I was showing Pierce Paintworks on the computer and this is what came out. hahaha Looks like a child's drawing......
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Rapunzel- By Julia
In case you're wondering why Julia's pictures don't have faces.....it's because all the other apsects of drawing are easier for her to draw but she is daunted by drawing the faces. So she's practicing. I think one of the best and easiest ways of doing just that is by getting out a coloring book of princesses or whatever you're trying to draw and trace them until you feel comfortable enough to draw it free-hand until you feel comfortable enough to draw it on your own. Coloring books are typically very simple drawings with simple lines ( I know this b/c I am a very simplistic "drawer"/"copier":P:P:P). And when I see simple I know it, when I see detail I know it ( by usually feeling overwhelmed or totally amazed by the drawing:P:P),
"Beware of fainting-fits..." -Mansfield Park
Ah yes, fainting-fits....this is a matter I never would have thought I'd be blogging about ( even though I didn't think about writing about it. But even if I had thought about it, I didn't think I would, make sense?)......but anyways, we certainly don't know what providence may bring our conventional way.
The kids are sick.......yet again (just over a few weeks ago of throwing-up, coughing, hacking, and well, knocking them right from underneath their well-being, so to speak. Which I might add took soooo long to get back).
It was early yesterday morning, but seemed earlier due to the total lack of sleep a mother gets when 7 out of 7 children are sick( or whatever your whole fraction is). You know, that kind of early.
I trudged to the bathroom....While in the bathroom I hear a fragile voice from without. I believed it to be Julia ( it could have been frosty-the-snowman for all I knew in my jumbled, incoherent state).
Then I heard a rather unsettled, no, phobic Julia say, "I'm blind!!!! I'm blind!!!" (now, those who know Julia, know how lively she is, how colorful her expressions are). So I responded, "You're not blind. It's okay." (thinking she couldn't see for reason of the light she was entering into).
Seconds later, as I was washing my hands, I hear a thud in the hallway. At lightning speed ( b/c you know all of us "super-mom's" have that capability) I found myself huntched down to a shakey, pile of a girl frantically saying, "I can't see you, Mom!" I got right infront of her face (you know, the you're-in-my-space kind of close). Her eyes were huge,totally unfocused, and trying to find anything of which to fix them on. I quivered, yet firmly said, "I'm right here. Can you see my hand?" I asked as I placed it right infront of her nose. Again, she could not. I told her to grab around my neck and that I'd move her back to the couch from whence she staggered. She mumbled something and with that we gathered what strength we had to pull/push her limp body upward. You could tell she was trying to muster any strength she had,which was at this point, a mere move of the legs. Then, with no other warning, I felt her legs collapse right from underneath her. Down she went.
Being unnerved, I calmly AND fearfully called for Murray. He ran out of the room with a quizzical look on his face. I had told him she fainted. I called him just for nerve support I guess, knowing he couldn't pick her up b/c of the surgery he had just gone through three weeks prior.
I gathered her up in my arms. I remember looking at her face and she seemed to be fast asleep but it was different than that. I got her over to the recliner and laid her down sideways. I was shocked that I was that calm ( b/c one never knows how they are going to react in a scary situation). I just continued holding her in my arms as I was leaning over her, rocking her, and I think just trying to talk to her to comfort her when she came to. Then I hear this sweet, little, frail voice, "Am I on the couch now?" My heart soared.......And as she awoke from her fainting-spell I awoke from my heart's fainting-spell. And I reassuringly said to her, "Yes, you're on the recliner now."
I know fainting isn't really that big of deal, but it sure caught me by surprise. Julia does get dizzy when she is sick......but I never imagined it would lead to fainting.
Anyways......she now has a fainting-fit to talk about.
(and hopefully she won't use it to her advantage in future sicknesses on her parents. :P Although now we are aware of the likelihood of such an event and a reminder from Mom as to what to do if this problem shows up in the future).
The kids are sick.......yet again (just over a few weeks ago of throwing-up, coughing, hacking, and well, knocking them right from underneath their well-being, so to speak. Which I might add took soooo long to get back).
It was early yesterday morning, but seemed earlier due to the total lack of sleep a mother gets when 7 out of 7 children are sick( or whatever your whole fraction is). You know, that kind of early.
I trudged to the bathroom....While in the bathroom I hear a fragile voice from without. I believed it to be Julia ( it could have been frosty-the-snowman for all I knew in my jumbled, incoherent state).
Then I heard a rather unsettled, no, phobic Julia say, "I'm blind!!!! I'm blind!!!" (now, those who know Julia, know how lively she is, how colorful her expressions are). So I responded, "You're not blind. It's okay." (thinking she couldn't see for reason of the light she was entering into).
Seconds later, as I was washing my hands, I hear a thud in the hallway. At lightning speed ( b/c you know all of us "super-mom's" have that capability) I found myself huntched down to a shakey, pile of a girl frantically saying, "I can't see you, Mom!" I got right infront of her face (you know, the you're-in-my-space kind of close). Her eyes were huge,totally unfocused, and trying to find anything of which to fix them on. I quivered, yet firmly said, "I'm right here. Can you see my hand?" I asked as I placed it right infront of her nose. Again, she could not. I told her to grab around my neck and that I'd move her back to the couch from whence she staggered. She mumbled something and with that we gathered what strength we had to pull/push her limp body upward. You could tell she was trying to muster any strength she had,which was at this point, a mere move of the legs. Then, with no other warning, I felt her legs collapse right from underneath her. Down she went.
Being unnerved, I calmly AND fearfully called for Murray. He ran out of the room with a quizzical look on his face. I had told him she fainted. I called him just for nerve support I guess, knowing he couldn't pick her up b/c of the surgery he had just gone through three weeks prior.
I gathered her up in my arms. I remember looking at her face and she seemed to be fast asleep but it was different than that. I got her over to the recliner and laid her down sideways. I was shocked that I was that calm ( b/c one never knows how they are going to react in a scary situation). I just continued holding her in my arms as I was leaning over her, rocking her, and I think just trying to talk to her to comfort her when she came to. Then I hear this sweet, little, frail voice, "Am I on the couch now?" My heart soared.......And as she awoke from her fainting-spell I awoke from my heart's fainting-spell. And I reassuringly said to her, "Yes, you're on the recliner now."
I know fainting isn't really that big of deal, but it sure caught me by surprise. Julia does get dizzy when she is sick......but I never imagined it would lead to fainting.
Anyways......she now has a fainting-fit to talk about.
(and hopefully she won't use it to her advantage in future sicknesses on her parents. :P Although now we are aware of the likelihood of such an event and a reminder from Mom as to what to do if this problem shows up in the future).
Black and White Event
Okay, so it's an event for me because I rarely get to fiddle with pictures. And when I say fiddle I mean fiddle. I surely don't have a clue what I'm doing (like some VERY TALENTED others who know exactly what they're after. You know who you are:P ).
Monday, December 29, 2008
Food for Thought
So I saw something in the Martha "Food" magazine as I was flipping the pages......and I saw sauteed shredded brussel sprouts. So I sauteed them with onion, garlic, and celery (and added chicken and perhaps a sauce to make it the main). I read another blog saying if towards the end, you drop some butter on top they go crispy, veddy nice!!! Or add bacon or bacon grease.......yummy.....
I also did a little trail-mix goodness........I'm so into pecans......so I bought some, mixed it with white chocolate chunks, and dried cranberries! Sooo tasty!! ( and Jen, white chocolate has absolutely no caffeine!!!:D ).
I also saw a tart at Superstore that President's Choice made. It was called a Date, Apricot, Pecan tart!!! Soo nice. I'll have to figure something glutton-free with those ingredients.
I also did a little trail-mix goodness........I'm so into pecans......so I bought some, mixed it with white chocolate chunks, and dried cranberries! Sooo tasty!! ( and Jen, white chocolate has absolutely no caffeine!!!:D ).
I also saw a tart at Superstore that President's Choice made. It was called a Date, Apricot, Pecan tart!!! Soo nice. I'll have to figure something glutton-free with those ingredients.
New Recipe---Glutton free
I made this just tonight. It's meatballs with tomato sauce on spaghetti squash!! It was soooo lovely to me ( although my husband didn't like it as much.......I surely don't know why? I guess we just have different tastes).
Here's the link:
Thanks Bob Blumer!!!! He's awesome! Soooo imaginative, amazing chef!
( I'm such a nerd, though, I forgot to pull out beef for meatballs so we did the marinara sauce with some with chicken broth over the delicious spaghetti squash!! It holds up to the sauce very well. It didn't get mushy at all!:D ).
Try any sauce over a harder veggie instead of glutton-filled products.
Hope this triggers new recipes for ya ( Jen, Mom, Ann, Nate, and others with limited diets).
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Quote. Submitting your all to Christ
Let each man surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus..." -Spurgeon
(even if your longings are lawful and pleasing......it still may not be God's will. We could have so many worthy things to do in a day ( in our plans) but if they are not God's decree then don't get upset if they don't happen.) (I speak with MUCH experience in this area). And don't forget to prioritize, especially if your time is extremely limited. And in doing just that, I have spent my limit in blogging time, so I must bid you farwell for now.
(even if your longings are lawful and pleasing......it still may not be God's will. We could have so many worthy things to do in a day ( in our plans) but if they are not God's decree then don't get upset if they don't happen.) (I speak with MUCH experience in this area). And don't forget to prioritize, especially if your time is extremely limited. And in doing just that, I have spent my limit in blogging time, so I must bid you farwell for now.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
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