Things That Make Mommy Happy

"It's so important to make Mommy happy. Just make one Mommy happy... make Mommy happy, and you will be happy, too." That's how the song goes... isn't it?

Things that made me happy in the last few days:

1) My new PDA. Sooo lovely. My first PDA. I feel spoiled and very loved that M made this all possible. My favourite features so far:

• the weather report is adorable - animated reports for all my friends on the interweb... and the little windshield wiper animation that clears the screen of digital raindrops when the weather report is for rain... makes a rainy day something to look forward to.
• great games - including two games -out of the box - that my little-ish kids can play and enjoy. THIS IS A VERY VITAL FEATURE in a phone or PDA for single or busy moms with bored kids. I don't know HOW many times I've distracted them with my phone. The best game so far is a tilt-the-marble into the box game that has live feedback (the phone "bumps" with the marble) and takes advantage of the PDA's positional sensor. I'll have to videotape it to show you.
• YouTube and Opera - Eddie Izzard videos everywhere I go - so at least I can laugh while living life in the frantic lane.
• touch interface. So cool. Also pretty.
• Microsoft Mobile. I know what all the iPhone users will respond with. But I do have to work, too, and MS is necessary for work.

2) Knitting group with friends. Lots of yarny projects. And lots of yarns. Ha.
We're still not sure what to call ourselves, the kids would be scandalized by the traditional knitting group of women name "Stitch n' B*tch" so the discussion continues. The half-joking nickname of "the Coven" has come up - it refers to some -er- social difficulties we've had due to our single parent status in our... traditional and conservative local environment.

3) Momtinis and friends. This week's knitting group Momtini was Arbour Mist Exotic Fruits White Zinfandel wine and Fresca, garnished with an orange... and a drinking straw cut in half (because I'm too absent-minded to remember to buy cocktail straws. Bad hostess. LOL)

I'm not saying we're cheap dates - or that single mommies love cheap hooch... but we're all on a budget, and a celebratory drink that is affordable is very much appreciated by parents of limited means.

4) A bead necklace from my youngest - re-strung on elastomer instead of plain old yarn. The yarn died. Poor yarn. I feel loved wearing it because of how loved it makes me feel - and because of how loved my kids feel when they see me wearing items they've made.

5) A new knitting project - a laptop bag for a single mom friend - using some new yarns I recently purchased including a hand spun merino wool/aloe vera combination slub yarn (soooo lovely to touch!) and a kettle dyed merino wool "feather" novelty yarn plus some lovely cotton combo yarns. It will be a combination of red and orange tones - and reminds me of a pheonix.

A pheonix is a very fitting image for for the single mom friend I'm designing this for, who also...

6) ...just started blogging.

The more sucessful single moms voices out there blogging, the better, I say!