random me

My thoughts are very random today. There is a lot, but also painfully little, going on around here lately. First I wanted to share a fun project my kids and I worked on today. I've had this idea for over a year, but didn't buy the required Stockmar Modeling Wax until recently. If you and your kids haven't played with this yet you'll have to try it sometime. I dislike ordering a lot of things online because I hate paying for shipping. I would literally rather drive all over the city getting what I need rather than pay $8 shipping for something. I'm crazy, I know. So I finally found the wax at Clover, for much cheaper than anyplace I'd found online. The kids and I spent the afternoon molding and shaping and pressing it into pictures to decorate this vintage pickle jar. It turned out so cute and ended up gracing our dinner table. It was reviving to spend some time with the kids being creative.

I haven't mentioned this before on the blog, but we are currently trying to move back to Seattle. Jon & I are, and have been for quite a while, extremely homesick. We are doing our darnedest to try and get back. Our lovely old home has been on the market for several months and my sweet, persevering and diligent husband is trying to find a new position where there just aren't a lot of jobs in his field for which to apply. Throw these things together and shake them all up and you get an emotional Mommy that just hasn't been very creative and energetic this summer. Fortunately my children have really stepped up and found amazing, beautiful artistic projects all on their own. There has been some stress with keeping the house immaculate for potential buyers who may or may not show up when promised, as well as the ups and downs that go along with this whole process. Fortunately there have been a few nice stable things in my daily life that are helping keep my mind busy. One is the swimming pool. The kids and I spend at least 1/3 of our day there and we couldn't be happier about that. I need to blog sometime about Henry's astonishing swimming progress this summer. Second is my 30 minutes of treadmill time everyday. I've always used walking as a sort of stress reliever. I look forward to this because it's really the only time during the day that is completely mine. I spend time praying, reading or solving life's problems. :) I recently checked the Twilight soundtrack out from the library and I'm loving this song to help me rock it out on the treadmill.

Thanks for listening to me today. I'll leave you with Havah's recent adorable words of wisdom. "When it's your big moment - don't waste it on nothing!"