What a summer!! We went camping for 3 weeks in BC. We did the hot springs loop, and loved it! After we came back, I organized my big girl's room, and my little girl's corner. Those alone took several weeks, and then I took the girls and went home for a visit. After lots of shopping, including a great little red top hat, I came back and sent my DD off to Grade 1. That week, DH submitted his resume for a job that might take us to the REAL prairie. I found a nice house in commuting distance on MLS, showed him, a was confused when he laughed hysterically. Until he told me that it was the town Corner Gas was filmed in. Where I live, there are lakes, small forests, we live in the North Saskatchewan River valley, there is a small forested island with hiking trails, and wildlife, and the area between the island and the main banks is shallow enough to walk across in the fall. I cannot see forever. Down south though? So flat is almost seems impossible. It gives me this odd sort of vertigo. But, Regina is a surprisingly nice city, and it's DH's dream job, despite the pay cut. Which means I'll have to get more serious about making things to sell. Plus, I'm farther from family, as well as my diabetic pediatrician.
Speaking of diabetic pediatrician, at my appointment on Friday they told me that DD qualifies for an insulin pump. She's almost 3, and a nudist, so I don't know if I can get her to wear it, but it would mean that she can eat what and when she wants, and a little IV instead of 5 or 6 shots a day. It's scary, but it sure would be nice to stop the food fights.
My top hat is quite red, but a short one, not a tall one. It has red feathers on one side, with one black feather in there. Now I need a steampunk winter coat. Probably 3/4 length, maybe with the hem higher in the front than in the back. A Victorian riding habit look, or maybe a little military, but with a flare below the waist. I found one at Winners, the label said "laundry". It was still out of my budget, but it was very Jack the Ripper, while also quite feminine. High collar, box pleats at the back hip, very fitted. And too much money since the new cedar deck cost several hundred more than we expected. I might just have to find a larger size wool coat in a second hand store and alter it. Well, here's to the search. It might actually be the best part!!
