My beloved cat, she is so special.
Whenever my lap is occupied from her roommate, she thinks of other ways to be close to me. Either she is in between the keyboard and me, preventing ergonomic typing,or she gets up on my shoulders, laying down in my neck, purring and staying there as long as I let her.
With her almost 5 kg weight, it gets to be a workout for my neck muscles, but at least I can type better.
excuse the shiny eyes, it was dark and youo know what (flash)light does to a cat's eyes.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Friday, March 09, 2007
nana-no-bento
My first bento ever :-)
It seems a lot, but it will be lunch and dinner and snack for inbetween.
Tomorrow is the bimonthly meeting for parents of autistic kids. For those who cant get a babysitter, we offer they can bring their kids, and they will have childcare by me and a colleague for the time the meeting is.
We will be making bunnies for easter as decoration for the table.
I will be traveling from 10 am to at least 8 pm, so a good package of food is necessary.
I will be bringing some tea, too.
It seems a lot, but it will be lunch and dinner and snack for inbetween.
Tomorrow is the bimonthly meeting for parents of autistic kids. For those who cant get a babysitter, we offer they can bring their kids, and they will have childcare by me and a colleague for the time the meeting is.
We will be making bunnies for easter as decoration for the table.
I will be traveling from 10 am to at least 8 pm, so a good package of food is necessary.
I will be bringing some tea, too.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
BlueDragonfly
Browsing on flickr I found this. It is on Firewyres stream, and I hope he does not mind.
We had those in our garden pond, and on a cool summer morning when I was up around 5 am wandering into the garden to greet the day, I was able to watch a nymph crawling out of the water, clinging onto a blade of grass, and biting up the skin (it looked like it tried to eat itself). Then slowly crawling out of its nymph skin came one of those beauties. It looked greyish in the beginning.
It took her almost three hours to get out of the shell, pump up the wings and letting them harden and get going/flying.
By the time the wings were pumped up it got its final colour, too.
It was so amazing, and this pictuer reminded me of what I saw
We had those in our garden pond, and on a cool summer morning when I was up around 5 am wandering into the garden to greet the day, I was able to watch a nymph crawling out of the water, clinging onto a blade of grass, and biting up the skin (it looked like it tried to eat itself). Then slowly crawling out of its nymph skin came one of those beauties. It looked greyish in the beginning.
It took her almost three hours to get out of the shell, pump up the wings and letting them harden and get going/flying.
By the time the wings were pumped up it got its final colour, too.
It was so amazing, and this pictuer reminded me of what I saw
dali says boooooringggg
not much going on lately, get to be knitting in the waiting rooms of some docs, and not much at home.
Have started to obsess about Bento the last few days, and I think I will give it a try to regulate the food intake, and make sure I get enough veggies and rice into my diet.
Have started to obsess about Bento the last few days, and I think I will give it a try to regulate the food intake, and make sure I get enough veggies and rice into my diet.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
socks-julia
The january socks are accomplished, if I get through with my attempt, I will have 12 pairs of socks at the end of the year.
Knitting childrens socks is not cheating, they are complete socks anyways, with cuff, heel,gusset, foot and toe treatment like the 'big' ones, just fewer stitches.
Now I just have to go to my sis and give them to her daughter.
The February socks will be for the son of other sister, and I am not sure if I can finishe them in February, but still will plug away on them.
they are made of a self dyed yarn which was a not so attractive red and white stripes, and easter egg colours made it a rainbow on the former white parts and a mix of different shades of red where the dull, unattractive red was.
'Cheap' yarn made into a unicum, for the unicum my nephew is :-)
Knitting childrens socks is not cheating, they are complete socks anyways, with cuff, heel,gusset, foot and toe treatment like the 'big' ones, just fewer stitches.
Now I just have to go to my sis and give them to her daughter.
The February socks will be for the son of other sister, and I am not sure if I can finishe them in February, but still will plug away on them.
they are made of a self dyed yarn which was a not so attractive red and white stripes, and easter egg colours made it a rainbow on the former white parts and a mix of different shades of red where the dull, unattractive red was.
'Cheap' yarn made into a unicum, for the unicum my nephew is :-)
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
How cool it was!
After a break of almost three months, I had my nephew again for a few hours yesterday.
He is such a strong willed fun little guy.
Talking in two word sentences now(2 years and 6 months), and going along fine with role play and other stuff.
I gave him a stuffed cat, because he misses the real cat, his grandma had.
It was fun how he named her 'Kaass' and cuddled right away, pretending the cat had a boo boo on the paw and had to be taken care of.
He was a little behind developmentally (that is what the ped. said), but ... he and his single mom in job-training were just a stressed bundle of nerves, how can a kid concentrate on the tasks a stranger wants it to do when it is so stressed out?!
In January, the daycare 'mom' has taken over custody for the time sister is in school. They worked everything out in December, and now he is with his mom on weekends, and a few hours on Wednesdays, and I can visit with him and do fun things on Tuesday every fortnight.
The rest of the time, he has three 'big' siblings he loves, a little dog and two cats, and what seems to make a big difference, a man being a dad for him.
His grammy had her birthday yesterday, and I picked him up, went to my mother with him, and we had a blast with eating cake, drinking tea, playing, and just cuddling.
He is such a charmer, and knows how to get his things through, but also accepts when it is enough now.
It is a good thing that he is not under such a stress any more, and it helped him leaping in the language department and all over.
Sometimes, foster parents are a blessing, and can prevent disasters, and are a good addition to the birth family.
I had the urge to share this to paint a good picture for a change.
He is such a strong willed fun little guy.
Talking in two word sentences now(2 years and 6 months), and going along fine with role play and other stuff.
I gave him a stuffed cat, because he misses the real cat, his grandma had.
It was fun how he named her 'Kaass' and cuddled right away, pretending the cat had a boo boo on the paw and had to be taken care of.
He was a little behind developmentally (that is what the ped. said), but ... he and his single mom in job-training were just a stressed bundle of nerves, how can a kid concentrate on the tasks a stranger wants it to do when it is so stressed out?!
In January, the daycare 'mom' has taken over custody for the time sister is in school. They worked everything out in December, and now he is with his mom on weekends, and a few hours on Wednesdays, and I can visit with him and do fun things on Tuesday every fortnight.
The rest of the time, he has three 'big' siblings he loves, a little dog and two cats, and what seems to make a big difference, a man being a dad for him.
His grammy had her birthday yesterday, and I picked him up, went to my mother with him, and we had a blast with eating cake, drinking tea, playing, and just cuddling.
He is such a charmer, and knows how to get his things through, but also accepts when it is enough now.
It is a good thing that he is not under such a stress any more, and it helped him leaping in the language department and all over.
Sometimes, foster parents are a blessing, and can prevent disasters, and are a good addition to the birth family.
I had the urge to share this to paint a good picture for a change.
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