Spider man captured

Yesterday was a busy day. Lately I have been killing my mice. I have killed three in the last two years. I think that is a lot so I got very comfortable with the touch pad on the laptop. After taking the silhouette class I decided to but a new mouse. I always purchased the one with the retractable cord but the store did not have that. I advanced on the technology ladder and bought a wireless one. I love it and feel like I have a new laptop. Then I bought a cooling pad but it is too small for my 17" PC. I like big things and the PC is big. I am going to return that today. I also chatted with lots of strangers in a chat room on a digital scrapbook site. I had fun and I am hoping to move to hybrid scrapping. I am nervous like everything else it will be addictive. So while chatting, checking e-mail and a few other things I was browsing eBay for spider man. There was a new listing except it was for 6 days. I cannot wait that long. Well I can but with being the queen of instant gratification I WANT IT NOW ! ( lol ) I e-mailed the seller and asked her to make me a deal. She was willing to if there were no bids and told me so. I was at swim lessons and did not get the e-mail until later. When I accepted her price and deal there was one bid and that changed everything. Then I was ready to play the waiting game but she responded and told me that she had more fabric available and made me another deal and I accepted. She listed it as I was watching eBay so I could snatch it right away and make payment. Wooohooo SPIDER MAN IS CAPTURED !!!! Pravan is going to be thrilled. I am thrilled. I will be getting the sewing machine out when it arrives and be in stitch heaven. Okay off to swim lessons now. Later !

Spiderman almost captured

Okay this weekend was all about finding spider man. I finally resorted to the internet. A great way to shop until you are hit with the shipping fees. I did not find spider man on Jo ann.com either so I turned to eBay. It is a place where you can find anything and everything. I swear people would buy it if it was listed. It is amazing. Well I placed a bid on the fabric and was quiet confident I was going to win but I was outbid and lost the deal. OH well next time I will be smarter and watch it as the listing comes to a close.Well there is another 5.5 yds listed but ends in 6 days. As the queen of instant gratification it will be painful to wait.

This is week two of swim lessons and the kids are doing great. Priyasha loves the water and all the games. She is the youngest at two and the others are three .Pravan is with the four and five year olds. He is almost six so that makes him the oldest and he loves that he is the fastest in the group. A little disadvantage to the younger ones but it is not a competition or anything. I think this is a great boost for his confidence level and he is very comfortable with the water now. He is my cautious kid unlike Priyasha who jumps in first and then check how deep it is.

Okay I got to get my day started and I will post more stuff later. I need to show you guys all the baby albums I worked on. Today for sure.

On the hunt for spider man

One of my many passions and love is sewing. I have been having several affairs lately. My latest one so going to be the sewing machine. My scrapping addiction will be having a couple one one night stands as I have a few samples to make for the stores and a dear friend wants me to make a whole scrapbook for her mom as a gift. Photography is my main love and always without fail has all my attention. Well Pravan will be six in August and his passion is transformers and trains. When he was two I made him a quilt that had a traffic theme on it as dad is a traffic engineer. Now four years later it still looks great but he has outgrown it. Over the last few years I have made the kids lap size quilts before we go on vacation. I have already picked out the Thomas fabric, cars fabric and dump trucks. Pravan has these smaller ones and now that he can understand spider man that is his latest affair. Spider man was popular but I guess not in fabrics. I have made two stops at two different Walmarts and called two others and spider man is missing in action. Today I will make a stop at Jo Anne's and hopefully be able to use a 40% coupon when I find some. Pravan sleeps in a full size bed and the quilt is large. I have had a goose down comforter sitting in my closet that is a queen size and had no home for it. I finally found a home. I am going to make a slipcover for it and it will be Pravan's. I will make one side transformer and hopefully the other will be spider man. I may even be adventurous and make double sided curtains. I wish I did not have to sleep. I already go to bed around midnight, 1am or 2am depending on the day. I cannot sacrifice any more sleep. I am a night owl but man am I a grouch in the mornings. Okay I promise to update you on the hunt for spider man. If you have any suggestions let me know. I will also post some pictures on the quilts this week. i

Silhouette Class

I finally broke down and took a class to learn the basics on this die cutting craft machine. I am very protective of my laptop and I have 27000 pictures on there. Yes 27000. I need to back up. I know I do and I will. I was nervous taking it out of the house. You need a pc to operate this silhouette. I learned so much and I am in love with this machine again. hubby got me thai food around 4pm. So what do they call it in between lunch and dinner/supper ? Between breakfast and lunch it is brunch so does that make is chupper ? Oh I do not know what I had a late lunch and it was great. I am enjoying some quiet time while everyone naps. Well if you come up with a creative word post a comment.

Pee Happens

Hello, It was a busy morning on Wednesday. We went to swim lessons at 10 am and by 10:45 am I was driving from Reno to Truckee ( 45 mins ). No big deal. I made sure Priyasha had used the potty so we would be okay for the drive. I always carry my portable potty in the car just in case we have emergencies or a prissy moment like last week. I had her car seat lined with the bed liners you get at the hospital and a car pad cover made for potty training kids. Everything was going smoothly and we were happily singing to kid songs. There was some minor construction but we kept going until there was a lane merge. All of a sudden I was going 15 mph instead of 65mph. Then I hear the dreaded phrase " mama I have to go pee pee " " okay baby can you hold it ? " I responded. She shook her head and I was happy. A few minutes later she said the same thing and so we went for three more rounds then I looked at her and she had a scared look. I knew she could no longer hold it. Her poor little bladder was about to burst and I could tell it hurt her. Luckily there was a place for me to pull over. There was just a ton of traffic and lots of trucks. I got stares as I walked over to the passenger door to get her out. I just could not resist taking several pictures. I just had too. I reached for my camera and preserved this moment for my high maintenance beauty queen. The joys of motherhood just keeps on going and someday she will be able to look at these pictures and laugh. So take the opportunity to snap some of your own Kodak moments. Post me a comment and a link back to see what you have captured.

Fill the frame

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photo challenge

I recently stumbled upon a photo chalenge blog. http://photochallengeblog.blogspot.com/ I actually saw it on Kristin's blog http://kristinmosbargerphotography.blogspot.com/ I loved what I saw and decided to leap in and take these challenges. At first I did not like the idea of capturing texture but on my weekend trip I saw several opportunities to participate and this is what I came up with for a previous framing challenge and well as the current one on texture. Please let me know what you ladies think. I am very new at this and I am hoping to learn more about photography.

You can see these better at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sausa

San Fransisco getaway

Hope you all had a great July 4th. We packed the car and went on a spontaneous trip to see the Golden gate bridge. The kids were all dressed in red, white and blue and they each had their own flag. Priyasha kept saying " Ameriann flag " every time she spotted one. It is so adorable the way she says it.We had a great weekend. I feel like I spent a lot of time visiting different bathrooms. Priyasha is a prissy little thing. We stopped at this gas station the one time and when walked into the bathroom she said " mama smells yucka pooka " Her way of saying smells nasty and it did. It was in an okay condition though. I pulled her pants down and as I was going to hold her over the potty, she buckled her legs and said " no, no " She refused to go and when we got back to the car she wanted to go. I then had her use the portable potty I carry in the car along with wipes and hand sanitizer. I could not believe her behavior.

We got to see the crookedest street in the world and Pravan loved that. Priyasha walked up most of the steps on her own. This is a really cool site to see. This was not my first visit but I still love it.

We made a quick stop in China town as well and I found a tropical fruit called lychee's. It was so delicious. We had lunch in Sausalito right on the water and had a wonderful view of the bay bridge. The kids are fascinated by bridges and this was a great trip. We drove back to see the golden gate bridge and it was spectacular.

We took a scenic route and we had a wonderful opportunity to see wildlife. We saw some deer that were very tame and let me get up very close. It was very busy on the bridge and extremely windy. We had planned on walking the 1.7 mile across it but is was too windy for the kids. We did walk a short way on it though. Pravan off course had to try and climb the rails and that threw us in a panic. Daring little boy.

The fog over the bridge made a perfect picture.

We would love to go back and ride the trolley and walk the bridge and off course shop more. Hope you like the pictures. I will be uploading more to http://www.flickr.com/photos/sausa/

A cat has nine lives

or so they say. My mom is doing very well. She is now home resting. I finally got a chance to talk to her and she sounded great. That is all I have to go by since we are over 10 000 miles away. Being given the chance to talk with her again felt like I was reaching the surface and was able to gasp and take one more breath. I know she feels the same way. She has another chance. I swear that woman like a cat has nine lives. She is strong and a wonderful sweet lady. I have been so crazy lately and have not posted any pictures. I need to upload my camera and I will post more.

Today I took a break from cleaning the house ad made sweet sweet memories with my kids. Live this day like it is your last and enjoy the moment.

Getting it done

A quick update on my mom. The last conversation with my brother who lives in South Africa was a sad one. A very real one for most older people. Making a decision on how to care for a parent. I am only 32 and I feel I am so young to be going through this. Wow ! for the first time I am in the show that I know other people have worn. My mom is doing better. She developed pneumonia which is now cured and the minor heart attack was scary. My mom is so strong and feels like she is a cat with nine lives. The last time she gave us a scare like this she pulled through and made a trip to America. I may have to make a trip back home but I am not sure if it will be possible. I finally finished a ton of important things that needed to be taken care of. I found an easier way to burn copies of the slide show and I am happy with that. Today hubby took the morning off and we went to the post office and applied for Priyasha's passport. It should take 4- 6 weeks to arrive. I have Keara today and she is in a happy mood. It was not so bad having three kids to do this errand but we did get some stares. Keara is part Korean, I am Indian and my husband is Caucasian. My kids are a beautiful mixture so keara threw people off. It was funny. Now all three of my kids are asleep. I am resting and enjoying the peace. The last few days have been an emotional roller coaster and today I feel better. Just trying to grab life by the horns and deal with things the best I can. Putting things into perspective lately and been thinking about why I bitch the way I do. There is so much to be grateful for and I am realizing that. The most trivial thing that seems like the end of the world is what matters the least. So today I hugged and kissed the kids,spoiled them with ice-cream and enjoyed the moments. I have a ton of pictures to upload and will try to do that in the next day or two.