still can't upload pics-frustrating!
the pipes froze last night. jesse and alex were instrumental in getting them unfrozen!
lee worked late into the night building drawers for the island/bar. 2 drawers to go equals awesome!
then i think we stain and stain.
we're almost done.
maybe we can start being normal again!
or at least move the mess outside.
there are raised beds to make and i've got visions of garden glory!
things are not too exciting for the pilgrim family right now.
but forward motion is happening. that's what i keep saying to myself.
focus on the forward motion.
~pilgrimama
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
list of things for 2013
list of things i'd like to accomplish in '13:
collect outdoor tables and set them under trees and amidst the garden
Pictures aren't working today.
i wanted to show a cute shot of Lee and dragonbaby by the Christmas tree...
maybe another day...
~pilgrimama
collect outdoor tables and set them under trees and amidst the garden
- start on the edible landscaping process
- plant a lot of flowers,especially zinnias and sunflowers
- continue working out
- invite people over for dinner more often
- make a proper fire pit
- buy plenty of marshmallows when they are on sale and hide them in the freezer so i can be prepared at any time for marshmallow roasts
Pictures aren't working today.
i wanted to show a cute shot of Lee and dragonbaby by the Christmas tree...
maybe another day...
~pilgrimama
Sunday, January 13, 2013
observing ..
observations:
the weather is incredibly warm for january. dragonbaby is sitting on my lap in only a diaper!
the girls have been making sawdust cakes outside and the boys pulled out the slingshot and tried their hand at squirrelhunting.
this desk i'm writing at is a mess.
lee and i keep editing out stuff that does not work in our small living quarters,thus leaving only the really great and useful stuff. it makes us be awfully disciplined at not hoarding and us two Packrats are getting much better at that!
the excess boards seem to have left the kitchen. amazing!
we are getting close to the end of this huge kitchen project and its sawdusty mess. yes!!!
lee made soda crackers this morning. he was so proud!
dragonbaby says let's move on,mom!
~pilgrimama
Friday, January 4, 2013
quiet and full
today i started the Jillian Michaels " 30 day shred" program.
one word. ouch.
i didn't get as much done as i might have liked. we have a sad,teething baby these days.
well,sometimes sad. his smiles are yummy,provoking hugging and kissing fits.
jesse is snuggled on the couch,on his ipod.
squirrelgirl got me to feed her straight cheese cubes as she stood at the bar Lee is in the process of finishing. this interior reno work can get a bit old.
chelsea,our early retirer has gone off to bed and i am guilty that i've forgotten to go say nightly prayers before she fell asleep.
alex and lee are off as Lee celebrates a birthday of a friend and alex tends to things of the collector,the trading of little treasures with the friend's son.
dragonbaby has finally gone off to sleep after being consoled with a lavendar scented bath and much nursing.
my to-do list has much undone but i am tired.
i think soon i shall slip beneath my polka dotted flannel sheets and read and probably sleep.
another january day, coming to an end.
quiet and full.
~pilgrimama
one word. ouch.
i didn't get as much done as i might have liked. we have a sad,teething baby these days.
well,sometimes sad. his smiles are yummy,provoking hugging and kissing fits.
jesse is snuggled on the couch,on his ipod.
squirrelgirl got me to feed her straight cheese cubes as she stood at the bar Lee is in the process of finishing. this interior reno work can get a bit old.
chelsea,our early retirer has gone off to bed and i am guilty that i've forgotten to go say nightly prayers before she fell asleep.
alex and lee are off as Lee celebrates a birthday of a friend and alex tends to things of the collector,the trading of little treasures with the friend's son.
dragonbaby has finally gone off to sleep after being consoled with a lavendar scented bath and much nursing.
my to-do list has much undone but i am tired.
i think soon i shall slip beneath my polka dotted flannel sheets and read and probably sleep.
another january day, coming to an end.
quiet and full.
~pilgrimama
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Friday, November 16, 2012
laughter as well as tears
After the flu finishes taking its course through our home, maybe then we can grasp this new start,this new time in the life of our family.
Strange the way you don't see things coming.
Here we'd thought this year was so full already.
We hadn't figured in Lee's father dying.
Nor the long,long trips as we said our good-byes and laid him to rest.
And all the complex things of the soul and our family's story that are too private to put out there but have an effect on us, leaving us a little quieter than usual, mulling and praying and yet believing in our deepest parts that our Abba Father loves us and our story has good chapters ahead!
After the weeks of uncertainty, the waiting for the phone to ring, the last times at the bedside, the burying of ones spouse's last parent,the long trips with a packed minivan and a fussy baby it's all over.
And then we caught the flu when we returned home the last time.
It took some of us hard.
But I think it's a good thing perhaps,giving us extra days to process and then step back into everyday life the better for all of it.
Dragonbaby is nearing 3 months old now. I can't really remember anymore what it was like to have four children. So I guess I am officially a mother of five children, a large family they say.
I have made it somehow through the rough first months.
Hurrah!
And though the baby seems to be starting the teething process and my hair is doing a post partum fallout in a big way it's mixed with good stuff like a baby having its first real laughing fit over his big sister's dancing show.
And I rejoice in the tender mercies of Our Father.
He created laughter as well as tears.
~pilgrimama
Strange the way you don't see things coming.
Here we'd thought this year was so full already.
We hadn't figured in Lee's father dying.
Nor the long,long trips as we said our good-byes and laid him to rest.
And all the complex things of the soul and our family's story that are too private to put out there but have an effect on us, leaving us a little quieter than usual, mulling and praying and yet believing in our deepest parts that our Abba Father loves us and our story has good chapters ahead!
After the weeks of uncertainty, the waiting for the phone to ring, the last times at the bedside, the burying of ones spouse's last parent,the long trips with a packed minivan and a fussy baby it's all over.
And then we caught the flu when we returned home the last time.
It took some of us hard.
But I think it's a good thing perhaps,giving us extra days to process and then step back into everyday life the better for all of it.
Dragonbaby is nearing 3 months old now. I can't really remember anymore what it was like to have four children. So I guess I am officially a mother of five children, a large family they say.
I have made it somehow through the rough first months.
Hurrah!
And though the baby seems to be starting the teething process and my hair is doing a post partum fallout in a big way it's mixed with good stuff like a baby having its first real laughing fit over his big sister's dancing show.
And I rejoice in the tender mercies of Our Father.
He created laughter as well as tears.
~pilgrimama
Monday, September 10, 2012
a love letter to dragonbaby
Now you're a few weeks old and we're still in love. More in love!
We love your huge smiles in your sleep, the way you wave your arms and get lonely if we leave you in your seat too long and want cuddles.
May you stay a person who knows the value of love forever!
We love you!
~Mama
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