Oh, how I wish my favorite bagel joint delivered. And, if they delivered, I would additionally have to wish that they delivered with no minimum order, because otherwise they would likely balk at driving a mile to bring me a 70-cent bagel. Even if I upped the ante and turned it into a full-fledged sandwich, […]
Read More: Bagels, Google, and Day-MakingCategory: family
Gotta love those boys of mine
Neither one of them has even remembered that we have Easter baskets around here. There will probably be a big epiphany after supper, when one or the other of them is wondering what they should have for dessert. I fully expect an “OH! We have Easter Candy!!” declaration. For now, though, we’re having a blissfully […]
Read More: Gotta love those boys of minePlaying with puffy stuff
I’ve been having a creative kind of weekend so far. Last night and today I got to play some more with this earring design I’ve been thinking about for several weeks. I’ve made some improvements to the bead design itself, and I’ve been practicing making my own ear wires. I’m really pleased with them. What […]
Read More: Playing with puffy stuffI’ll just take the black ones, please
Aidan came home from school today, all smiles because he won a contest. We’re not big contest-winners around here, so it’s always so much fun when it actually happens. He guessed there were 290 jellybeans in the bowl at school. There were closer to 500, but his guess was the highest, and he won all […]
Read More: I’ll just take the black ones, pleaseEight years, one day, and counting
Yesterday we celebrated the anniversary of the day I had two large nurses jumping forcefully on my abdomen in an effort to eject a certain stubborn little person who had decided to be born two weeks early and then changed his mind at the last minute. The little stinker is now eight years old and […]
Read More: Eight years, one day, and countingChecking in
It’s been a long day, exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. Walking, lugging, more walking, more lugging, and even more walking – those were the exhausting parts. But the wonderful conversations with those who dropped by my table at the vendor fair, the opportunity to put faces to so many familiar names of customers […]
Read More: Checking inI don’t think we’re in NJ anymore, Toto
Neil has been planning to be away this weekend for months, and I’ve been making little lists in my head of things that I wanted to accomplish while he was gone. Besides the requisite “something interesting to do with the kids,” I wanted to sew a couple of aprons & scarves to sell, ship some […]
Read More: I don’t think we’re in NJ anymore, TotoOn chick bashing and pretty pictures
Aidan came home from school and informed me that there is, indeed, chick-clobbering in the game, although he’s pretty sure you’re not actually killing them. It’s more of a scooping them out of the way none-too-gently with a spoon kind of thing. I don’t know whether to be relieved that my four-year-old is not a […]
Read More: On chick bashing and pretty picturesSimpler times
I think perhaps Eamonn has played entirely too many rounds of his older brother’s Ultra Man: Monster Crisis game… This afternoon, while playing a perfectly gentle computer game which is based on the movie Ratatouille and revolves around the collection of apple cores, Eamonn turns to me and says, “I can’t get that apple. I […]
Read More: Simpler timesI dug into the pile
I knew I wouldn’t resist the pile for long. I managed to clean the kitchen first, but then I just needed to play. Meet “Button-Embellished Patchwork Scarf in Joel Dewberry Aviary Prints,” who has taken up residence at Etsy and is waiting to go to a loving home. I really like this scarf, but I’m […]
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