It's coming...

A new look for the blog in honor of spring. Even though we got another few inches of snow last night, even though I love snow and winter....it is time for spring. Before the latest snow, I could see daffodils just poking up through the earth and the forsythia has budded so there is no doubt. Spring is coming. A nice tulip shot from last April to remind me of what will happen soon!

Since the last time I was here....

...I have helped my "crippled but not an invalid" husband get along, celebrated the birthday of Nickulous, served an important role as adjunct to the Bloom Sibling-Weekend-o'-Fun, become a true Cake Maniac, indulged my strange obsession for America's Next Top Model, worked full time (pictured are my Huntertown 5th graders in their Mentor Program t-shirts and my Cedar Canyon 3rd graders enjoying their quilt project), finished the sweater for Sari and Paul's baby girl, and started a project for the Knitting Olympics.

(This scarf is my Knitting Olympics project. I had to rip out the first sock of Brenda's pair because of serious gauge error. It is very sad to rip out a completed sock but unless she had plans to wear a cast like Stew's and to wear the sock over the cast, it wouldn't have fit anyway. I figure I have to finish something for her sometime. So far, all she has are promises.)

I don't plan to stay away so long ever again!

Hello 2010!

2009 was a terrific year....Nevy joined us and that trumps any of the orthopedic issues we faced. Here's looking forward to a happy healthy 2010!

A sad day for the Bloom family....

Our brave leader has been injured. He will be back as strong as ever....but it will take awhile.

Christmas cookies

Baking with my favorite chef (You can tell she is the new Julia Child by the flour on her face)...

Cincy trip

The weekend in pictures....

Thinking about cousins....

I was looking at this picture of these cousins and thinking about the difference in age. Ian and Scout are almost as much older than Nevy as my cousin Kay is than me! Not quite but almost. I can remember Kay babysitting when she was in high school and I was a preschooler. I was her flower girl when she got married. (I tried to think of Ian or Samantha getting married with Nevy in their wedding....couldn't do it!)

I'm not sure where I'm going with this so I'm just going to stop with one last thought. I wonder if my grandma got as much pleasure from seeing me with my Kay. I know that I love watching my grandchildren building their cousin connection.