I think it's looking like monthly updates for now.. I started trying to figure out why my blogging has slacked off.. and I think I figured it out - and it all boils down to this - Facebook, Swap-bot, Flickr, and now Ravelry. I am more active on those sites lately.. so less frequent posting here.. I mean who wants to post pictures on 5 different sites? I saw my followers on the front page of my blog and I started to feel guilty.. I should at least update once a month.. so that's what I endeavor to do.. keep your fingers crossed!!
We are now done with soccer.. last weekend was our last soccer games.. For those of you who don't know- I coached my twin 5yr old boys' team. It was my first time coaching any sport, and was a trip. Most of my players were 3 or 4 yrs old. Having the attention of my boys was hard enough - try 10 of those little people. It was fun and frustrating all in one. Not only was it most of their first time with a team sport (except my boys), but their first time with any exposure to soccer. My team ended up #1 in their age division, and I was such a proud coach!!! We only lost 1 game. It was an enriching experience that I will probably continue to do as my kids play soccer.. Here's our team picture (and that of my boys):
Jas did well too - she loves soccer. This is her second year playing. Here is Jas with her team and her individual picture (that I took - I didnt have the professional photos yet):
It seems all our spring sports run into each other.. which is another reason why this time of year I don't blog much. We spend nearly every day (while the sports overlap), going to practices or games, and trying to fit in our normal school and home activities. Jas is in basketball and doing pretty well. The coach says she has a good shot - now she needs to work on her plays and ball handling. Here is Jas after her first game - I love her retro looking hightops:
My boys have been begging for cowboy boots - so I finally gave in and got them some - check it out :
Leaving family matters and on to crafty stuff!! I have been doing a boatload of crochet lately.. I feel like I have finally caught on to basic amigurumi and am ready to try more difficult pieces. But I have to be honest with you. With the amount of time involved in making these lovelies - I really don't forsee doing too many swaps with the more difficult ones. My kids have already put in their orders and will be very upset if I don't get done with them soon :-) So here is some crochet work I have done. Some of it is swap stuff, some is CAL (crochet along) stuff, some is just because stuff.. check it out:
Whew!! My hooks were on fiyah!!!
Done a little bit of jewelry this month too:
I have done a wee bit of drawing and altering.. This is a box for a valentine swap package - this originally was a shoe box:
This is for a moleskine exchange. I am NOT a person/figure drawing artist.. but the theme of this moly required it - so I gave it a shot. The theme is "the usual suspects" and obviously fairy tales were on my mind LOL:
I also did some zentangle inchies for an angel package on swapbot:
This is my spread in an altered book round robin. This is my second round. The first round was in my last post:
That's about the sum of things. I am recooperating from soccer season and preparing for our new sports - although thankfully simply as a spectator and not as a coach. I also have to get us ready to go to the tax preparer with our business and personal stuff. I probably could do it myself, but I like having a professional looking things over. I highly recommend it, if you can afford it. It's a proven fact that the professionals get you more money back - especially if you itemize like we do.
We are also edging towards spring/summer and I am trying to get our school "year" wrapped up and look forward to what activities we will do as we lean away from the books and more towards hands on things (which is what we do this time of year). This Spring I hope to get some field trips in before it gets ungodly hot. We have a wealth of museums and parks in our own backyard that I would like for us to explore.
Well that's it for my monthly update. Until next time, much love and God bless!!
2 comments:
Pant, pant, pant ... whew! I'm EXHAUSTED just SEEING all the activities & creating you've been doing! GOOOOOOOD GRIEF, Lil' Court! I need a big old bottle of YOUR energy! But I just LOVE everything! The goaties look so cute in their boots! And Jas ... well, that pretty girl looks gorgeous ALL the time! As for the crocheting - wow! You have definitely mastered that! I am in awe of your altering abiities, too! I was never good at that but YOU do it like a pro! Your Comanche Momma is VERY proud of you on all levels! And I LOVE YOU!
Cute cowboy boots on the boys. Sounds like everyone has fun with soccer. Not something we ever got into when my daughter was young. Once a month, wow....I update much more often but it comes and goes. I spend more time blogging then I do on RAV. RAV has increased sinced joining the CAL, before that I only went to it once in awhile. I spend a few minutes posting to FB, but much prefer the longer interaction blogging provides.
Perhaps a thought for you though. You could update more often if you posted fewer pictures and made your blog posts shorter? I find I do better that way, so perhaps that will work for you too?
My goal on my personal blog is to update 2-3 times a week. Bridge and Beyond has a daily blog posts and often I have posts scheduled ahead for several weeks at a time. I try to schedule ahead a couple at a time for my personal blog (Sandy's Space). My travel blog was being updated every other day; but I found that a bit difficult and so am getting back into updating it more often. Check out my Friday Fun with Flat Stanley, particularly since you have children. I gear it towards people finding, exploring things almost in their own backyards and how everything can be fun and educational for the kids.
Come visit, welcome mats always out.
Sandy
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