the week leading up to my wedding anniversary always brings back such fun memories.  my big sister was in town for the first time in oh….  a long time, and i tried to cram as much yankee fun into her as i could. she didn’t return for another 5.5 years.  we crammed *t h a t  m u c h* into her!  =)  this fun included a trip to nyc to see aida.  i remember very few of the little details, but i remember the train ride down, my wedding photographer calling my cellphone to say he’d been in an accident and he wouldn’t be able to shoot my wedding in 3 days, i remember standing outside the show, watching my sister and my almost-husband horse around teasing each other mercilessly.  (she won.  she usually does). 

since then, hunny and i have been back to the city a handful of times, but this time was the best.  tomorrow we are going to the wedding of a dear friend from college, getting married on our anniversary weekend.  makes me think back even more to our special day and the events that lead up to it…

oh wait, it can…  we all have a stomach bug.  it’s gross.  i’ll try to stay away form the gory details, and giiiirls, they are gory.  

from this i have learned a few things.  i think they all revolve mostly around laundry.  back  in the day when i worked in the grouphomes, i’d do laundry for 6 fairly messy adult-type people daily.  that was nothing compared to what i’ve done here in the past 24 hours.

* i will continue to hoard and collect dish towels and washcloths.  for the past year or so i’d toss them out if they were getting ratty and/or didn’t match the current color scheme. but now i’ll stash and hide them on every floor.  i may even buy them from sam’s club in bulk.

* EVERY bed needs more than 1 backup set of sheets.

* a package of pez will dissolve 75% when washed in the pocket of my “mom-uniform”

* i never remember when i have things in my pockets, and i don’t usually check them before i wash.  but in probably my only moment of clarity this weekend, i checked the pocket of my hoodie before i tossed it in the machine.  good thing.  my keys were in there.  if i had washed my car-zappie thing, i would’ve cried.

and how is it that when we all get sick….. babycakes got it first, and was better after about 24 hours.  i got it next, i was sick for about 6 hours before beanie got it, and about an hour later, hunny was felled.  hunny and beanie are still asleep on the couch, yet i have done umpteen loads of laundry, prepared meals for babycakes, and hand washed my entire kitchen floor.  i cannot say that i am well, i’d love to be asleep on the couch too, but alas, there’s stuff to be done.  probably because i’m the mom.

babycakes is awake and squawking, time to carry on!

buttons in a vase - craft 365 - day 163

Originally uploaded by queenvanna creations

so i got the camera yesterday, and managed to check one off my list!

OH HAI queenvanna creations!

Now you know how to greet people in Lolcat!

from flickr’s front page

but here i am anyway…

working on clothespins for a wholesale order (hi mandy!! i really am working on them!!), lining up frames to do, too.  got a couple special orders, and i’ve gotta make a few new things for the thing-a-day madness.  i linked my posts there to my flickr, and i was SHOCKED at the amount of views i got.  yesterday i had 1337 views over there!!  usually i average about 650.  so. yay!  thing a day!!

today i thought i was smart and linked my thing to my etsy shop.  so far, lots of views… but no sales today.  *ugh*  i trudge on!!

babycakes has not been sleeping well the past couple of nights, and i don’t know what is going on in her crazy little baby head.  she was up for 2 hours again last night.  she was not pleased.  you’d think she’d take a nap today, but she’s up there singing the ABC’s (actually, it’s “D, D, D, D, DEEE, DEEE, DEEEEEE!” to the tune of the ABCs.)  she’s so lucky she’s cute.

and beanie is LOVING being 3.  she plays playdoh, she pretends with her animals and toys, she entertains herself for small stretches…  there’s still the occasional temper tantrum, and the sharing thing is NOT happening yet, but all in all i think 3 is going to be her best year yet!!

so i’m still here, thanks for checking in, and i will hopefully have new news soon!

here i am over here.  so spacious, so bright.  it’ll be a while before i get the curtains up and some pictures hung, but i’ll work on it!

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