Archive for parenthood

Firsts, lasts, milestones

Today I went to the farm.  I was looking for zinnias and honeycrisp apples like last year, but there were no apples to be had.  It was disappointing, but I did manage to come home with something else nifty:  my first ever batch of farm-fresh multi-colored eggs!
Yeah, I know.  Where have I been not to [...]

Stop looking at me like that

Not much of a crafty nature to report today.   I sent off a batch of orders this morning, and this afternoon I was the Grandma-to-Grandma Shuttle, as I picked Aidan up at Neil’s parents’ house, drove 35 minutes, and dropped him off at my parents’ house.  He’s making the rounds, vacationing at the grandparents’ houses, [...]

Church of summer

Opening the car windows on a sunny day, driving through the countryside while singing along to an appropriate soundtrack;

stopping the car so that we may admire the green of the trees, the blue of the sky, the smell of the summer, with the wind at our feet;

taking the opportunity to procure a small piece of [...]

Outside the box

It’s a certain someone’s birthday today, and the boys and I collaborated on a banner. My instructions were clear:
Aidan, you write HAPPY, I’ll write BIRTHDAY, and Eamonn, you write DADDY. Then we’ll hang them all up for Daddy to see when he comes downstairs this morning.
Well, my boys are nothing if not outside-of-the-box [...]

Bamboolicious

I never showed you this fabric that arrived a few weeks ago. I got a fantastic deal on the three colors of jersey and the Irish linen on the bottom. $2/yard or less, if I remember correctly. It made the $16/yard price tag on the top fabric much easier to swallow.
That top [...]

Swamp folk

Sometimes it’s handy living in such close proximity to a wildlife refuge. Lately it’s been our go-to place when we’re needing a change of scenery. Today, after listening to an hour of one child micromanaging the other’s every move, and after trying unsuccessfully to get him to see that he’d be a much [...]

Change of plans

I had some sewing planned for today. For starters, I wanted to fix my duvet cover, which I did finish after midnight last night, only to find that I had somehow measured my bedspread as being 20 inches longer than it really was. I have all of this extra material now, and will [...]

Reasons to be crabby?

You know, it occurs to me that there is rarely a good reason for me to be crabby. I’ve got it pretty darn good, you know. My foul moods generally stem from some kind of physical discomfort (being hot & sticky in the summer, for instance) or an inability to complete a task [...]

Fun with foam

I have a plethora of crafty feeds in my reader, including a handful that do little more than point out highlights from other crafty blogs.  This morning, CRAFT: Magazine had a link to Betz White’s blog that instantly grabbed my attention.  Why?  Well, for one thing the featured project was something that looked like it [...]

Perpetual weekend

I still haven’t shaken that weekendy feeling I posted about yesterday.  Frankly, I don’t have a problem with that, but some of the side-effects are a bit problematic.  For instance, on a weekend, I have a tendency to let my email pile up, I don’t generally process orders, and I certainly don’t ship anything.  You [...]