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I knit a sweater for Guac

From the pattern in Last Minute Knitted Gifts, by Joelle Hoverson, which I borrowed from the library because I liked her quilting book so much. Chosen because it was supposed to take less than 2 hours and because I would learn to do things like knit in the round and do decreases and finishing. It’s […]

Choose your liquor store wisely

I always make sure we go to the one that hands the kiddos a lollipop, just like the bank.

Now this is a sweet surprise

I’m 28 today! And while I kind of saw the black-yoom coming, the both kids in bed by 7 p.m. thing? Totally unexpected. Mama is going to go get her drink on and watch Season Three of The Office on DVD. Party time, excellent.

Sewing: my first swap

Or, this whole “craftblogosphere” is really getting its hooks into me. Soon I’m going to have to stop putting the “sewing” alert in my post titles because it’s going to be assumed. (So I realized the other day — although I have been sewing since I was in high school, it’s only within the last […]

There are no secrets with two-year-olds

Tuesday evening I went out to work. When I returned, all the boys were tucked into bed. A shopping bag in the hallway indicated to me that Iain left the house after 6 p.m. (wha?) with both boys (hrm?) to go to Target (shuh?) in my absence (!). Such an event was monumental; a first-time […]

sewing: whipup and project list

I’m strangely happy to see one of my finished works on whipup.net. I’ve been reading that site since they launched, and have gotten so much inspiration and so many tips there.
Also, I can’t remember what post it was where I was talking about my long “want to make” list, but I just found the notebook […]

Sewing room redo, continued

All righty, I made a little progress on my plan to pretty up the attic/craft room. As in, I managed to tape off the walls:

You can see there that china hutch thing. Glass doors. Begging to store something.

That’s the other end of the room, at the top of the stairs.

And this is the kind of […]

This new kid’s a rabbel rouser

His name is Guac. He is tiny, so small he could fit in your pocket. No wait, he’s as big as a real boy. He’s two months old. He’s a working man. He’s a baby. He’s coming with us to the store. No, he’s going to stay back at the house.
Guac does many naughty things. […]

Another home improvement project: The attic sewing room

This is what I’ve got. Long and narrow; under-eaves storage that is filled with camping gear and baby things; two dormer windows, ugly green carpet that has to stay because we are not made of money; two “end-cap” windows; stairs; one kitchen table, one ugly straight-back chair; many plastic bins of fabric; two coffee tables.
Not […]

I stand corrected. Again.

Mac was a drooly ball of 100% sweetness yesterday and then slept all the way until 4:30 a.m. He must have been reading my archives and decided to throw me for a loop.
Last night I set to Googlin’, because the import of a comment that Kmel made finally registered in the oatmeal mush of my […]

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