Happy First Day of Spring! We awoke to this. Hardly spring-like. It was all gone by 10am, but still… Snow? Really? That Mother Nature is such a kidder, eh? I’m gearing up for a challenging weekend around here. I stopped being feverish and miserable from my flu a few weeks ago, but I still haven’t […]
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Dipping into the gift card stash
It was Tuesday night. Aidan had been coughing and feverish for a day or so, and Eamonn was nestling in to me on the couch in a way that could only say “I’m coming down with it, too.” Truth be told, I was feeling somewhat sluggish myself, and so I did what any sane person […]
Read More: Dipping into the gift card stashNine
We have a birthday in the house today. A sweet little boy who was born at 5:52 pm, February 26th, 2000. Our Millennium Baby. Nine years go by so quickly. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. Just yesterday we were bleary-eyed from rocking a colicky baby to sleep two […]
Read More: NinePancakes, books, and my philosophy of knitting
Yesterday was low-key, which is just how I like it for Valentine’s Day. It’s never been one of the “big” holidays for me, and I’d just as soon skip it, were it not for the little people around here. You can’t really ignore holidays when kids are involved. They seem to like having excuses to […]
Read More: Pancakes, books, and my philosophy of knittingFinally. The Christmas Napkins.
Please tell me these will be our “forever napkins.” I don’t think I can spend another Late November / Early December cranking out napkin after napkin after napkin. *yawn* I do so love the results. But the actual making? of 28 napkins? Well, it’s a little boring. And that’s why it took me 2 weeks […]
Read More: Finally. The Christmas Napkins.There are no rules in Christmas decorating
It’s a small thing, really, but it still took entirely too long to hit me: Decorating for Christmas does not have to be a One Day Event. It does not have to be like the one festive Sunday of my childhood, a few weeks before Christmas, when we would put up the tree and decorate […]
Read More: There are no rules in Christmas decoratingAn end to the (almost) silence
Whew. Glad that‘s over. Interesting as it was to try and take reasonably compelling photos of everyday tasks and let them speak for themselves here, I do prefer being able to sit down for a while in the evenings with my thoughts and share a bit. And that includes words. Often many of them. So, […]
Read More: An end to the (almost) silenceWoFW: Thursday
For Week of Few Words. After a slow start involving a Wii that is going under our tree this year but clearly needed to be taken for a test drive – just to make sure it works properly. further testing may be required. you know how it is. – I managed to cross some things […]
Read More: WoFW: ThursdayWoFW: Wednesday
For Week of Few Words. I really lost my focus today. I can’t seem to get the idea of making a particular hat out of my head. All I can think about is the yarn I want to buy, and the fine-gauge loom I’d need to really do it right. I barely managed to tear […]
Read More: WoFW: WednesdayLiving in a loomy bin
Did you think I meant to write LOONY? Well, we’re plenty loony around here, but actually, these last few days we’ve also been plenty LOOMY. While I’ve been cranking out fingerless mitts on my little blue knifty knitter, certain other people have been using the rest of the set as crowns, collars, swords, and chainsaw […]
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