my life in color

The latest news.

The new premises the afternoon club was moving into tomorrow... well there's a water leak that will be dried out for a couple weeks.

[banging head onto brickwall]

I simply cannot believe it.
It's too much.
I know eventually it'll be funny.
Just not right now.
sigh.

Also, Niina is sick today, so I am catching up on emails and blogging. My yearly post count had been decreasing alarmingly.. so I thought I ought to do something about it. I'm not promising daily posts, but I'll try to get more than two a week out there.

In fact.. is there anything you'd like to see me post about?
Do tell.

So big.
So headstrong.
So cute.
So smart.
So sweet.
So kind.



We had decorations.


We had juice.

I've been perusing on Etsy for a long time. Looking at this.. looking at that.. should I..maybe..not today..

Yesterday I made a decision, this year I'll buy one item a month from the talented Etsy artists.
So I bought myself a Mobile Idea Factory :)

It all started with these lovely kids' play dishes from IKEA.
I got these for Niina's birthday present.. I mean how cute are these?
Look at those cafe latte cups..

Or these dishes... like sorbet.


Cute glasses..

A few recent pages :)

This just makes me happy!



1. star dust and rainbows. 156:365, 2. The End of the Rainbow, 3. Rainbow beads, 4. by minklet, 5. the importance of pegs, 6. embroidery floss, 7. bookshelf., 8. book.ed, 9. yes, it is amazing., 10. A bevy of Elfin Love!, 11. so many bunnies!, 12. Ring of stitches, 13. favorite activity, 14. Somewhere over the rainbow..., 15. rainbow roses, 16. Multi-coloured embroidery finished, 17. Pencils, 18. polka dot ribbon: tower, 19. real sweet, 20. Get Your Fruity Rainbow On!, 21. rainbow, 22. bendita elástica, 23. Untitled, 24. A Rainbow For Life*, 25. The rainbow connection., 26. Rainbow Buoys, 27. Zipper Rainbow, 28. Rainbow, 29. Untitled, 30. Tasty Technicolor Treats, 31. Dicey subject, 32. Rainbow Twizzlers, 33. #24/365- Rainbow- my favourite flavour, 34. Rainbow Strawberry, 35. A rainbow of colours, 36. Marble Rainbow

That about sums up the two first weeks of school this year.

Being short of five classrooms is getting on everybody's nerves. The kids and the staff. There's been many complaints, a near revolution and plenty of heads banging against walls.
I wish I could say I'm happy with the board decisions... but I'll go with the plan.. it is exceptional circumstances. This is all due to the mold found in the lower level (where we worked at) that meant five classrooms were closed in an already tight-fit school.

I was off sick the latter part of the week. Well I should say I was home feeling quite alright, but sick at school. They were doing some cutting through concrete walls in the lower level, forgot to close one doorway and all that fine concrete dust was flying upstairs. I never get any breathing difficulties with allergies, but I did this time. Felt like someone was sitting on my lungs.. I had a tingling sensation in my mouth... not good. So I left noon Tuesday. Tried again next morning.. left at noon and said I'd be back Monday when they had managed to clean it all up.

This coming week we are moving the afternoon daycare to premises outside the school, just a three minute walk, so quite close. But that means a lot of planning, sorting and organizing. I'm tired already.. ;)

Plus it's Niina's birthday on Friday! She'll be 8.. A girly party on Saturday, I have no idea what I'll do.. great.

I feel like I need a vacation from my life, you ever feel like that?
Or even 4 extra hours a day.. see that would help...
I'd probably sleep through that though.. heh...

How has your year started off?
Ours has been sunny and cold.

I'll take that over dark and wet anyday.

Our Christmas went well. I have no decent photos to show you as it was ..ermm.. dark and wet. Anyone living around the 60th latitude can understand the darkness. Which is why I'm still wishing for a camera with a 3600 ISO..heh.
It was nice and calm, lots of food, even more chocolates and nice presents. Saara got the new Sims2 game, Niina loved a new white cuddly dog, Mika got Battlestar Galactica dvd's and I scored a new battery for my camera.. ok, so there were a few more presents too.

I've so enjoyed time off work. The two weeks have flown though. Work/school starts on Wednesday...sigh..
I've made some minis, scrapped, watched heaps of Battlestar Galactica :D
Such a nerd, I know..

The past two days I've been making these mini desk organizers and magazine holders from scraps of my Basic Grey papers. For sale at a miniature market in the summer. I intend to fill that chocolate box with them. Great use of scraps, I think.


Today I checked out a new yarn store a friend recommended, it's in fact really close to where my brother lives.
Oh my.
Pure heaven.
Soft, woolly, cottony, colorful, fluffy heaven.
I thought it would be a small filled to the brim kinda store, but it was a BIG filled to the brim kinda store! Apparently th ebiggest yarn store in the Nordic countries... Great prices too.
I left with a bag full of yummies.


These will be new wool socks to keep my toesies warm :)


This bumpy fun softness was picked out by Niina to be her new scarf.