I should have known this would happen. It’s practically a given. If I’m going to spend a week being under the weather and stuck in the house, then as soon as I feel well, I am going to take myself to the nearest shopping center and do a little damage to my wallet. The more […]
Read More: Delusions of Springtime (and a winner!)
Having a warehouse (er, basement) full of books for Polka Dot Creations puts me in a position to observe the relationship between a nice looking cover and the content inside the book. I’ve seen a fair amount of awful covers in my time, and while sometimes the book itself is truly awful, often the content […]
Read More: Don’t judge a book by its cover
So I’m pretty sure what we’ve all been socked with is the flu. Crossing my fingers all will be normal by Monday… We had a 65-degree day today, which is always welcome when the winter has been as bitterly cold as this winter has, but it’s even more exciting when you’ve spent the previous several […]
Read More: Friends, fans and flus.
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 stash
That’s where I’ve been lately. There have been birthday parties to prepare for, birthday parties to host, and a different birthday party to attend. And in my downtime, what little of it there has been, I have been putting the final nail in my laptop‘s coffin. This is a problem, because I’m still not entirely […]
Read More: Everywhere but here
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: Nine
Once upon a time (or, more specifically, just over a year ago) I made a deal with myself. I knew I needed to lose 25lbs, and I thought maybe an incentive system would push me to reach my goal. Hey, it works with the kids, right? Why not me? So I decided that for every […]
Read More: Bribery will get you everywhere
In terms of children to make things for, I’m surrounded by boys. Sons, nephews. But every once in a while, despite my general disdain for anything too pink or frilly, I get the urge to make something feminine. Enter crafthope. The brainchild of Jade Sims, Craft Hope is a faith-based, love inspired project designed to […]
Read More: The girliest thing I’ve ever made
Or, How to Make an Ugly Vest in Four Easy Steps. This is my first knitted garment, and I knew within the first few rows of knitting that I wasn’t really going to like it much. But I pressed on, because I wanted to learn the mechanics of vest-making, do a little experimenting, and use […]
Read More: My Poodle Costume
This is my task list for yesterday. As I’m sure you know, I like to use an online service for managing my tasks, so why, you ask, was I rockin’ the old-fashioned legal pad yesterday? It’s the same reason I am posting two days of Yellow Week at a time – my hard drive is […]
Read More: Yellow Week Two-fer
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