If you have a bed sheet from the thrift shop and the ability to sew a straight line, you can make yourself this fast and cheap skirt!
Read More: I like my skirts fast and cheap: a tutorialI like my skirts fast and cheap: a tutorial
Month: April 2008
Quitting time
Would you think less of me, if I were I quitter? 😉 See, the thing is, I had made this deal that I’d only make a new skirt for myself after I lost 5 pounds. It seemed a pretty reasonable goal back in January when it was too cold to really wear skirts and I […]
Read More: Quitting timeMission report
Good morning, friends. It’s a balmy 56 degrees here in New Jersey, and we’re looking forward to a day of thunder storms and circus-going (Neil‘s sister got tickets for the boys for their birthdays). The circus isn’t my first choice for entertainment, but it could be fun. You’ll probably be hearing all about it here […]
Read More: Mission reportSunshine, taxes and billboards
It was a gorgeous day here yesterday – I threw a quick coat of nail polish on my toes to celebrate the return of flip-flop weather, and I put on a great Spring skirt. I bought this linen skirt at Target last year, only it was yellow at the time. Not really my color. So, […]
Read More: Sunshine, taxes and billboardsThe good, the bad, and the distracting
Recently Aidan’s teacher has been keeping me aware of Aidan’s difficulty focusing on his school work. He’s a very bright boy, does extremely well on tests, but when it comes to completing classroom work in a timely manner, he has issues. The child can be distracted by anything and everything, from a speck on the […]
Read More: The good, the bad, and the distractingBright and springy
I am not a particularly outdoorsy person, but I have a highly-attuned need to bring the outside in, wherever possible. I like natural lighting and open windows. It makes winter tough on me sometimes, and it’s why I look so forward to the arrival of spring every year. I spent the last five days in […]
Read More: Bright and springyGray and slimy
As I lounge here on the couch, portable computer on my lap, waiting for the lingering unpleasantries of this illness to pass, I am suddenly in the mood to make myself some cheery pajama pants. I’ll let you in on a gross little secret. My last shower was on Tuesday night. And the gray t-shirt […]
Read More: Gray and slimyI spoke too soon
About nine hours after I said I was fine, I discovered in no uncertain terms that I was not. I guess cuddling with a sick kid has it’s risks. Today I’m still feeling blechy but not nearly as bad as yesterday. It’s a fever and a headache that are my worst problems at the moment. […]
Read More: I spoke too soonI really should have learned by now
I should have learned that procrastination doesn’t pay. So often, when I decide that I can put off a pile of tasks, something unexpected happens. Days like that require me to put aside birthday shopping and black-pants-finding plans, and instead spend the day, from 4am on, holding a barf bucket for a poor little person […]
Read More: I really should have learned by nowSatisfying, if not entirely productive
So, I managed not to wear the same black t-shirt and pair of black sweats for the fifth day in a row. In fact, I even managed to wear a skirt – the one I repurposed last fall from a torn pair of Neil’s pants. I actually managed to feel like a girl for a […]
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