Cheery Chimp in Brown & Blue
Cheery chimp in a brown-&-blue kind of colour scheme is done! He’s been promised to a very sweet little boy :-)
I really love that elephant fabric – can’t remember where I bought it from. All I know is that it’s from Japan and I wish I had bought heaps more!
Wish I had something to show you in my creative space, but unfortunately my creative space today is all inside my head and my hands haven’t had a chance to catch up :-) Speaking of what’s inside your head, here’s a little conversation I had with my 5-year-old yesterday:
Ava: “Mama, what is my brain for?“.
Me: “You use it to think about stuff.”
Ava falls silent with a look of deep concentration on her face, then says excitedly, “Hey, I’m thinking about stuff and it’s working! My brain is actually working!”
I just love that pure excitement that kids have when they discover something new about themselves. Given that the girls are still young, it happens practically everyday over here and it is infectious :-) I even had my own little experience yesterday morning.
I mentioned previously that my goal was to be able to run 10km by the end of this year. Well, for some reason (could have been due to the freezing cold at 5am or the gorgeous full moon that was lighting up the sky), I decided I was going to just do it – run 10km and see if I actually had it in me. I even brought along a mini Milky Way bar to be eaten half-way for a sugar/energy hit – any excuse to eat chocolate at 5:30 in the morning, right? :-)
And I did it! It’s the farthest I have ever covered on a run. I’ve been struggling with my runs over the past week so it was a relief to finally have a good run again – everything just fell into place. I’m not saying it was a breeze – there were some difficult spots and I kept telling myself to just “suck it up Princess and get on with it” – but I can honestly say that I enjoyed it from beginning to end. It also helped to see that there were a few crazy people out there running at that time of the day too :-)
Like Ava, I was excited and happy to discover something new about myself – that my body and mind could carry me through 10km. A goal that seemed impossible for me at the beginning of the year was now possible.
Challenge and discovery is a great thing – Kootoyoo wrote about the same thing yesterday morning. I’m agreeing with her – I need to get that challenge and discovery back into my crafting time. I feel like it’s been going stale over the last few months and this may be just the thing to kick it back into life again.
P.S. Just noticed this book when I visited the book store this morning: “Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl “. Might be one to add to your reading list if your like owls :-)
July 9th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Hey Jho, love your chimp’s tie! Glad to hear you’re making so much progress on your runs. I need to get back into it (sigh – holidays just kill my routine). Did you end up eating the Milky Way?
And yes, kids say the funniest things and really push you to use your brains to explain things to them – lol.
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Your chimp has so much personality. I love the placement of his features and his very expressive lidded eyes. His outfit is great and I’ll bet the little boy will be enchanted with him.
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July 10th, 2009 at 12:01 am
WAY TO GO GIRL! 10kms and it’s barely July…
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July 10th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I’m so proud of the way you keep going, going, going with your running. The chimp is darling! But what Ava said is the sweetest!
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July 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Congratulations! 10kms is fantastic! At the moment running further than 10m up the hallway is a dream for me ;-) You never know, once summer arrives I may find it in me to get up and run in the mornings, especially now that I have a little one who’s likely to be getting up with the sun (Arrrgh)!
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July 10th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Congratulations on your 10k run!! Well done. I know how that achievement feels! I have managed 2 runs, a swim and badminton this week….and one more run tomorrow.
Monkey is also really cute! I think that the elephant fabric is fantastic!
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July 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Hi,
I am very much impressed by your blog and the way you presented “Just Sharing”……….luv ur blog :)
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July 10th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Congrats on the 10k – that is awesome!!! (was it in the rain? ;-) )
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July 10th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I love your Chimp’s Tie too! Congratulations on the 10km run, that is amazing!!
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July 11th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Hooray for you & a bit of Nike attitude. I confess to feeling a little proud of your running efforts Jho. Have a beautiful weekend.
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July 11th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
that Ava is priceless. ha! What a cute chimp! I always wonder if you support/reinforce the necks with anything, since they are so thin.
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July 11th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
That is so cute – & I love the elephant fabric too!!
Well done on the 10km!! I bet the Milky way made all the diff!!! :)
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July 12th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Wow Jhoanna! I really love him – thankyou so much. I can’t wait til Leon sees him!! xxx
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July 12th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Such a cute little chimp!
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October 27th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
what a lovely blog you have and your dolls are just the most adorable!
Aiz’s new blog post: Meet Mei Mei
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