Packed Weekend

Packed Weekend

It seems as though life has picked up yet again!  I am running around non-stop!  From appointments to paperwork, I don’t think there’s a single moment in the day where I’m not doing something on my To Do List!  Maybe I should write “Get some rest” on that list!

Mike and I took all the kids to the Fair this last weekend!  They all behaved and had a great time!  Rhonin was even daring enough to drag Mike on his first roller coaster!  That’s “first roller coaster” for Mike and for Rhonin!  Jaren was a little more reserved and sat with me and the babies while they went.  They had fun on the Carousel, the racecars, and even the little canoe ride.  I have pictures from all the rides!  They rode some rides for a bit and even played a couple carnival games.  Jaren was really excited about the ballon and dart game so we had to give it a try.  The carnival guy gave us three darts, so a good compromise was for each of us to throw a dart.  Jaren concentrated so very hard, but ended up missing.  I popped a balloon with mine, and tried to give Rhonin some instructions on how to hold the dart.  He totally ignored me and just tossed it haphazardly at the wall of balloons.  It hit the bottom board and bounced up, popping a balloon as it went.  Jaren was rather surprised at his luck!  The carnival guy was very nice and gave us two small prizes instead of the one medium prize.  So both boys walked away with green fuzzy dice!  After that, the boys had a blast at the Pirate Play Area for the younger kids.  They even stuck around for the ventriloquist’s show, where Jaren was able to get up on stage and help out!

After that fun-filled part of the day, we somehow wrangled the two bags of energy into the car for a trip to Nana’s house.  Auntie Ali was quite happy about this!  We quasi-celebrated Jaren’s birthday all over again since Auntie Ali was away in Florida for the first celebration!  She made him a blue cake!  (Very tasty!)

My father even came out and mets the twins!  He said they were quite cute, and really, I have to agree!  (They turned 8 months old on Sunday, too.)  It was great to see him again.  I don’t get to see him very often, unfortunately.

Anyway, seeing all the cross stitch exhibits at the Fair really motivated me to get mine done.  My mother and I calculated that if I work on it at the pace I have been, it’ll take me about 4 years to finish.  If I manage to work on it daily, it’ll take me 2 years.  I am really hoping I can keep my motivation up!  My piece would blow the judges away for the Fair!  I think mine would be nicer than all of the other projects that were submitted this year.  The winners this year were nice, but mine is going to be much better!  It’ll be incredible… when it’s finished.  Now I just have to finish it…  I’ll keep you all posted on it’s progress!  Til next time… Cheers!

Motivation

Motivation

With the upcoming advertisements for the Fair coming back to town, I am painfully aware of my incredibly slow progress on my cross stitch project.  (Lovingly termed the “Monster Cross Stitch Project” or “MCSP” for short!)  I am hoping to eventually finish it someday and enter it into the Fair’s exhibits.  But unfortunately, I cannot enter it into any Fair when it’s not even close to being done!  I know that it wouldn’t be close to being done as I anticipated it taking at least a year.  But at this rate, it’ll take me 10 years!  I need to get a move on with it!

I am dying to work on it, but every night I go home, I end up being too tired to do much of anything.  Even tonight, I have things to do, so I won’t be able to work on it tonight either.  However, I am hoping I will get time this weekend.  I am really excited for it and I really want to see it finished.  I also want to prove all the doubters wrong!  It is possible for me to finish a project.  I swear!

In other news, I finally got my van.  I had been hoping to get one for at least the last year.  With the twins, it wasn’t possible to fit the whole family in the car at once!  We had to take two cars everywhere.  It was a pain the bum!  I have never been so excited before over getting a van!  It’s quite nice, though.  I even have a backup camera!  And tinted windows!  (All standard!)  And of course, I got red.  A Dark Cherry Red.  It’s beautiful!  Maybe with the next update, I’ll include a picture or something.  Maybe.

Anyway, back to my rather large To-Do List.  Wish me luck in finding time to finish more of my cross stitch project!