Busy Days

So, Finn got back last night. Yay! heehee

I went over for dinner and a movie. I made dinner, he provided the movie. Dinner? Mexican rice and fresh kielbasa. Movie? Boondock Saints. Which was awesome, by the way.

I missed him. More than I thought I would.

So, tonight, I finish sewing my new cloak. Don't worry, pictures will be forthcoming on Flickr. And, I have to hem my skirt a little bit...don't want it dragging in the mud.

Lots of work!

Just a question: why does my heart skip a beat when I catch him looking over at me?

Picture for Poll

I'm running a blog poll. This is the picture for it.

Photographs

At the urging of a good friend, I have decided to try and sell prints of the pictures I take while out on my runs.

I'm a bit nervous about this.

Although I enjoy sharing my photos on Flickr, it's a whole other ballgame to try and sell what you love. I felt this same way the first time I sold one of my halters.

These are the first four I'm going to start with. The upper left was taken in Lambertville, NJ, of the bridge going in to New Hope, PA. The upper right was just outside Stockton, NJ, and shows the tow path bridge and Route 29 bridge. Lower left is in Centre Bridge, PA, under the bridge to Stockton, NJ. And the bottom right was taken in North East, MD, at the community park on a visit at the beginning of September.

I will offer different print sizes and have them printed professionally (obviously, the watermark will not be printed.

What do you think of this start?

This, That and Everything Else

I feel like I've neglected my poor blog. I nurtured this diary everyday, several times a day for so long. Then, my life fell apart, and now I have neglected my brain's dumping ground.

Poor brain.

Poor blog.

Things are picking up in my neck of the woods. I've got a job. Which, let me tell you, is frelling great for my ego. I'm working with people who think I'm 9 to 10 years younger than I really am. I want to hug them all. And, it's not because I feel old or even am all that old (almost 34), it's just that it feels good to have people think you're younger.

I haven't been running in a few days. I've been walking, though. I think I have shin splints. The muscles on the front of my calves have been very sore. So, I've been taking it easy and just power walking. My shins seem to think that doable. So, I'm up to walking eight miles a day when I can get out. It's difficult when I'm working during the day and get out at 4. When that happens, I'm usually leaving work to go get the kids. So, on those days, I'm not able to get out and walk. Yesterday, I was witness to some really beautiful fog over the river since the air temp was only about 25 degrees F. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cynfulfishy/sets/72157608337574515/. I even set the one of the bridge as the desktop on my laptop.

I miss my babies more than ever. The weekends I don't have them are really difficult. I don't see them between Thursday and Tuesday. That's a long time. It's not easy going from being with them 24/7 to barely being with them at all. I'm working toward having my own place soon enough so that I hope I can have them with me more often. Princess doesn't say anything, but I know Little Man doesn't like when I drop him off. He wants me to stay at the house. Says its my house and I should be there. Last Sunday, when I was getting them ready to go back to the house, Little Man started crying and didn't want to go. It just about ripped my heart out.

But, other than that, things are good. I'm still not smoking. In fact, I saw one of my friends the other night. She had two cigarettes while standing in front of me. Didn't even have the slightest bit of craving for one. OK. That's a lie. I did have a fleeting thought of stealing one from her. But, I swear it was only for a second. And then it was gone. I suppose that will always happen. I've been told that the craving never fully goes away. But, I can live with that kind of craving where it only happens for a fleeting moment.

So, I see that the hour grows late. I've been up for a while, just messing around on the computer. Which seems to be my every day. And I wonder why I don't accomplish anything. Today, I'm headed to Goodwill and the beer store. Tomorrow will be shopping for supplies and sewing. I have to finish Princess' costume and hoodies.

Busy. Busy. Busy.

I'm Ba-ack!!!! (The Vacation Post)

Well, Hubby drove off to work about 45 minutes ago. I'm already on the computer checking things. I don't have a problem. No, not at all.

We began vacation with dropping the kids at my father-in-law's and then tubing down the Delaware River. What a wonderful, relaxing day. Just letting the current of the river take you down. Here's some pictures here: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=jy3wjr5.68o8z3q9&x=0&y=-trd0fb&localeid=en_US

The remainder of vacation was wonderful! We had such a blast at the amusement park (Knoebels). It was like a huge county fair and so not like any other amusement park. It was free to walk in, you only had to pay per ride (or buy an all-day wristband like we did), pay for any games you wanted to play and, of course, food and drink. We rode trains and carousels. The kids rode everything they could. It was great.

The next day, we drove from the hotel to Steamtown. This is a national historic park as well as a working train yard. We got to ride on an old steam train that pulled two antique coaches. We got to see this engine and tender pull onto the turntable. We got to read about the history of the rails. We then got to ride on a 1929 trolley through the streets of Scranton. That was so cool!

After Steamtown, we went to Claws 'N Paws. This is a medium-sized zoo with all kinds of animals. This was pretty cool. Got to see all kinds of animals. Got to feed and pet some, including a giraffe! That was the best! I even got to see my favorite animal - Bengal tigers. What gorgeous animals they are!

On Sunday, we had the Princess' party. The weather was perfect. The park was wonderful. The kids behaved. Friends and family joined us. We had such a good time. Of course, my gut decided that I had had enough fun, but I didn't let it ruin my little girl's day. I made sure that she still had a perfect day. Which I think she did. She looked so happy and she looked like she was having the time of her life. Which made the pain that I was in worth it.

So, here's photos from the road trip: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=jy3wjr5.68o8z3q9&x=0&y=-trd0fb&localeid=en_US.
And here's photos from the party: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=jy3wjr5.bv3y7cv5&x=0&y=-vbis4m&localeid=en_US.

So, all-in-all, we had a good vacation. Got to spend time together. Got to take an impromptu road trip. Got a birthday party in.