. Abby's feeding me wooden food, which usally means she's hungry. *laughs* And just think, I'll be off line for a while. I had surfing the internet on my ipod :-/

I've decided that I don't like the iphone/pod lj app. It has a weird bug where the cursor doesn't follow the page so in order to see what you type, you have to constantly page up. I like it, but I don't use it because it's a pain in the butt.

Yesterday, I was cooking and Abigail was asking me her favorite question, "What do you think *insert random character from the book we're currently reading* is doing right now?" After I answered, Abby asked me how I knew that.
Me: Because I'm magical!
Abby: I wouldn't go that far...

Yesterday I made a crockpot lasagna that turned out pretty well. I think I'd still rather do it the traditional way, easier to cut up and freeze.
I also went to Goodwill and bought some shirts to cut up and make diapers out of. That's exciting! I also bought a really funky blazer for myself. Finny really enjoyed being in the shopping cart. I think that's why we stayed for so long. Because he was laughing so much.

I love how the sunny weather has been bringing everyone out of hibernation. Our building is feeling more of a community now. Lots of hanging on the deck and such. It's a lot nicer. On the downside, the sun and warm weather means I've been outside on the porch swing more. And inside a lot less. I really need to clean :-/

Saturday, Adam took us up in a plane. OMG. It was the most unnatual thing I've ever done. Being way up in the air, in a big, metal thing just didn't feel right. It was also so friggin' scary! But, alot of fun. Abby really enjoyed it! We flew over Rockland Harbor, and over downtown. Saw our building. Downtown Rockland is very pretty from overhead. Our flight was a bit short, since fog was starting to roll in. We were still up for a half an hour or so. I'd love to go up again. I'd also love to post pictures, but I'm too lazy. I wish it was easier to upload from iphoto to flickr. I hate having to save to my desktop.

I need to get moving right now. To do today:

1. Grocery Shopping
2. Go to the post office
3. Get some coffee beans
4. Pick up Zee, our new rat
5. Clean up the living room

My birthday is saturday! I can't believe it!

To Do Today:

1. Make photo post about flying last night.
   
2. Get started on Buju Designs' website. I'm playing around with wordpress.
   
3. Make a budget. I've found out that times where we're unemployed are the best times to make a budget. I'd also liked to figure out what we want to be able to afford (classes for Abby wise) and also what we'd like to pay for rent when we move (not soon enough!!)
   
4. Eat. I'm hungry.
   
5. Bathe. I'm stinky.
   
6. Clean, which I really don't want to do, but I feel that I need to.

Why is today Sunday? It feels like it should be monday. Which, annoys me because all the things I want to do are closed on sunday. Grr.

How can my son be 6 months old today? When did this happen?? Earlier today, we were on the deck. I put him down on the ground and proped him up with my knees. Usally, he needs a bit of help sitting because he's kinda wobbly. Not today. He was fine sitting by himself. Yesterday, he was in a highchair. He really likes high chairs, but spends a bit too much time sucking on the table. I wonder when he's going to start to crawl...

Nothing got done today, but in a good way. Sat and enjoyed the AMAZING sunny weather. Read some, knitted some. Had some ice cream and now we're going to have pizza.

But, I swear, I need to organize Abby's art stuff!!!!!

Wow. Have I not updated all this week? That's crazy! I don't even know where the week went.

On Wednesday we went to the hearing for LD 1020, which is the law that would give same sex couples full marriage rights. It was great and a lot of fun! Even with two kids. I think there was about 3,000 people that came (at least that's what new stations said). Lots of kids, lots of couples and most importantly, LOTS of people dressed in red to show support for the bill. I think saying there was 1,000 people in opposition is being really generous. It really was increadable.

The testimonies were great too. The ones in favor were very heartfelt. One lady testified in memory of her partner. She told a very sad story about how her partner died and how they were together for decades and they could only be married for 24 hours (when they were in mass) and how her partner died happy because of that 24 hours. It really made me cry. There was a lot of families testifying about how loving of a family they are. Lots of people expressed concern about their children's future if one of them passed, especially the "legal" guardian.

The opposition's testimony was comical. I mean, there were a few that had some merit, but most made me laugh. One man got up and did this sort of preachy speech. "WHO DOES GAY MARRIAGE HURT?!?!? THE GAYS! IT ENCOURAGES THEIR HARMFUL, GAY BEHAVIOR! WHO DOES GAY MARRIAGE HURT?!?1 PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSURANCE! HOMOSEXUALS ARE MORE SICKLY THAN THEIR STRAIGHT COUNTER PARTS!" When he talked, I almost peed my pants laughing. One lady said, "I read the bill, and if I read it correctly, it changes language. Under this bill, a man can be called a wife!" To which I replied, no ma'am. You didn't read it correctly. Lol. Lots of people qouted bible verse. Lots of people talked about statistics but didn't give sources. Even more told stories about "bad kids" who were raised with out a mother/father household. Which made me laugh, especally when I was hanging out with these wonderful, jewish lesbians who had 3 adoptive children under the age of 2. And yes, they wore all 3. Actually, all of the babywearers there (there were lots! but I was the only wrapper) were wearing red.

The entire thing went from 9 am until 8 pm. We didn't stay that long because Abby was soooo tired. We got there at 745ish, which meant we left Rockland around 630. There were a ton of kids for her to play with though. What was really sad, was there was a little boy who wanted to play with her. But every time he'd inch forward towards her, his dad would move him back. They were on the "other" side. Gah. Kid's dont care. The gay won't rub off. *rolls eyes*

Signs wern't allowed inside, but a few were outside. One lady had the best sign.
Same-Sex
Marriage-Sweden
8 Other Partners
Can you guess what that means? Neither could I. But, some one asked her and apparently in means, in Sweden same sex couples have an average of 8 other partners. To which I said, 1) This ain't Sweden and 2) Hetero couples probably have the same statistic. She was a wack job though. Apparently, she had to give up the sticks on her signs because she used them to wack papers out of pro-ld1020 people.





Alright. My coffee cup is empty and I should probably get off my computer. I'm hoping to organize Abby's art supplies today. And, do a lot of laundry. She woke up last night throwing up, so I have blankets and sheets and pillows to wash. And pjs. On the bright side, she's perfectly ok now. Hopefully, I can get some sewing done! I'm so close to launching Buju. I even have some beta testers for diapers! Woot! Woot! I probably won't get any sewing done though. Tomorrow, we should be going flying for a bit. Hopefully. Got to remember to charge the camera batteries! Maybe I'll brake in my new shorty today....

On Wednesday, Kim, the kids and I are going to Augusta to attend a marriage equality hearing. Basically, it's when the state legislature talks about the upcoming bill allowing same sex couples to marry. So, we're going to go, bring signs and show our support. I have two poster boards and I want ideas for making signs. My original thought was "DON'T TELL MY CHILDREN WHO THEY CAN MARRY" but I havnt decided. If anyone had any better ideas, please tell me!

Yesterday I had a totally wonderful, productive day. Kim and I cleaned the bed room AND did like 5 loads of laundry. Now we have a clean floor in the bedroom! Kim doesn't want to admit it, but he's turning into quite the babywearing dad. He had Kim Finn on his back in a babyhawk carrier all day ^-^ it was very cute. I'm hopeing for a good sewing day, so I'm hoping to make one up today. Or a diaper. I want to start making my diapers so I can have people test them and then hopefully sell them *crosses fingers*

Last night we made empanadas. Abby had fun cutting out the dough and filling them and folding them. I also made Turkish. Finn saw my ibrik and promptly stole it. It made me giggle. Then, while we were eating, he was sitting on Kim's lap and was trying very hard to get a cup of turkish coffee. He succeeded, spilled it over Kim's plate and promptly stuck out his tongue in a mischievous way.

I found a long lost friend on facebook, Khoula. I'm soooo happy I found her. We sat next to each other in biology. She's in Pakistan now. With an adorable little boy. She said she's been looking for me, since i was the first friend she made in America and therefore special ^-^

Today I'm hoping to sew and put some more things on ebay. Oh! I also need to figure out what the name of the children's consigenment store is and when they are open.