{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
I decided to participate in Blair’s granny square afghan sampler so I could give my grannies some purpose. I’ve only done this square, need to do two more to stay on track for the week. The knit bunting is part of a gift I’m making for a friend. I’ll put the notes up on ravelry in a bit.
Unfortunately, I’m not doing much reading for pleasure at the moment. I’ve started summer school, and can usually be found reading my Art History textbook. At least it’s something I’m interested in!
During the Great Kitchen Counter Cleanup of 2012, I realized that this gorgeous jar I bought a few months ago never really had a purpose. I tried filling it with fruit, but the younger kids couldn’t reach it then and I always worried the lid would break. Filling it with sugar or flour wasn’t practical either because I have an ant problem every spring and it’s not vacuum sealed. Wren and I dug up some irish moss from the garden and bought a Pilea plant which has really cool textured leaves, and voilà, a terrarium. I really wanted to use a fern, but I couldn’t find one small enough. The pilea will have to be moved eventually, I think, because it will grow too big. In the meantime, I love it. A few pictures of the process are here and there is lots of terrarium inspiration here.
All last week, my eldest had been complaining of a few ailments which I just semi eyerolled and chalked up as him being his normal hypochondriac self. Friday morning, the school nurse called and told me one of his teachers thought he was a little off. And so, with gritted teeth, I said we would pick him up. Took him to the doctor and it turns out he has strep. Oh. I’m really in the running for Mother of the Year now, people. And so, my weekend started off with a bang! Our Saturday plans were thrown (happens often), since I now needed to keep the kiddo under quarantine for 24 hours. However, that didn’t prevent me from heading out to 619 Cantina with Darcel on Saturday night! The food was great, and the Olde Towne area is really beautiful, but unfortunately, quite empty on a Saturday. We plan to go back for a photo walk soon.
My Sunday was quite full and started with me having a fit because my breakfast wasn’t ready when I woke up. I’m not proud, but I actually am a shrew at times. Working on it. Soon after, I received some cards, and my gift from hub, the special edition of Domino! I was a huge fan of the magazine and have most of the old issues, so I flat out told the entire family that the mag was what I wanted. I hadn’t been able to find it, so I was thrilled. L won’t give up his source though. I also received a beautiful spider plant from Finch.
We decided to go down to the boardwalk which was wasn’t very crowded, surprisingly. We made our way over to the Monster Truck rally which hub had taken the boys to the year before. They love monster trucks. It was too loud for the baby (and me), so we left and decided to surprise my mother-in-law by visiting her. Doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but I have a…contentious relationship with my in-laws and before yesterday hadn’t ever been to their new house. L and the kids go there semi-regularly. I played nice and I know it made hub happy that we all went, and MIL happy that she could spend Mother’s Day with her family. We spent hours chatting, blowing bubbles, playing stick ball, eating good food and otherwise doing what families do. We all had a great time and came home and fell into bed. The end! How was your weekend?
