Lambie Love by Auntie Rachel

When I was a little girl, my Great Auntie Kaye gave me this lambie. This lambie went EVERYWHERE with me -- as you can probably tell by how flat and flimsey the ol' girl is! I love this lambie! I love how it smells, I love that I've had it for so long, I love that it's mine and I just love how cute it is! I even still sleep with it...there, I said it! :) Because of this lambie, I love sheep! I just love them! It helps that my name in Hebrew means 'ewe' so, I guess I'm born with an attachment to these creatures. My life probably came full circle when I was down in Kansas visiting on the farm when I got to bottle feed Cashew AND that one time I picked up a freshly born babe to help it find it's mother!

Two of my very good friends, from two completely different times in my life, have just had baby girls. One was premature (but is the cutest little thing and such a fighter!) and the other was given the name Rachel (but not after me). And this got me to thinking about what I can do/give to these new little people that was given to me...so, in combination with my new experience and skill (?) in sewing AND my new found free time away from facebook, I've decided to start making lambies! I'm calling them "Lambie Love by Auntie Rachel" and so far I've made three! I love it! Mom taught me how to do it since she's the one who copied the idea and has been making lambies for babies within the family for several years and now I've made it my project!

I present to you, my line of 'Lambie Love' by Auntie Rachel! I'm still practicing so they're not perfect, but I kinda like that! They have a personal 'handmade' touch with skewed legs and floppy ears but they are soft and adorable and super fun to make! The big one is approximately 30cmX30cm (11inX11in) so you get an idea about their size. My goal is to make a bunch of them over the winter to be able to have them for sale online and possible at a market or two -- they make a PERFECT gift for any child. It's a fun little project and I'm excited to be able to thread the sewing machine all by myself (Mom laughed so hard when she was showing me how to do it!) and it's such an accomplishment to finish a lambie before a shift at work!

I think the sewing machine will be humming this winter and I can't wait! I'd like to get my own with an embroidery option but that'll take some time.

Aren't they CUTE!

It's an Auntie's life!

With great thanks to Lisa (who tends to keep me updated with everything that People magazine can produce), I'd like to take this time to congratulate my dear friend, Celine, on the birth of her twin boys! It's hard to be an Auntie from a distance but I'll do my best! I could only imagine what their names will be -- oh, I'll bet one will be named after her late father.

Now, I know it's really weird that I get as excited as I do about all things Celine but that's just the way it is! (No lyrical relation intended...ha, but funny how her lyrics just rolls off my tongue and can be incorporated in everyday life!! Well, maybe just my life.)

Happy Day!

Get a life!

The working life is great and I'm loving it! I've only had three shifts and it's fresh and new and exciting! I've been on cash for most of it learning the codes for the veggies and fruit and having a great time with the customers! Especially making them laugh with ideas of how to carve the green peppers that are almost the same size as pumpkins...they're on special this week, you know.

The great thing too is that I don't take any work home with me (unless I'm going to eat it!) I can show up, have fun talking to people, help them to have a great day by selling them good local food and then leave. No one is knocking at my door for a bandaide, I'm not lugging goalie gear back and forth to the field...I'M GETTING A LIFE! I even have time to take a financial planning course on the weekend AND am playing on a co-ed volleyball team. First game is tonight -- cheer for "Some Spike it Hot". Even the name is right up my alley.

Ah, life. It was worth the wait!

Thanks for the comments, Brenna! :)

Oh happy day!

Well HALLELUJAH!

I finally landed a job today -- hired on the spot! I'll be working in a little greengrocer that just opened today in Penticton called Old Town Farm Market. It's a really cute place that sells local produce etc. I'll be mainly working in the produce section stocking shelves and displays and I have to say I'm quite excited! Sure, I'll be making just over minimum wage but it'll be a fun environment and it will be a regular, full time shift!

Now I can actually make a budget for my financial course and stick with it! Hooray!

And be thankful.

There are more than several things to be thankful for on this special Thanksgiving weekend -- here are a few of my favourites.

I'm thankful...

1. ...that the bears roaming our yard at night (and leaving scat on the driveway) do not have opposable thumbs to open the doors of our house and help themselves to our turkey leftovers or our human bodies.

2. ...for a brother-in-law who loves his new-to-him minivan so much that he researches and repeat watches the commercials for the 2011 version of his 'vantisy'

3. ...that I'm unemployed and available to help with the projects around the house -- including pushing our hot tub off the porch this morning!

4. ...for Opi and how hard he works around the house. Though his heart and feet are restless, he is such an example of God's love and wants to share it with the world. I'm also thankful for his stories -- he has a lot of them for his 97 years!

5. ...for my family who has taken me under their wing in this difficult time. We can all feel the pressure and can all wonder why and ask what's next but God only knows. I'm also thankful for kleenex because I've used a lot of it lately.

6. ...for new beginnings. There seems to be an open door for many of them!

7. ...to be home for Thanksgiving! I think it's been close to 13 years since I've been able to enjoy this weekend relaxed at home and it feels good.

"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Colossians 3:17

Unwanted

There has to be something out there that I'm neither OVER qualified or UNDER qualified for. I did not get the job with the Boys and Girls Club because I have too much experience with high achieving youth as opposed to the 'at risk' type.

God must really have something special on the way -- that's the only thing I can hang my hope on right now.

Interview!

Phewph!

I can only hope that my trip down unemployment lane is just about over! I had an interview this afternoon with the Boys and Girls Club to be a Youth Worker in the high school. From my perspective, I think it was a good and strong interview -- they'd be a fool to not hire me. I may not have the true-blue 'counselor' skills but I think my experience working with youth should help me out.

I don't want to get too excited but I just feel like this is very well suited for me. So, yay!