Quick Takes Friday: Approaching Normal

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This week was, dare I say it, a normal week.  Nothing extraordinary happened, I barely had to communicate with a medical professional (after months of having several on speed dial); the week just...was.  It is nice.

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The downside of having the pressure off is that my body is screaming for my attention now.  All the months of stress, interrupted sleep, illness, etc. has taken a toll, and I'm finding that in addition to the night time sleep (interupted, but less than before), I need a 1-2 hour nap every day.   The one day this week I didn't take one, I literally collapsed on the couch during dinner. It was lay down or fall down.  I slept for about 20 minutes and then got up to finish washing the dishes and so forth.  Strange.  I'm hoping this passes soon, because I generally work in the afternoons, and sleeping all afternoon is just messing with my days.

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Okay, so I know I am extremely late to the Downtown Abbey fanwagon, but my husband and I just started series one and I love it!  I had tried it last spring, and got about half way through and gave up.  It is a lot more fun to watch it with someone else who enjoys that sort of thing.  I'm glad we have the rest of the series, plus the second one to keep us entertained this summer.  We've talked a lot about the loss of formality in modern society as we've watched.  I think it is a net loss, frankly.  I have a ton of thoughts about this show (and about life in general, now that my brain has generally come unstuck from the last nine months), so will probably be posting more often over at my other blog.

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Birdie is doing extremely well lately.  She is rolling all over the place, tolerating lots of tummy time, even scooting backward a bit on her belly.  She is starting to sit up independently for short periods, and has found her voice.  She babbles a lot, and is quick to make her displeasure and pleasure known.  It is so good to see our girl coming along!  She still has a long way to go, but at least the arrow is heading the right direction now!  Oh, and she has tooth!

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Boo has taken to wearing Piglet's bike helmet everywhere the last few days.  He would sleep in it if I let him.    The helmet is too big on him, but he is quite insistent.  I figure there's no harm, and if it prevents him from doing harm to his head during one of his many falls, all the better!

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I made this card a while back with no particular thing in mind for it, but ended up giving it to my husband for our anniversary last week.  I think it was exactly the right thing in the end, and I'm happy with how it came out.  It is CASEd from the talented Ann Schach.

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I made this card for that flower demonstration I did back in March.  It isn't a flower, but it does feature the owl punch in an unusual way--those little birds are made using the owl!  I really like how the card turned out.  It is based on a design by Valita.