In The Blue House

I love the chill night air

Tonight behind our house

The weird warmish weather this morning and afternoon caused a pressure change that made me migrainey. It wasn't a horrible headache, but it hurt and  I felt queasy and stupid. I've noticed the migraines bring depression and I don't think it's just because I'm in pain, because I'll feel that way even before the headache starts.  I think the tiredness and emotional crappyness are all part the migraine package for me. I hear some people become euphoric before headhaches. Wouldn't that be cool? Anyway, I was feeling like the world's worst mom because I was still hanging out in my jammies and moving real slow, but then I realized I still managed to:

+work on math with my son, the math hater
+Read and discuss his history assignment
+make lunch
+facilitate M. in painting her own version of Van Gogh's Starry Night
+play some Timez Attack and have a little math lesson with M.
+sew  big ugly patch on  the back of my boy's vest before he went to the punk show with Bee
+damp mop the kitchen floor

By this evening it had cooled down and the weather change made the pain lift and even better, I cheered up!  I cleaned the living room and fed my pets and took M.E. outside to make an entry for her moon journal. The guys came home from the show (Bee tired and Lee pumped-up) and now it's time to read M. a Franny K Stein story and go to bed. I'm looking forward to the cold weather tomorrow. Good night!

M.E.'s Starry Night

Hearts

M.E. and I worked on Valentines for co-op last night. I thought it was going to be simple paper cutting and a little glue, but she had other ideas. She saw these felt fortune cookies in Martha Stewart and had her heart set on making them for her friends. Even though it took a lot more time than I wanted and was a bit of a gluey mess, I'm glad we did it because she loved making them. We were able to use scraps we had from other projects, so they didn't cost a thing to make (which is my favorite kind of craft). We both loved how they turned out. I like how they look like fortune cookies, but also sort of like hearts too.

I used more scraps to make M. a Valentine pin to wear today.

Here's the great big mess we made while doing all this

and here's a Valentine for you!

Almost grown

Lee will be fifteen tomorrow. He's getting a laptop, which he  already knows about. This is a present for me too, because now I don't have to share my laptop with him anymore. No longer will my unsuspecting ears bleed when surprised by some horrible screaming music he's added to my iTunes. No more kid hopping around behind me asking when I'll be off so he can have a turn.  He can take his kabillion manga pics and put them on his own computer.  I am so happy for him that he will have his very own laptop!

I made a little something for him too. Lee loves a lot of the cute things Wee Wonderfuls makes. He saw her little felt insects when he was 13 and asked me to make him one. I promised I would if she ever sold the pattern. She does sell them at her site now, and I've been working on some butterflies for some little girls I know. Here's one:

Isn't she sweet? A little too sweet for my punk loving drummer boy. So I for him I made this guy:

I tried to give him a angry little manga face, but I think he just ended-up looking like Cartman from South Park.

And because, even though he's not a kid  anymore, I'm still his mama and will always see a little bit of that baby boy who captured my heart, I added a little something on the back: