Going through a week’s worth of mail when we returned from our extended stay in Burlington was such fun for me – it was like Christmas morning! One of the goodies “under the tree” was this book, sent to me by the nice people at St. Martin’s Press: Simple Crocheting: A Complete How-to-Crochet Workshop With […]
Read More: Simple Crocheting by Erika KnightMonth: July 2012
Watermelon Cucumber Slushies
One of the things that was waiting for me upon our return from the Boston area last Thursday was a book I had requested from the library: People’s Pops: 55 Recipes for Ice Pops, Shave Ice, and Boozy Pops from Brooklyn’s Coolest Pop Shop Nearly all of the recipes in this book follow a formula: fresh […]
Read More: Watermelon Cucumber SlushiesHome!
Neil was released yesterday, and (for a nice change of pace) he is still here 🙂 No middle-0f-the-night emergencies this time, thank goodness. He had cards to read, and a box full of fun get-well presents (including this pinwheel) to open. And I, as has been my custom for the last few weeks, had copious […]
Read More: Home!Baker’s twine and push pins
And a whole lot of wishes for good health. I think Neil might like our new family room decoration when he gets out of the hospital. It’s simply a length of baker’s twine with a slip knot at each end, held up with thumb tacks. Easy but effective! The kidney stone is still hanging in […]
Read More: Baker’s twine and push pinsAdventures in municipal parking
You have been so kind with your comments lately. I haven’t had a whole lot of time to myself, as you can probably imagine, so I am letting some things fall by the wayside, including responding to comments. Please know that I am reading every one, and feeling so grateful for the moral support! So, […]
Read More: Adventures in municipal parkingThe second shoe drops
Thank you for your encouraging comments on my last post. We arrived back home yesterday, and Neil’s healing process is continuing. There are certainly going to be lifestyle changes coming our way, and I think maybe that will make for some interesting things to talk about here. Some of you could probably teach me a […]
Read More: The second shoe dropsChange of plans
This is one of those posts that I have been working on in my head, on and off, for the last three days, but have not managed to get typed up until now. I’m in a hotel outside of Boston with the boys. We had planned to spend the weekend playing in the hotel pool, […]
Read More: Change of plansOf sidebars and sheet swaps
I have been working on the site lately – not sure if you noticed. I haven’t made any earth-shattering changes, just mainly reorganizing sidebars and the like. In the process, I’ve learned what kinds of things visitors tend to click on, and what kinds of things just sit there getting dusty. Little by little, I’m […]
Read More: Of sidebars and sheet swapsOver-booked
I have three crochet projects going at the moment, and if I know me (and I think, by now, I do) this does not bode well for at least one of the projects. There’s the Granny Square Sampler, which I do really love and am committed to finishing. There’s a companion for Harold, which currently has one […]
Read More: Over-bookedMeet Harold
Meet Harold. He’s the first critter I made as a result of Stacey Trock’s Design Your Own Amigurumi Monster class at Craftsy. He is, actually, based very closely on Stacey’s first pattern from the class. I took this class so that my kids could design monsters, and I could crochet them. We think we could […]
Read More: Meet Harold