Lakeville, minnesota

Can't believe we've been here nearly 6mnths!
Can't believe all the snow just melted!
Can't believe mum and dad rare coming to visit from Australia in a couple of days.
Can't believe chops is nearly 3 1/2!
Can't believe the gazillion things going through my brain!
Can't believe blogger doesn't work iPad very well!!!!!
:-) am very thankful for a wonderful husband and three lovely children.

Nearly a year since last blog entry...

Well, we have been back in the US since June, and will be here a year and then hopefully back to Sudan. It has been a very busy year, packing our stuff into a container to store whilst were away from Sudan, coming here, setting up house, day to day life with three small children (I mean how does anyone manage to be creative, blog etc etc with three or more small children? There are amazing people who do it! I am in awe of them! I am not one of this people.)

We have a cool app on the iPad art pad, and also wasabi paint which in the last couple of weeks I have played with in sparish moments -like when waiting for small children to go to sleep!

And I have no idea how to get them from iPad to here, as I can't get it to let me even choose a photo. :-( so wil have to figure that out. Humph, I really thought I was about to put up a nice blog post!!!!! :-)

Ermmm...long time no blog...again...

Some reasons for not blogging.....

Sept 21st 2010 at 6am M was born (can't think of nickname yet!)

She was 4.3kg - 9lb5

Lots of snow the day before we left the US

 No proper snow clothes or closed toed shoes so...

 Lots of layers and 2prs socks and plastic bags on feet!!!

Back home in Sudan

M with the mouse (Mousey) that I've had since I was born.

Hi again..

Hi again...

I'm feeling quite a bit better. We are now in the US and the baby's due date is in 2 1/2 weeks!
It takes me a while to adjust to being back here, but it is very nice to be able to go to libraries and playgrounds (with Pots Pie and Chops) and enjoy air-conditioned shopping/house etc.

This last week I've had quite a bit of energy and feel pretty good- but am still looking forward to not being pregnant and having an actual baby instead!

In the US life is just much easier than in Sudan, and I have actually done some sewing - pencil rolls for my niece and nephews.  

yay and bleugh......

haven't been doing any sewing or anything much bloggable for a long while (it seems)...

have been feeling sick...
and tired...

and am very happy baby no.3 should be putting in an appearance mid september....
:-)

but still have very little motivation to do much more than look after potspie and chops etc etc ..
at least they take a midday nap so i can too.
:-)

am hoping to feel better soon.
with potspie i was (really) sick for the whole time but with chops it only lasted the first few months, and hopefully this one will be the same.

Why I don't get so much sewing done and a bag for Larissa.

Our house has 'inside outside' windows because the big room used to be a veranda, and the rooms off it looked onto it.  By the front door the windows collect pictures done by Potspie and Chops, and I also keep my plastic bag holder thing there.  For ages there were just bags stuck behind the bars on the windows.  Not very attractive!

Potspie and Chops are the reason I don't get so much sewing done - but I wouldn't change that for anything.   :-) 

I have, however, been trying to make a little bag for a young lady called Larissa.  I am still finishing it, but here it is so far...

Old stuff (again!)

So Matt has the camera with him - and he is in the Nuba Mountains (about 11hrs south of here) - so here's  more old stuff....

This is about the size of a placemat (I made it about a year ago)- and I'm not sure what i'll do with it  - I think the plan is to put it into the centre of a quilt - so to just keep building up around it. Except I think I used up most of that fabric....we'll see.

These are two blocks of what will hopefully in the (probably very) distant future be part of a big quilt for our bed.