December 05, 2003
skater sweaters
Went catalog shopping this morning, all the knitting/crafting catalogs we get stay in the livingroom and we all like to 'shop' in them from time to time. This morning Carl was looking through the Mary Maxim catalog. LOL! He liked the woodwokring patterns they sell and I noticed the skating related sweater kits they sell. Since I notice that I get a quite few hits of people looking for skating sweaters, I thought I'd share the sweaters I liked. :)
click on the pictures to be redirected to the correct page where you can purchase the kit.
Anyone like Anne Geddes pictures!? I have always loved them and used to have like 30 postcard pictures all over the walls in my room. Now there's only 2 laminated pics from her as decoration. Anyway, she now has an online store that offers lovely items, I LOVE the watches that are for sale. Oooh, what a coincidence I need a watch. ;) Ok, I don't really, well it depends, am I the only one who buys a new watch instead of simply changing the battery? LOL! By the time my battery dies I have been wearing that same watch for at least a year, time to change, right? ;) Long time ago I had a pendant watch that was in the shape of those military tags. Loved having my watch as a necklace instead of a wrist bracelet. They have pendant watched on Anne Geddes website too, though there are regular watches too. So hard to pick just one, my favorites are the Poppy, Waterlily, I like the Sophie also as that was a picture I had for a few months as my desktop wallpaper. :) Speking of wallpapers, you can download a different one every month from this same site. Ok, I love this site, babies are so cute, especially when they are sleeping! LOL! For the holidays I know have the 3 reindeer wallpaper. :)
On another subject, as I said yesterday, we might go visit the west side of Canada before the end of the month. Now I have 2 options that have been discussed in this house as to who might go on the trip. Either A- the whole family goes or B- only dh and I go. This is now making me so nervous as just thinking of leaving the kids for about 2 weeks sounds horrible. I have never slept away from the kids a single night before leaving for 3 days to Toronto, of course when we came back we were so eager to see the kids. At the same time, it was nice to realise that *I* am a person other than just a mom. I felt like an adult that could walk as long as she wanted without any whining. Could order some appetizers before my meal in a restaurant without no one screaming while I eat s-l-o-w-l-y my whole meal. Please tell me I'm not the onle one who has kids like that!? LOL! Just considering the option of leaving with only dh makes me feel SO bad, it is almost unbearable. At the same time I worry about going to new places around the holidays with both kids. What if I loose one (hey it happens to others, it's bound to happen to us someday), they don't even talk enough english to ask for help. Some days I might have to spend many hours with the kids while dh works. Hotel rooms aren't too fun for kids but again, it might depend which hotel we go too, I've seen some even provide playstations! LOL! ;) There's the fact that we might not be home for Christmas that makes me want to bring the kids along, ok also the fact that I LOVE them greatly (do NOT get me wrong). This is after all a business trip, not a family vacation, so I have to think of things I can do with kids in a new city with no help around me. Anyway I still have some time to think about all of this, I do know that in the end, my mom will most likely spend Christmas alone which saddens me immensely. She has been invited to come along but has declined, her choice I accept it too. So what's worst? My mom spending the holidays alone or me missing the joy on my kids faces on Christmas!? For what it's worth if this had happen beofre we went to Toronto, bringing the kids would have been a sure thing but the time away we had in Toronto made me appreciate the time I had being my own person. It was nice to re-discover who Jo is/was without kids around, I also got to see why I fell in love with Carl and that was the best part of our whole trip. My relationship with him has had it's up and down in the last 6 years, it was VERY nice to reconnect while on vacation and see that if the kids weren't there we would most likely still be together.
Now maybe tomorrow I'll throw in a knitting pic in my entry! 
Wishing you all a great weekend! :)
Posted by Jo at December 5, 2003 02:16 PM