Sleeping In....

Emma finally fell asleep at 9 last night. I went to bed about half an hour later than she did. I usually wake half an hour before she wakes. This morning I open my eyes look at the clock and it says 7:30. I freak out because I've usually heard Emma squirming around by now. And usually by 7:30 she's starving. I run into her room and she's still asleep. ooookaaaayyy..... I go downstairs expecting her to wake any mintue. Breakfast is ready and waiting. Heck as I write this it's nearly 8 and not a peep. I'm on my second cup of coffee. All I have to say is

Woohooooo!!!!! I got to sleep in!!!!!!!!

Soo... behind

I've been sick since Thanksgiving. Jack's been sick since the week before. Emma's nose started running on Thanksgiving and hasn't stopped. But she's as smiley as ever. In the last two weeks I've had just enough energy to read a total of 3 comics. The pile contains about 13 more to go and that doesn't count tomorrow's books. I'm hoping to catch up on Wednesday. I'm taking Emma to daycare and have a lazy morning. I think I'll lay in bed with some coffee, toast and my pile of comics. Now that is a little slice of heaven.

New Creation

Now that I'm done with sending all my creative energies to Emma, I find that I need to start making stuff. Quilting requires too much stuff. Especially when I only have time to rest after she falls asleep for the night. Inspired by my friend Gothknits I bought a crochet pattern for a sweater for Emma and some yarn. It's a dark grey and black that I got at the hubby's store. I can only take so much pink.
I even told him that he could get me one of the beginner knitting kits for the holidays.

Here we go...

Black Friday

Companies call it the day they are in the black for the year. People who work on the sales floor call it a black day for oh so different reasons. This is the first day of the year when for a month normally nice people become just plain evil. I swear the xmas shopping season brings out the worst in people. It's the season that's all about me... Me... ME! And what are you going to do for me now that you don't have what I want.

I usually have to work this day but this year I have a reprieve... No daycare!!! I get to stay home with a sick baby who still manages to bee smiley. Especially when she sees her buddies Steve and Blue on tv.

I have decided to avoid all the evilness and cheap crap store put out for today and I'm at home shopping online for the stuff I know I want. I still get the discounts and avoid the aggravation.

At The Comic Shop

This is me and my baby at the Comic Shop. She goes with one of us nearly every week. The owner Mike was talking about some kind of special lifetime discount.

A couple of weeks ago there was a man with his little girl who looked 4 or 5. She followed him around the tiny store. As he looked at back issues for a few minutes. Then they hit the wall of previous weeks issues. He let her pick one out on her own. She held it to her chest as they walked to pay. It was very sweet. I could see my own little girl.

Wednesday

Wednesday is comic book day. I tend to have that day off. Ocassionally Jack gets it off too. Emma almost always gets to go with us. She's been going all of her life save one week. And that was the day she was born. Yep, my baby was born on comic book day. It may seem weird. I made my husband leave the hospital early so he could get the books for the week. I needed some reading material. We also started the indoctrination early on this one.




As we walk in the shop Mike the owner always greets "The White Queen." In a way she's named for Emma Frost. I will admit the character was inspiration for the name. We were look for something in a comic theme. I just really like the name. The family ritual continues. I know Jack will have a conniption if she really dresses like Emma Frost.

I'd post photos of us in the store but they need some adjustment. I'll post those later

Sonnet a Da

So, I've subscribed to a site that sends a sonnet a day.

It's really nice. I read them in college for class. I remember reading them but I never realized just how many of them are about death. More specifically "my love will endureth beyond death... will yours????"

LXXIV.

But be contented: when that fell arrest
Without all bail shall carry me away,
My life hath in this line some interest,
Which for memorial still with thee shall stay.
When thou reviewest this, thou dost review
The very part was consecrate to thee:
The earth can have but earth, which is his due;
My spirit is thine, the better part of me:
So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life,
The prey of worms, my body being dead,
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife,
Too base of thee to be remembered.
The worth of that is that which it contains,
And that is this, and this with thee remains.

They are also somewhat gross.

It's a nice service. I highly recommend it.