What I Wore Wednesday

Another wonderful week has come and gone but I haven't been very good this week with taking pictures.  I did manage to  get a few.

Still  being mostly  couch bound  has afforded me more time to work on my projects.  You can check them out  here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily.

As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.

Friday - work

 headband - made by me
top- Walmart
cowl - made by me
flower pin - made by me
jeans - MXM

Monday - Work and parent council

headband - gift from a friend
top - upcycled by me
pants - Addition Elle


Tuesday - work and a celebration for Monkey's First Communion at the school

I didn't get a picture by myself so these will have to do. And yes Rock is wearing Monkey's veil.
dress- Catherine's
cardi - Dress Barn
shoes - Walmart

Here are some pictures I took of Monkey tonight.

I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.

Ania

Creative Journey - A Daily Dose of Creativity Week 21

I can't believe it's believe I've been doing this for over 20 weeks, it all started here.


Now that the weather is nicer spending more time outdoors. Knee is still bad being referred to an orthopedic surgeon to see what we need to do next. In the mean time trying to rest and crafting while doing that.

If you want to see what I am up to on a daily basis you can check me out on facebook or twitter.

Monday

Started working on a new scarf for myself.

Tuesday

 Adding colour to the sketch

Wednesday

and more colour

and the 2 yarn projects I'm working on

Thursday

 Waiting for Monkey's bus and knitting outside

And it's finished, I love the yellow and grey colour scheme.

working on a refinishing project

Friday

 A quick sketch

more knitting being done while Muffin refused to sleep

Saturday

 

Some flowers I made, I also made a headband for the girl's friend but I forgot to take a picture of it before we gave it away as a birthday present.

Sunday

Working on my knitting.

I hope everyone had a creative and productive week, And the upcoming week and  as productive and creative.

Feeling Funky

I feel like the last few months I have been letting myself down and letting down my readers (the few that I have). My blog hasn’t be exactly active or riveting, I have my 2 weekly posts and that’s it. Once in a blue moon I throw in something else but nothing exciting or helpful.  I hope that will change but right now I am in a funk.

 

A big funk that I can’t seem to shake; I think that it’s partly because I have yet to do the yearly exercise of reflecting on what last year had to offer, the good, the bad and the ugly``*/, it allows me to see where I have been which leads to the next exercise of seeing here I need to go. I haven’t put any goals, dreams or ambitions in place. I haven’t done my vision boards; I haven’t taken the time to invest in myself.

The funny thing about that is I am asking my family for some time for myself but yet I am not willing to invest that time for myself.  If I am not willing to put the work and put myself on my priority list then how will other honor my requests. 

Because of this I feel like I am spinning aimlessly in the universe, I have no plan of action, I have no goals to follow. I am lost.  I am going to try to make myself a priority and do this, maybe once I do things will start to fall into place and I can start taking action.

At the moment I am feeling very overwhelmed with my life, I am having a hard time dealing with my emotions around Monkey being diagnosed with some learning disabilities (I have a post written about this and yet I can’t take the actions necessary to publish it), I am feeling very overwhelmed with changes at work and the stressful environment they are causing, I am frustrated with myself that I am the cause of my feeling lost, I am frustrated with myself that I can’t help Monkey more, I am frustrated with myself that I am getting in my own way, that I can’t silence the negative nellies in my head, I am frustrated with my knee, my loss of activity. It all just overwhelms me. I am paralyzed with fear, I feel like it’s all too much.

I have all these great ideas; projects, tutorials and such in my head. Great blog posts to share and yet I can’t. I want to get more active with my facebook page and twitter, be more interactive and instead I cower in fear. I hope, I pray that this will change soon, I really need it to. Thank you for those that are sticking around while I try and get through this and regroup.  I promise once I get over this I will put out better content. 

 

Ania

What I Wore Wednesday

Another wonderful week has come and gone. This weekend we were blessed with a wonderful long weekend, bring on the summer because I am ready.  After taking on too much last week this week I learned to compromise and balance my need to get out and get stuff done and resting.

Still  being mostly  couch bound  has afforded me more time to work on my projects.  You can check them out  here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily.

As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.

 

 

 

Wednesday

 cardi - Target

t-shirt - Penningtons

skirt - Addition Elle

scarf worn as a belt - Lane Bryant

Thursday  - work and school council

headband (not seen) - gift from a friend

cardi - Target (it was chilly out)

dress- Walmrt

Sunday  - Niagara Falls with the family

According to Rock I have Amy Winehouse hair, but I liked it. 

dress - Target

flower pins - made by me

crochet belt - made by me

jeans - MXM

running shoes - Running Room

 We had a blast spending time together as a family at the Falls and in the evening we went to my cousin's house for her birthday party. It was so hot I needed to change my clothes.

Top - Addition Elle

flower pins - made by me

jeans - MXM

 

Holiday Monday  - BBQ and fireworks

I didn't get a picture of me but here is a picture of Monkey in her new Polish costume that my cousin had just brought back for her from Poland that day.

Tuesday -work (that's our garden in the background, can't wait for the plants to grow, we have 30 tomato plants planted, lots of herbs, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, onions and beans).

headband - gift from a friend

dress- Target

flower pin - made by me

jeans - MXM

running shoes - Running Room

 

I just had to share this adorable picture of my 2 men, Rock hold Tutu while he decided he was going to nap.

 

 

I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.

Ania

 

Creative Journey - A Daily Dose of Creativity Week 20

   I can't believe it's believe I've been doing this for 20 weeks, it all started here.

So my knee is a little worse for wear and I keep pushing it (which as I keep being told it not a good thing) but I am spending more time resting then I would like. And when I do I create.





 This Holiday Monday has thrown me off and I am doing this post really late. Sorry about that but I have packed this weekend with lots of activities.

If you want to see what I am up to on a daily basis you can check me out on facebook or twitter.

Monday

 Finishing off the sketch

Enjoying the warm weather outside with the kids.

Tuesday

Starting a new sketch, really enjoying sketching the flowers.

And back to working on the blanket for Monkey's teacher.

Wednesday

Working on the sketch some more

The blanket is almost done :)

Thursday

outlining the sketch

Adding a border

Friday

outlining and adding colour

the blanket is finished

And I started a scarf to give to my cousin for her birthday party on Sunday. Was hoping I could get it done on time.

Saturday

Watching the kids play and knitting my little fingers off

Still working about halfway done at this point.

Sunday

In the car on the way to Niagara Falls

I finished the scarf, I spent 15 minutes in the car finishing it while the rest of the family was at the party but I managed to get it done. It helped that we drove around for an hour between Niagara Falls, Niagara on the Lake and St. Catherine's.

On the way started a new project. I am using my old beading skills (netting) to come up with a pattern for a crocheted collar. Hope it works out. Had to rip up what I did as I needed more tension, also have another yarn in mind to do this with.


I hope everyone had a creative and productive week, And the upcoming week and  as productive and creative.

What I Wore Wednesday - Zoo Edition

So I got my MRI results back last Wednesday and apparently my motto is go big or go home because I tore both the ACL and the meniscus. Both are full muscle tears which means surgery down the line. So needless to say I wont' be back to my active self any time soon. :(

In other bad news last night when I was writing my post I spilled tea on my lap top and am hoping it will recover but who knows. So this is a short post with pics only from one day. 

Still  being mostly  couch bound  has afforded me more time to work on my projects.  You can check them out   here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily.

As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.

 

Friday was a P.D. day fro Monkey so we took a trip to the zoo. All I can say is thank God the zoo mobile was running because it saved me lots of walking.

 

 

  A family picture waiting for the zoomobile. Isn't Rock looking amazing he's lost over 195lbs. I am so proud of him.

headband - made by me

hoodie - Fashion Bug

t-shirt- Penningtons

jeans - MXM

shoes- Running room

And here are some of the animals we saw

Ok the last 3 are my animals but they are cute too.

I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.

Ania