Rumour no. 1 is substantiated: my friend Vic's friend sold her large waterfront home two years ago, and it has recently resold to a member of the band The Tragically Hip.
Rumour no. 2 ... well, this one seems a little unlikely, but supposedly Elton John and his partner have purchased a home in Prinyer's Cove. Apparently his partner's mom lives in Coburg, Ontario, so they've decided to invest in the County.
I wouldn't post this at all if this were a public blog (hate to feed the "mill") but I thought these tidbits were amusing. In the past, Robert Ulrich (did I murder the spelling?) owned a large property in the county, and his family still come regularly. And Bruce Cockburn, who owned a place in South Marysburgh, used to regularly go shopping at the menswear store that Kevin used to own on Main Street.
Monday, 23 July 2007
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Knitting, both personal and the Worldwide Back to Back Challenge
So after a year of socks and more socks, I finally decided to try something different. I purchased a great, EASY book of patterns for sweaters thinking I'd like to try making some for the girls to start. However, budgeting for sweater-amounts of yarn has proven difficult, since we have orthodontics ongoing and an upcoming job changeover (from weekly pay to monthly!).
Part of my desire to knit again, despite summer weather (I'm normally only a cool-season knitter) is the wonderful birthday present that I received from my parents! Mom and Dad, this lovely set is what your birthday money purchased, amongst other things :).
Options Knitting Needle Set, by KnitPicks
I ONLY knit on circular needles now and just love them! They are much easier to transport, and this set can actually be set up as flexible straight needles if you wish.
Claire was all excited and asked me who I was knitting the sweater for. There's a mom at our church who is expecting, and I think she assumed it would be for her baby should it arrive as a girl :). Not knowing how quickly this would be finished, however, I startled Claire by telling her, "It's for YOUR baby!". That gives me a minimum of10 to 15 years to complete it :).
On the other hand ... REAL knitters do this:
Every year there is a world-wide competition called the "Back to Back Challenge". Teams from many countries compete, as a team, to make a sweater. The hitch? They start with a sheep! Yes, the teams are timed from sheep shearing, to spinning, to knitting, to final bind-off and sweater construction. The wool is spun "in the grease" (i.e. the lanolin not yet removed). I believe the team from Japan has won for the past few years, but THIS year, the world-wide competition was won by the TORONTO SPIDERS! The Spiders are a relatively young team, and this is a huge accomplishment for them. Their time? From a woolly sheep to completed sweater? 6 hours and 18 seconds!!!
Obviously, they will not be calling me any time soon to knit with them :).
Part of my desire to knit again, despite summer weather (I'm normally only a cool-season knitter) is the wonderful birthday present that I received from my parents! Mom and Dad, this lovely set is what your birthday money purchased, amongst other things :).
Options Knitting Needle Set, by KnitPicks
I ONLY knit on circular needles now and just love them! They are much easier to transport, and this set can actually be set up as flexible straight needles if you wish.So there I was, with brand new needles, sorted and organized and just aching for something to knit, when I was given quite a few balls of baby yarn in a soft pink colour. So yesterday I google free online baby sweater patterns, and found this one. Here is an image of it:
Claire was all excited and asked me who I was knitting the sweater for. There's a mom at our church who is expecting, and I think she assumed it would be for her baby should it arrive as a girl :). Not knowing how quickly this would be finished, however, I startled Claire by telling her, "It's for YOUR baby!". That gives me a minimum of10 to 15 years to complete it :).
On the other hand ... REAL knitters do this:
Every year there is a world-wide competition called the "Back to Back Challenge". Teams from many countries compete, as a team, to make a sweater. The hitch? They start with a sheep! Yes, the teams are timed from sheep shearing, to spinning, to knitting, to final bind-off and sweater construction. The wool is spun "in the grease" (i.e. the lanolin not yet removed). I believe the team from Japan has won for the past few years, but THIS year, the world-wide competition was won by the TORONTO SPIDERS! The Spiders are a relatively young team, and this is a huge accomplishment for them. Their time? From a woolly sheep to completed sweater? 6 hours and 18 seconds!!!
Obviously, they will not be calling me any time soon to knit with them :).
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
More High Ropes Photos!
Left: Alison doing hanging vines.
Coming down ... I did it (nooooo problemo) !
Claire on her way up the final climb.
A better view of the height of this climb.
"Do you trust us, Pastor Andrew?"The final exercise was one where the girls were responsible for belaying Andrew as he climbed. Quite the responsibility! They all love Andrew, so took their duties very seriously.
I hope you enjoyed this little expedition with Alison, Claire and their friends!
Flying High at Wesley Acres
We had a fabulous Junior Youth year, and one of our final activities was the chance for the kids to do the high ropes course at Wesley Acres. It was a fabulous, stretching experience!Here is part of our group standing beside the zip line. It is 50 feet high and sends them 300 ft out into the forest at a pretty rapid pace!
Here are the girls getting into their harnesses and safety equipment. The gentleman in front, Bill Boone, is the director of the High Ropes course at the campground; he did an amazing job encouraging and exhorting the girls.
Claire getting ready for the climb up to the zip line, involving a very high ladder and pole, then a catwalk over to the zip harness.
Here's a shot of Alison almost to the catwalk so you can see how high the girls had to go! You'll notice that I am in no pictures; once again, I was in charge of the camera :).Truthfully, it's not that I am unwilling to do it. However I am unwilling to do it at the same time as a bevy of athletic 12 year olds :). I'm hoping someday to get a chance with a group of over 40's who've never done anything like this before (such a wimp, am I :) !)
Here is Claire traversing the rickety bridge.More photos in the next post!
Saturday, 14 July 2007
And just what is my son's name?
It's bad enough as a parent to do "the-thing-that-I-swore-I'd-never-do-to-my-kids". If you were ever a child with siblings, or are a parent now, you certainly know what I mean.
"Hey, Alis--Clair--Dicken---argh, I mean Iain, could you please ...?"
Argh. I DESPISE that that I do this to my children. And to be completely truthful, generally the dog's name is not a part of the spiel (although it has happened, in particular if the child I'm calling has been naughty!). But far too frequently, I end up list-calling and it drives me nuts.
As of this week, it may get even more complicated. My son is experimenting with going by his middle name rather than his first name. All his life he's had to spell his name, which is not really a problem. There are many Ian/Iain's in this area, all pronounced "eee-an", so it gets mispronounced occasionally. Again, no biggie. But for some reason many people in this region can not pronounce his name, even after being told what it really is. Even after hearing it said in conversation many, many times. It comes out a stilted "eye-on", with equal emphasis on both syllables. And this has been a tad frustrating. I wonder whether it's a regional thing, like the whole "choir"-practor for "chiro"-practor thing that you hear in the Ottawa Valley or the greater Peterborough area. But whatever the reason, this has been frustrating to Iain (and myself).
Probably not many of you know that Iain was actually called Geoffrey for his first couple of days in the hospital. We wavered back and forth, and decided on Iain, although have always been willing that our children might go by their other name.
Since our son is heading to school in the fall, and since there are both an Ian and and Iain (both "eee-an") at this school (one in his class), and since one of the staff has already shown a propensity to the "eye-on" version, and since there are very few people who know him already, he's thinking that it might be a good time to switch to Geoff. Of course, he did point out that people may call him "gee-off", but at least once they have heard it it's easy to say.
So this week, Iain is trying on a new name. A bit like trying on shoes :). Will it be instantly comfortable? Will it break in gradually? Will it never work? The girls don't even know this yet since they've been at New Life Girl's Home Camp for the week. I've only messed up once. He's forgotten once. Kev's not sure about the whole thing and may resort to calling him "Bubba" forever.
At least this week, my son has not received "the list" when I've called him 'cause I'm too busy trying to remember what his name is!
"The watchman opens the gate for him, and ths sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out." John 10:3
Imagine, a God who knows each one of us individually, by name, and never has to resort to "list-calling". Next time I feel like telling God what to do in my life; how He should direct my steps, I must remember that I do not qualify for His job on many levels, starting with this one.
"Hey, Alis--Clair--Dicken---argh, I mean Iain, could you please ...?"
Argh. I DESPISE that that I do this to my children. And to be completely truthful, generally the dog's name is not a part of the spiel (although it has happened, in particular if the child I'm calling has been naughty!). But far too frequently, I end up list-calling and it drives me nuts.
As of this week, it may get even more complicated. My son is experimenting with going by his middle name rather than his first name. All his life he's had to spell his name, which is not really a problem. There are many Ian/Iain's in this area, all pronounced "eee-an", so it gets mispronounced occasionally. Again, no biggie. But for some reason many people in this region can not pronounce his name, even after being told what it really is. Even after hearing it said in conversation many, many times. It comes out a stilted "eye-on", with equal emphasis on both syllables. And this has been a tad frustrating. I wonder whether it's a regional thing, like the whole "choir"-practor for "chiro"-practor thing that you hear in the Ottawa Valley or the greater Peterborough area. But whatever the reason, this has been frustrating to Iain (and myself).
Probably not many of you know that Iain was actually called Geoffrey for his first couple of days in the hospital. We wavered back and forth, and decided on Iain, although have always been willing that our children might go by their other name.
Since our son is heading to school in the fall, and since there are both an Ian and and Iain (both "eee-an") at this school (one in his class), and since one of the staff has already shown a propensity to the "eye-on" version, and since there are very few people who know him already, he's thinking that it might be a good time to switch to Geoff. Of course, he did point out that people may call him "gee-off", but at least once they have heard it it's easy to say.
So this week, Iain is trying on a new name. A bit like trying on shoes :). Will it be instantly comfortable? Will it break in gradually? Will it never work? The girls don't even know this yet since they've been at New Life Girl's Home Camp for the week. I've only messed up once. He's forgotten once. Kev's not sure about the whole thing and may resort to calling him "Bubba" forever.
At least this week, my son has not received "the list" when I've called him 'cause I'm too busy trying to remember what his name is!
"The watchman opens the gate for him, and ths sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out." John 10:3
Imagine, a God who knows each one of us individually, by name, and never has to resort to "list-calling". Next time I feel like telling God what to do in my life; how He should direct my steps, I must remember that I do not qualify for His job on many levels, starting with this one.
Thursday, 12 July 2007
... and my career move as well :)
... which actually predates Kevin's change of employment :).
This happened so quickly, and has impacted my "free" computer time, hence the sudden downward spiral of posting quantity at this blog. I am working, and I have the perfect job (for me!)
Since June 11 I have been working for New Life Girl's Home. This actually predated Kev's news, but is even more crucial now that there will be a transition in directorship at the home. I will be working for NLGH at least until October, at which point both parties will decide if the contract should continue. I am doing various projects to support the Home's activities; projects that require high-speed internet, which we have courtesy of the Chuckery Hill tower, and which the Home does not have. I am having a blast! I have researched and made recommendations for new donor database software, which will help NLGH stop wasting time and financial resources with their old, inefficient system. I am presently researching foundations and grants for them. And at some point I will become their web site administrator! Yes sirree, I'm climbing the ladder to "geekdom" and I'm pretty thrilled about it :).
This position fits my life to a "t". I have no interest in driving in to work anywhere (gas money and wasted time); this allows me to still keep on eye on our livestock (who are growing like weeds, btw!) and allows huge flexibility, especially while the kids are home this summer. Since I am wide-eyed and bushy tailed by 5:30 a.m. ... I can get started! I also have somewhat of a larger vision ... not sure if or when it will lead anywhere, but I have a real heart for NPO's (non-profit organizations) and may eventually take this a little farther ... to make these services available to other small non-profits so their time can be spent doing ministry. Additionally, I have a vision for someday providing online work for other rural SAHM's to support their lifestyle. Maybe. We'll see.
Leading me to our other big news; the advent of the big yellow bus at the end of our driveway commencing September, 2007! Yes, the Stenhouse kids are enrolled at Sophiasburgh Central Elementary School for the fall, for a myriad of reasons. We've always taken this homeschool one thing on year at a time, and this year, it's time :). It's pretty much a God-thing, and we are all looking forward to the new adventure. We've spent quite a bit of time at the school .. they've all met their teachers (which seem hand-picked for them: truly amazing!). There will be a few wrinkles ... a couple of the kids are WAY ahead in math and language, and there may need to be some "tweaking" done to accomodate this. And on the other side ... we're a little light on French and will be doing some remedially this summer. The girls already know a few of their classmates through 4H Clubs they've been involved with, so that will make their transition easier. They also get lockers, which I think is more exciting to them than anything :).
So it will be an autumn of change, and we are truly thankful that God has provided these neat opportunities for our family!
Bye for now, and hoping to update at least occasionally over the next few months ...
This happened so quickly, and has impacted my "free" computer time, hence the sudden downward spiral of posting quantity at this blog. I am working, and I have the perfect job (for me!)
Since June 11 I have been working for New Life Girl's Home. This actually predated Kev's news, but is even more crucial now that there will be a transition in directorship at the home. I will be working for NLGH at least until October, at which point both parties will decide if the contract should continue. I am doing various projects to support the Home's activities; projects that require high-speed internet, which we have courtesy of the Chuckery Hill tower, and which the Home does not have. I am having a blast! I have researched and made recommendations for new donor database software, which will help NLGH stop wasting time and financial resources with their old, inefficient system. I am presently researching foundations and grants for them. And at some point I will become their web site administrator! Yes sirree, I'm climbing the ladder to "geekdom" and I'm pretty thrilled about it :).
This position fits my life to a "t". I have no interest in driving in to work anywhere (gas money and wasted time); this allows me to still keep on eye on our livestock (who are growing like weeds, btw!) and allows huge flexibility, especially while the kids are home this summer. Since I am wide-eyed and bushy tailed by 5:30 a.m. ... I can get started! I also have somewhat of a larger vision ... not sure if or when it will lead anywhere, but I have a real heart for NPO's (non-profit organizations) and may eventually take this a little farther ... to make these services available to other small non-profits so their time can be spent doing ministry. Additionally, I have a vision for someday providing online work for other rural SAHM's to support their lifestyle. Maybe. We'll see.
Leading me to our other big news; the advent of the big yellow bus at the end of our driveway commencing September, 2007! Yes, the Stenhouse kids are enrolled at Sophiasburgh Central Elementary School for the fall, for a myriad of reasons. We've always taken this homeschool one thing on year at a time, and this year, it's time :). It's pretty much a God-thing, and we are all looking forward to the new adventure. We've spent quite a bit of time at the school .. they've all met their teachers (which seem hand-picked for them: truly amazing!). There will be a few wrinkles ... a couple of the kids are WAY ahead in math and language, and there may need to be some "tweaking" done to accomodate this. And on the other side ... we're a little light on French and will be doing some remedially this summer. The girls already know a few of their classmates through 4H Clubs they've been involved with, so that will make their transition easier. They also get lockers, which I think is more exciting to them than anything :).
So it will be an autumn of change, and we are truly thankful that God has provided these neat opportunities for our family!
Bye for now, and hoping to update at least occasionally over the next few months ...
Exciting changes afoot! (E-mail Kev sent around concerning his current career move)
Hello Friends,
It's time to send out a brief email letting you know about a huge change in the lives of the Stenhouse clan of Greater Picton. I know a few of you have heard rumblings, and I apologize that I haven't been able to come clean with all the news up till now.
After pretty much five years at New Life Girls' Home, I've made the decision to step into the next adventure and leave that ministry at the end of August. It has been a great place to hone some of my skills and I have really enjoyed working with some amazing people. But, it's time to move on.
I've been volunteering at UCB Canada (UCB 102.3 fm) since it came on the air and I'm über-excited to be starting there full-time on September 1st. I'll be doing a whole bunch of fun things, and some of the details are still being worked on, but I do know that I'll be on-air during the morning drive (6-9am). So, for those of you that know me well, you're probably already wondering how I'm going to get up at that hour. I have no idea myself and it's the one thing I'm stressing over. Pray for me, 'k? I'll also be doing some big-picture fundraising and some web stuff. I may even dirty my hands a little down the road with some HR-related projects, which I love. My long-term goal, of course, is to rule the world.
That's it for now. Fun, eh? The only thing constant is change.
KEV
PS: If you know me well, you know that my heart for the Girls' Home won't change now that I'm leaving. I'd really like it if you all could be praying for a very smooth transition for the Home during this time. It's not uncommon for some of the students to see change in an unhealthy way: instability, "men are undependable", "it's all my fault" etc. and I just want this all to go super smooth. Also, that we would find the perfect replacement for me. Thanks!
It's time to send out a brief email letting you know about a huge change in the lives of the Stenhouse clan of Greater Picton. I know a few of you have heard rumblings, and I apologize that I haven't been able to come clean with all the news up till now.
After pretty much five years at New Life Girls' Home, I've made the decision to step into the next adventure and leave that ministry at the end of August. It has been a great place to hone some of my skills and I have really enjoyed working with some amazing people. But, it's time to move on.
I've been volunteering at UCB Canada (UCB 102.3 fm) since it came on the air and I'm über-excited to be starting there full-time on September 1st. I'll be doing a whole bunch of fun things, and some of the details are still being worked on, but I do know that I'll be on-air during the morning drive (6-9am). So, for those of you that know me well, you're probably already wondering how I'm going to get up at that hour. I have no idea myself and it's the one thing I'm stressing over. Pray for me, 'k? I'll also be doing some big-picture fundraising and some web stuff. I may even dirty my hands a little down the road with some HR-related projects, which I love. My long-term goal, of course, is to rule the world.
That's it for now. Fun, eh? The only thing constant is change.
KEV
PS: If you know me well, you know that my heart for the Girls' Home won't change now that I'm leaving. I'd really like it if you all could be praying for a very smooth transition for the Home during this time. It's not uncommon for some of the students to see change in an unhealthy way: instability, "men are undependable", "it's all my fault" etc. and I just want this all to go super smooth. Also, that we would find the perfect replacement for me. Thanks!
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Shearing Day at WillowGarden Shetlands
The girls and I had a long, eventful day at Willow Garden Shetlands yesterday. Bill Stearman and the 4H Club have a symbiotic relationship; he provides an awesome venue for the Sheep Club to hold a fundraiser, and we serve him by doing various tasks. I barely saw Alison and Claire all day!
Claire spent most of her day at the Bake Sale table; her favourite place to be. She wowed her Junior 4H leader by her ability to add up long lists of prices in her head. Alison did a few different jobs, but spent most of her day helping the shearer along with Bill's hired hand Matt. She received kudos from him at the end of the day for her sheep wrestling abilities. Other positions the 4H kids circulated through were welcoming committee, parking attendants, gatekeeper, field supervisor (engaging visiting children so that they didn't chase the lambs through the fields!), cook at the barbeque, tour guide, skirting table assistant and clean-up. Kevin even helped out despite his allergies; he brought hamburgers for the girls and I, extra coolers and Iain out for a visit as well.
After emphatically telling someone earlier this week that "this year, I will NOT spend the day at the skirting table" ... heh, heh ... I spent the day at the skirting table. Skirting is the less than glamourous but oh-so-important task or readying the sheared fleece for storage until it can be processed. Vegetative matter, tags, felted areas are removed and then it has to be rolled "just so" and placed in an open bag in the shade. This year, however, it was FUN since Bill set it up outside in lovely dappled, breezy sunshine and beside the petting zoo area. So I skirted, taught 4H members to skirt properly, met some really great fibre people including a lovely woman who owns a MILL just 40 minutes from here (She purchased 12 fleeces! And we've already planned the road trip!), and picked up lambs so that guests could pat them. One woman took several photos; unfortunately she then asked for my name and informed me that my photo would be in the local paper. *sigh* ... I just don't care about that sort of thing and I begged her to retake with one of the 4H kids instead. She grinned and ignored me. So I then begged her to not choose one that emphasized my ... uh ... size but rather the lamb and the small children. She continued grinning and continued to ignore me. Photoshop, anyone?
Our 4H club CLEARED a whopping $534; our most successful fundraiser ever. Bill raised about $35o towards World Vision's "Mother to Child HIV prevention" program between donations and fleece sales (he took no money from fleece sales other than that necessary to pay his shearer; all the rest went to World Vision).
Afterwards, Patti had a meeting with the kids, who ALL did a fabulous, professional job with their duties, and spoke to them about what this means to the visitors. She described one family who were standing by the coverall gazing in, all excited. Patti went by to make sure everything was okay. They were staring at ... hay. Bales of hay. These folks were visiting from Toronto and had never seen bales of hay before, but had read about them in kid's books. Wow. Patti went on to say that we, or our parents, make choices to live in the area we do. In most cases, we choose to make less money by living here, but that in fact, we are rich. The kids have opportunities that other kids only dream of, opportunities in our small community to experience things, to "learn to do by doing" (4H motto), to make change and make a difference. It was a "moment".
It was a great, great day.
Off topic ... Alison's babysitting job will not occur until after track and field on Saturday since Pastor Andrew hadn't booked their date yet and Tuesday was not available.
Blesssings to you all!
Claire spent most of her day at the Bake Sale table; her favourite place to be. She wowed her Junior 4H leader by her ability to add up long lists of prices in her head. Alison did a few different jobs, but spent most of her day helping the shearer along with Bill's hired hand Matt. She received kudos from him at the end of the day for her sheep wrestling abilities. Other positions the 4H kids circulated through were welcoming committee, parking attendants, gatekeeper, field supervisor (engaging visiting children so that they didn't chase the lambs through the fields!), cook at the barbeque, tour guide, skirting table assistant and clean-up. Kevin even helped out despite his allergies; he brought hamburgers for the girls and I, extra coolers and Iain out for a visit as well.
After emphatically telling someone earlier this week that "this year, I will NOT spend the day at the skirting table" ... heh, heh ... I spent the day at the skirting table. Skirting is the less than glamourous but oh-so-important task or readying the sheared fleece for storage until it can be processed. Vegetative matter, tags, felted areas are removed and then it has to be rolled "just so" and placed in an open bag in the shade. This year, however, it was FUN since Bill set it up outside in lovely dappled, breezy sunshine and beside the petting zoo area. So I skirted, taught 4H members to skirt properly, met some really great fibre people including a lovely woman who owns a MILL just 40 minutes from here (She purchased 12 fleeces! And we've already planned the road trip!), and picked up lambs so that guests could pat them. One woman took several photos; unfortunately she then asked for my name and informed me that my photo would be in the local paper. *sigh* ... I just don't care about that sort of thing and I begged her to retake with one of the 4H kids instead. She grinned and ignored me. So I then begged her to not choose one that emphasized my ... uh ... size but rather the lamb and the small children. She continued grinning and continued to ignore me. Photoshop, anyone?
Our 4H club CLEARED a whopping $534; our most successful fundraiser ever. Bill raised about $35o towards World Vision's "Mother to Child HIV prevention" program between donations and fleece sales (he took no money from fleece sales other than that necessary to pay his shearer; all the rest went to World Vision).
Afterwards, Patti had a meeting with the kids, who ALL did a fabulous, professional job with their duties, and spoke to them about what this means to the visitors. She described one family who were standing by the coverall gazing in, all excited. Patti went by to make sure everything was okay. They were staring at ... hay. Bales of hay. These folks were visiting from Toronto and had never seen bales of hay before, but had read about them in kid's books. Wow. Patti went on to say that we, or our parents, make choices to live in the area we do. In most cases, we choose to make less money by living here, but that in fact, we are rich. The kids have opportunities that other kids only dream of, opportunities in our small community to experience things, to "learn to do by doing" (4H motto), to make change and make a difference. It was a "moment".
It was a great, great day.
No photos, unfortunately, because we were all far too busy! I've included two photos of the mini-shearing day we had at our own house on Saturday. Our shearer, Dave Jones, is a lovely man and a neighbour (for the uninitiated, neighbour means in the general vicinity of the county; next-door neighbour means within a couple of km :
This is an excellent photo of Dave shearing Latifah ... you can see that he's doing a great job of getting the fleece of in one piece. This despite the fact that Latifah's fleece was a mess (definitely a second). The goal for an accomplished shearer is that there are no "second cuts"; i.e. that the clippers never once go over the same area if skin. He was also hampered by our very long extension cord, which reduced the electrical power he was working with. Only minor use of Blue Stop on Elizabeth :).
Here he is taking off Billie Holiday's lovely moorit fleece. Fleece ends get bleached by the sun, so now she and her baby are back to the same colour (moorit gulmoget).
This is an excellent photo of Dave shearing Latifah ... you can see that he's doing a great job of getting the fleece of in one piece. This despite the fact that Latifah's fleece was a mess (definitely a second). The goal for an accomplished shearer is that there are no "second cuts"; i.e. that the clippers never once go over the same area if skin. He was also hampered by our very long extension cord, which reduced the electrical power he was working with. Only minor use of Blue Stop on Elizabeth :).
Here he is taking off Billie Holiday's lovely moorit fleece. Fleece ends get bleached by the sun, so now she and her baby are back to the same colour (moorit gulmoget).
Off topic ... Alison's babysitting job will not occur until after track and field on Saturday since Pastor Andrew hadn't booked their date yet and Tuesday was not available.
Blesssings to you all!
Sunday, 20 May 2007
A New Milestone reached :)
Alison has her first real, honest-to-goodness, official babysitting job this coming Tuesday!
She is very, very excited! Back in April both she and Claire went through the St. John's Ambulance Babysitter training course with Homeschool Group, and they had a blast doing CPR and diapering their plastic babies, and had even more fun watching the boys in the class goof off and do scary things with their dolls! :D
Alison and Claire LOVE younger children, and volunteer regularly in the toddler nursery at church, or whenever they are needed. They have been creating a "Babysitter's Bag" with special toys and videos and book that will travel with them to jobs. Alison has been a mother's helper a few times already. In fact, this first job is taking care of the MacKay's (assistant Pastor and his wife) two children for three hours in the late afternoon.
So those of you who pray, please remember Alison (and perhaps Claire if she joins as an assistant) between 3:30 and 6:30 this Tuesday afternoon!
She is very, very excited! Back in April both she and Claire went through the St. John's Ambulance Babysitter training course with Homeschool Group, and they had a blast doing CPR and diapering their plastic babies, and had even more fun watching the boys in the class goof off and do scary things with their dolls! :D
Alison and Claire LOVE younger children, and volunteer regularly in the toddler nursery at church, or whenever they are needed. They have been creating a "Babysitter's Bag" with special toys and videos and book that will travel with them to jobs. Alison has been a mother's helper a few times already. In fact, this first job is taking care of the MacKay's (assistant Pastor and his wife) two children for three hours in the late afternoon.
So those of you who pray, please remember Alison (and perhaps Claire if she joins as an assistant) between 3:30 and 6:30 this Tuesday afternoon!
Friday, 18 May 2007
Would someone please speak to my cats ????
... about the fact that the ball of yarn for Iain's second sock is MISSING and currently unlocatable :(.
All night, that's what they do ... M.J. and Amadeo, partners in crime extrodinaire as they seek out my current wool hiding place, then play with yarn balls, wrapping them around furniture in a creative kitty web that drives us nuts in the morning as we try to untangle everything. Every night. Without fail, and no matter how well I hide things. Yes, I could place my tiny stash under lock and key, but really, should I have to???
We have awoken some mornings to a three-dimensional tangle, where balls of yarn have been dragged upstairs, leaving their tails behind them, played with, tangled, then dropped down the staircase again. These kitties have a purpose, and they live for their nights. One gets used to the rumble of little feet pounding across the vinyl flooring during the wee hours. It's oddly comforting once you get used to it. I've discovered a bold new reason for using circular needles; your completed work does not slide off so readily when dragged across the floor by a feline outlaw :).
But in the meantime, if anyone has any good ideas of where my sock wool might be, please let me know!
All night, that's what they do ... M.J. and Amadeo, partners in crime extrodinaire as they seek out my current wool hiding place, then play with yarn balls, wrapping them around furniture in a creative kitty web that drives us nuts in the morning as we try to untangle everything. Every night. Without fail, and no matter how well I hide things. Yes, I could place my tiny stash under lock and key, but really, should I have to???
We have awoken some mornings to a three-dimensional tangle, where balls of yarn have been dragged upstairs, leaving their tails behind them, played with, tangled, then dropped down the staircase again. These kitties have a purpose, and they live for their nights. One gets used to the rumble of little feet pounding across the vinyl flooring during the wee hours. It's oddly comforting once you get used to it. I've discovered a bold new reason for using circular needles; your completed work does not slide off so readily when dragged across the floor by a feline outlaw :).
But in the meantime, if anyone has any good ideas of where my sock wool might be, please let me know!
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