I haven’t blogged in two days, but I’ve thought about it. And now that I finally have some down time, I can’t seem to stop watching TV. I watched my usual Friday night episode of Stargate: Atlantis, and then I should have turned off the television and started writing, but I didn’t. And now, we’re […]
Read More: Oh, good griefMonth: July 2008
Summer shirt extravaganza
Earlier in the week I made that Simplicity 3835 I posted about in my Reasons to be Cheerful, and having 2/3 of a perfectly good vintage white sheet left, I got brave and tackled the pattern that has been languishing since I bought it a few months ago. Introducing my first attempt at Simplicity 4589. […]
Read More: Summer shirt extravaganzaReasons to be cheerful
1. Thrift shop find: a white vintage sheet that has a border of flowers along the bottom hem. That said “make a shirt out of me!” So, I did, and now I have a lovely new Simplicty 3835 to wear, and a large portion of a plain white sheet with which I can experiment on […]
Read More: Reasons to be cheerfulChange 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 have to […]
Read More: Change of plansOh, Saturday, you pretty thing
Despite the fact that I am home all day during the week, there’s something about the dawning of a bright, new Saturday that fills me with anticipation. This Saturday has been breakfasting on the patio, cutting out fabric pieces on the family room floor, and whipping up three new pillows, all before I’d even hit […]
Read More: Oh, Saturday, you pretty thingIt doesn’t feel like Friday, but I’m glad it is
Today I spent an inordinate amount of time doing this: And after it was done, I thought the kids could use a little air, so I set them free in the back yard. Not liking to leave them on their own, I went outside too, and did a little of this: We’ve since returned to […]
Read More: It doesn’t feel like Friday, but I’m glad it isI am a slave driver
I make my only employee turn on her laptop while she’s still rubbing her eyes and stumbling from bed to kitchen. I let her take five minutes to brew a cup of Tazo Awake tea, toast a homemade Strawberry-Blueberry Muffin, and fish a vitamin from the jar, but then I crack the whip. “Sit yerself […]
Read More: I am a slave driverSkirt sickness and sugar scrub
Is there such a thing as Skirtmakers Anonymous? It’s not so much that I like wearing skirts (although, I definitely do). It’s more that I like wearing skirts that I made. Have you seen some of the new skirts that Target has this season? I love them! But I’ve been passing them by on the […]
Read More: Skirt sickness and sugar scrubBerry Puree Muffins
So, I was listening to podcasts this morning while I cleaned up the kitchen, and I tried out an NPR series that was new to me called Kitchen Window. The episode I listened to was all about breakfast and the idea that a freezer full of quick bread is a great substitute for a greasy […]
Read More: Berry Puree MuffinsReasons 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 due to […]
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