whining again!

I really don't want every post to be about how busy I am - - how boring and pitiful. With that said, here we go:

I have worked like a mad woman this month. I taught twelve classes, which is WAY more than I usually teach. I am tired. And thank goodness I like my job, becuase I really can't imagine what I would be like if I didn't. I certainly have not had time to do much for myself, or really even for the girls, which I hate. But I also made next month's house payment and there is something to be said for that.

I feel like I am spinning my wheels a little while I figure out how to actually start my own business. My grand, pie in the sky plan is to have a sort of family resource center that offers birth doula serives, lactation consulting, post partum doula services, parenting classes (like what I am teaching now to early childhood people - baby signs, emotional intelligence, positive discipline, etc.) maybe a lending library. I really want to do that. I just need to figure out how. I need grant money, I think, but that also means I need to apply for grant money and that in itself is a time consuming process. I need to budget some time to focus just on that when I don't have a class to be preparing for. I also should probably get some kind of timeline together so I know where I am headed.

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CHILDREN
Erin learned to pedal a little tricycle today. She is very excited. In fact, she went out to show her daddy about 30 minutes ago and I can't see them, or the bike, anywhere. Pictures of that to come.
Jillian had two ear infections last week. We haven't been sick in awhile so I gues it was someone's turn. She was pretty miserable but seems to have come around in the last day or two.

KNITTING
I have stalled a little on the mystery stole. I lost the hook I was using to put the beads on and I can't move forward without it. I have not had time to buy another, so there it sits. I have tried to cast on some socks with my souvenier yarn from Indy, but have not found a stitch pattern I am happy with. So I quit trying for awhile. I did start to knit a little doll for the girls, and that is some good mindless knitting for when I have to knit but don't have the energy to think. Erin saw the cover of the book that pattern came from, and now is ready to pick out some yarn for me to knit her a "big big big yong snake". She specifically said that I could knit it every day until it was finished. She sure picks up on things! Preschool starts next Tuesday and she is very excited. I am too - it is a wonderful place. Plus I will have some time alone with Jillian, which I have never had before. It should be great.

Just so no one is worried - the cyclist has returned singing at the top of her lungs and swinging her "bike hat" (ie - helmet). She is pretty proud of herself.

That's all I got folks.