I know I have been pretty silent on the clothing front for a while and some of you have some questions. I’m sorry about that. There just really hasn’t been a whole lot of news to report. I’ve been getting some comments and questions asking if I’ve heard from Target since this post. The answer is yes, I have.
Before the holidays they send a box of winter clothing for my children, which was a very kind gesture. The attached note said, “Hi Stephanie. Here are the options we pulled for you- New short styles will be coming in early 2015. Looking forward to your thoughts. Best,” and it is signed from a representative of Target. The package included some pants and long sleeved shirts for each of my children and a few sweatshirts for Penny. They said they plan to send some shorts for me to review this year.
I also told you back in the fall that I had started working on a documentary project called Seamingly Obvious, which was about the issue of over-sexualization in the girls’ clothing industry. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to reach our goal through crowd funding, so if that project is going to become a reality we will need to explore other avenues, like grants. In the meantime, we were able to make a fairly significant donation to the American Psychological Association so that they can continue to do further research and shorter film projects like this one:
Around the time that all of that was going on, you might remember, I was also diagnosed with a lesion in my brain. Well, I’m very happy to be able to tell you that I’ve been to the neurologist and had my results analyzed and it appears to be nothing more than some built-up scar tissue from years of migraines. It just so happened to form on an area of my brain that was pretty inconvenient, as it affected my balance and vision for a while before we got my medicine sorted out. But it seems that I’m all good now. I’m allowed to drive again, which is a big plus. I still get some wicked headaches occasionally, but it’s nothing I can’t live with.
Finally, my last piece of big news for you today is that we are moving my mom in with us. She pointed out to me the other day that I have not mentioned this yet on the blog, but it’s true. Our house has been under construction for two months, and we probably have several months yet to go. If you have been following my blog for a while, you know this has always been part of our long-term plan. We are now in the process of converting our basement to an in-law suite. (It’s going to be nicer than that probably sounds. We’re not just sticking her in the basement, its going to be an actual full-scale apartment with its own kitchen, laundry, etc.) I will share some pictures of the construction soon.
Well, I think now you’re finally all caught up. 🙂
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