Days 14-15

Alright, finally caught up. Of course, I have another busy weekend so I will probably fall behind again!

Day 14 - a non-fictional book that is meaningful to you since your loss.

Really? Another book question? These are starting to make me feel bad because I haven't been reading so much lately. I guess for non-fiction though I have just started reading Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker. I consider myself crafty and I wish I had more time and space to devote to sewing and knitting and making greeting cards and now crocheting. Being creative gives me some peace.

I saw some adorable little crocheted animals online while doing my weekly search for all cute things Owl and I want to learn to make things like that so I picked up this book and am attempting to teach myself a more complex crochet project than granny squares! I practiced all the stitches and now I am making a hat for R. He loves hats and now that we're getting into the cooler weather he is never without a beanie. I'm going to try to surprise him with a homemade one (I'm terrible with surprises!). If I can manage, not only will he love it no matter how ugly it is, but I will have the confidence to make an adorable owl stuffed toy for our little Owl.


Day 15 - what you like about your house.
Oooh, I like this question. Even though we are currently trying to sell our house, I still love it and I always will. It's our first house. We bought it a little over 2 and 1/2 years ago when the economy was tanking. We thought it might be our chance to afford our own house. We didn't have a whole lot of houses to choose from in our price range that were in move-in condition but when we saw this one I knew it was a great choice. R took some convincing, especially once we learned it was a short sale. It took forever to close but we did and slowly made it our own. We painted every wall in the house, I refinished kitchen cabinets, R changed door knobs and light fixtures. We got new counter tops, a great new fence, build a raised garden bed. We even had Ask This Old House out to film a segment, though sadly it was never aired. I remember when we first moved in, we piled a bunch of stuff out by the street for trash collection and after 2 weeks we realized that our town doesn't have trash pick-up! Our neighbors must have been cringing!

We made it so cozy and homey and I just love being home. I love sitting in the backyard with Alice on the lookout for squirrels, listening to the birds chirping. I always imagined me and Stella having picnics in the backyard on a big blanket. Just laying out reading and playing with Alice trying to steal some room on the blanket, trying to lick Stella's sticky face.



Me and Alice gardening



Squirrel?!

 I don't know if we'll sell the house before this baby is born but part of me wishes we could. I would like to start fresh, with more space inside and out of course. I would be sad to leave Stella's mural but I think it would be nice for this baby to have its own room in a new house. It would be nice to leave the hopes and dreams we had for Stella with this house and focus on the future.


Stella's mural

 But if we stay I'll be happy to have our second baby looking up at the owls. I told R I always thought of the owls as us looking down on the baby and he said he thinks of them now as our babies. Our little Owls.