Don't Fret Lurkers! I Have Not Abandoned Ye!

I do have a Pancake Sunday post for you
and I do have a 5-a-day books post for you
and I do have wordless wednesday post for you
and I do have a light vs dark week post for you

I will find the balance!
The art blog is taking off so I'm trying to keep that updated as well as I can but I will be back here to update soon.
I need this blog because I can say random things like "poop" and nobody will care because it's my personal random blog about my life...and we say "poop" in my house a lot...

Um, btw...are you following my art group blog yet?

Dilly-Dali Art

do it! do it! do it!

What. A. Week.

Holy cow, oh my goodness it's good to be back to blogger world. Seriously it has been a crazy week full of sickness. First one girl, then two girls, then Mommy, then the girls again...like a never ending cycle of sickness! And to top it all off it snowed last night!

WTF! 

I am very done with snow. I think I've had my fill of snow for the rest of my life.

Anywho, before I came down with the plague I had been working on a blog post (not this one) to let you know about the progress of the art studio and the toddler art group. Well I scrapped that blog and started writing this one because sometimes it's better to just start all over again.

Before I get to the studio let me tell you a funny story...

My Mom came over the other day and had need to use my computer. My computer is in a tiny room off of my bedroom, it reminds me of a cave. Either way, she enters my cave and exclaims, "O.M.G." Confused I ask, "What?" She points at a huge yellow bag on my desk.

UH OH.

That's right folks, she found my huge 36oz bag of chocolate chips. I blog mostly at night when the girls are sleeping, in my cave with all the lights off snacking on chocolate chips! The secret is out! Don't judge me!

The Cave

Now that you know my deepest, darkest secret, time to move on to the art studio!

I am happy to announce that we have two tables in there for the art group! There is still a lot of work to be done but we are getting there and should be ready by the time we have our first meeting in March. I have also started a facebook page and a blog for the art group so please check them out and follow and like and tell everyone about them! I am very excited to launch this group and I can't wait until we get our first toddlers/preschoolers signed up!

Everything is coming together swimmingly!

One Week

So much has happened in such a short amount of time! I feel like I have been cut of from my little blogosphere and am now feeling up to regular postings again.

It has been one week since I've had surgery to remove my branchial cleft cyst. Surgery went well as far as surgeries go I guess. Most of what happened that day is a blur but, here's my recollection. Checked in at 6:30 a.m., went back to prep around 8:00 a.m., worked myself up so much about getting my IV put in I threw up as soon as the nurse got it in, I am such a baby. Anesthesiologist put the anesthesia in my IV, started getting sleepy while they wheeled me back, put me on the operating table and I was out around 8:30 a.m., next thing I remember was waking up in PACU (which I found out I was in for 2 hours before waking up) extremely sleepy. All I remember from that area is that I told the nurse that I liked her glasses (even though I couldn't open my eyes and wasn't wearing my glasses), my blood pressure dropped really low (like 70 something/something) and that the guy recovering next to me pooped on himself. I was transferred to another recovery room where Travis was and spent the next 6 hours in there struggling to wake up, forgetting to breathe every once and awhile, waiting for my blood pressure to get back to normal and throwing up IV fluids. Finally I woke long enough to move to a wheelchair and go home. Originally the surgeon was going to keep me over night but he was so pleased with my surgery that he decided to send me home that day, I was one of the first patients in recovery and the very last one out.
But anyway, it's been one week and recovery is going well, I am up and moving around and taking care of business as usual.

My super awesome cut

It's been one week since I've used shampoo. My hair is doing great! A bit greasy in the bangs but overall it feels pretty good! I'm pretty excited this is working out so well (so far).

Hair looks nice and clean still!

It's been one week since Lexi has nursed. I didn't nurse her the day of my surgery because I was pretty much dead to the world. Travis said she was nuzzling him at night but once she figured out he was the wrong person she rolled over and went back to sleep. I didn't nurse her the next day because I was pumped so full of drugs (I really didn't even know which ones) so instead of risking it she just didn't nurse. Then the days just kept going and now it's been one week. This may or may not be a coincidence but she has slept through the night 4 nights out of the week, which she's never done before in her life. (I am not suggesting that weaning your baby will make him/her sleep through the night. All babies are different. Weaning did not help Charlotte sleep through the night).

What sleeping through the night looks like

In one week, I've gotten further on a project I've been working on than I have in six months. I've been taking drastically large steps in order to be ready to start a toddler/preschool art group by Spring and I'm very excited about that!

Changes happening in the Art Studio!

I filled out my application for student financial aid. Yes, school again, and if it doesn't pan out this time I'm just cutting my losses. I have gone to school multiple times for art-related degrees, I finally just thought, why am I beating around the bush, I might as well go for just plain old art...education that is. 

ART TEACHER!

I am such a cool art teacher, check out my hot legs

We made our first appearance back to storytime. Once we got there I couldn't believe we hadn't been in so long and was wondering why, the kids love it and it's not even a hassle to get my butt up to take them. Glad to be getting back into the storytime groove.

Looking at the list now it doesn't seem like so much but I suppose when you think about doing all of this while recovering from surgery it seems like almost too much. So that's what's been going on since I've last blogged, hope all of my lurkers are doing well!

I'm Thinking It

I've been thinking for sometime now about starting a toddler art group and I want your insight.

1. Is this something you are interested in?

2. A good time/day?

3. A good location? (I would like to avoid having it at someone's house)

4. Willing to pay a small fee to help pay for materials, supplies, snacks, room rental?

5. What kind of art would you be interested in seeing done?

6. Art v. Crafts: one, the other, or both?

7. Smaller or larger group?

8. More structured like a class or more lax like a play date?

9. Age range of kids? (I'm thinking between 1-4?)

10. Anything else you'd like to add...possibly a group name...

I have a lot of ideas in my head and would love it if this was able to become a reality!