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Thursday, I was not a happy camper when Emma came back from school. She told us her teacher, also the director of the school, slapped her 3 times on the head because she was talking with a schoolmate . I think there are other way to discipline a child ... She could have given her some work to do at home. Emma is a bright child who always get good grades so she doesn't deserve being treated that way (No children deserve to be slapped on their head !) Chuy went to see the teacher but that woman always try to avoid the parents . When you think Emma is in a private catholic school that uses the Montessori pedagogy ... Anyway her teacher is leaving the school as she's going on maternity leave, so we hope the substitute teacher is going to be nicer ...

Yesterday, Steb had his school play. The play included the 3, 4 and 5 years old. It was about the colors based on the book: Mouse paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh. The little blond in blue who is running in mine !!! I tried to cirlcle him and used the pic but it didn't work ... I'm so bad at doing anything with my pictures .... So Steb is like Pierre: he's not too happy being watched by a crowd.

I wonder what my boy was checking .... Is it a guy thing?

Then someone hit him by accident (or a mean 3 yo tried to ruin the whole show? I caught it on picture !!! )

And my baby started to cry ... See these teary eyes?

You can't see it but his girlfriend came to confort him (yes, he aleardy have a girlfriend; her name is Audrey. He likes them older: she's 4 yo !!! ) The teachers did a great job considering the kids are so young. I think that Pierre and Steb won't become actors but Emma asked me to join an acting class next year (she used to love those plays and was often the first role because she was not scared and had a great memory!)

We are working on the house yesterday. This is our dining room window: bare and white like the whole house.

So we headed to the home improvement store and we got those curtains (do you notice something?):

Yes, there is something stitched on it !!!! Isn't it neat?

The curtain is in natural linen. I really like them. Do you think I should get the same curtain for the french window in the living room? (same big room actually.) Or should I get a different one in the same color?

I'm still working on the leaf (the one I forgot ... )

Of course, I did stitch most of the 2/2 and left the 1/2 : I like to treat myself with little pleasures ...

The kids are now on winter vacations for two weeks! It's good as they are tired. This morning, Steb and Emma woke up at 9 am !!! Hard to believe as my kids are known to wake up early when there is no school ...

My baby is growing: he doesn't say "moma" anymore but grand'ma like the older ones. I asked him: "say moma". He looked at me with a serious look and said "grand ma!" (like: I'm not a baby anymore so I don't baby talk ... )

Before I forget! Blue tagged me. I have to show my sixth picture in my last folder and tag 5 persons. So here it is:

It's Beary sweet memories by Dimensions. I'm going to tag Andie (I'm sure she has beautiful pictures to show us.), Marita, Yvonne, Pumkin, and Tanja !!! If you have already did it maybe you can do it with the 7 th picture in your 7 th folder

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Just passing by ...

To show you my latest progress on my fuchsia:

On wedenesday night, I worked on some pinks (before getting too crazy with the greens ... )

On thursday, I went back to my sea of greens because I " forgot" one leaf (don't know how it could have happened ... )

More news tomorrow (lots to say ...)

Wedenesday: snow shower.

I know I said health for the long haul is more important than weight loss but I lied !!!! You know it's like when you start a new cross stitch project and you would like to see it finish the next week. All I want is to loose weight: I'm just a human being after all For what to do with my scale , Andie and Kathy A. agreed with me: kill the beast with the hammer while Tdkquintmom had a quicker approach: throwing the beast by the window ! I wonder which approach makes you feel better? The hammer or the window? Kathy A. wants to kick hers ... Poor scales: it's not a good time for them lately !!!

Back to what interest most of you: my fuchsias! No, there are not finished yet ... I'm struggling with the sea of greens ... See the close up (enlarge) to see how much fun I have every night now ... And I'm far from being done ....

Click to enlarge !!!

Thanks again for your support on my non weight loss. It means a lot to me

My scale hates me !!!!

So two weeks after my last weight in party, I did it again this morning and I lost a grand total of 200 grams It's not even half a pound Let me tell you, you have to be strong to keep exercising with these tiny results ... I know, I'm not on a diet but I do try to make healthier choices most of the time. WW seems great but the meetings are too expensive for me (so is the gym). On the positive side (I got to find one,right? ) I lost 3 centimeters around my waist and you can now see that I do actually have muscles in my calves. Why do I say my scale hates me? Because I have one of these electronic scales that tell you all about your BMI and tells you if your stable, gain more muscles, more fat or loose something (anything). Mine says I'm stable ! How can I be stable if I exercise regularly? Here is the beast (where is the hammer? ) :

I exercised on sunday and this morning: I did the Leslie ansone 5 miles DVD again! It's hard but I finished it !!! Yeah to me !!!

Wanna see my cross stitch progress? Not bad for a cold grey week end

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I have to admit I have stitched ALL the fun colors now and I am now left with the greens and one over two .... It's going to be hard to finish ...