supafine

Winter: I am Over It

Oh dude. The snow. The ice. The below-freezing temps. The drafty house. The cabin fever. Go on, you say? The slushy boots. The wind-chapped children. The dry, dry hands. Did I write ‘cabin fever’? The isolation. The car doors freezing shut. And hello, winter is cold. I do not tolerate cold very well in my […]

Hot cocoa and the super snow castle

I uploaded to Flickr some pictures of the building of the snow castle in the back yard last week, and thought I’d add a pair of quick videos: Owen explaining about the castle, and Mac demonstrating a new vocab word.

March of Mundanities

I washed three loads of laundry today
I am wearing pigtails, a long-sleeved thermal t-shirt, a down vest, cotton capri pants that come down to my ankles, and shearling-lined slippers
I got in a fight over egg noodles with Iain
I got the family to write out thank you notes at last
I watched a DVD of Stephen Wright’s […]

Things which displease me, very much, a lot so

That the need for avatar pictures exist. Ugh.

Just how expensive groceries are. It’s like I just woke up and looked at the prices this week. For reals, this is getting all Moscow crazy.
The fact that I was nearly burgled today. In STARS HOLLOW. What on earth, man. STARS HOLLOW. Go nearly commit crimes somewhere else.
Dry […]

OK, Baltimore, you can laugh — for now

For the last six years i’ve been mocking the fearful Marylanders about their attitudes toward snow. Snow would fall, the town would panic, the news would cover every flake live from the salt dome, and I would laugh and laugh. Pansy-ass Baltimorons!
But the tables have turned; now I’m in Pittsburgh, it snows all the […]

All new adventures of the Domesticity Helmet

I was chatting with my friend Amy today and she mentioned in passing that she doesn’t have any bean bags for her son, Jack, to play indoor hopscotch with. Well. That kind of deprivation just won’t stand, I said. Allow me to don my safety helmet and get cracking. So the boys and I put […]

While waiting for a new episode of The Office

Sun Chips. They’re not junk food, because they buy green energy credits! Says so on the bag. I’m saving the planet.
Sitting in the big microsuede recliner with an orange throw and my heating pad, shivering. This house obviously needs to be weatherproofed. Brr.
Speaking of cold, Iain got the day off school tomorrow, because it’s going […]

Things comma new

Subcategory: I like.

I made Owen some purple pajama pants today. They are extremely cute. I used Simplicity 9499 ($1 pattern sale at Joann this week!) and redrew the size S to be closer to his skinny frame. The fabric is probably recognizable to one of my sisters, because it used to be lady pajama pants […]

Sewing: T-shirt from T-shirt, partly in detail

Since I am now the proud owner of not only a serger (!) but also a dress form (!!) the time was ripe for me to lay down my knitting needles and start feeling up my Blue Lady.

My plan: to make a little scoopneck T-shirt to wear under my cardigans. The flaw? I had no […]

Captain Blackbeard and his first mate, Saggypants

The pirate obsession continues into ‘09! I have to thank the inventor of Playmobil for keeping my kids so well occupied for hours at a time that I can read “Inside the Victorian Home” in relative peace.
Also, should I be alarmed? Mackie has taken to donning one of Owen’s pirate hats, picking up a […]

  • sponsors


    Interested in appearing here? E-mail me for sponsorship information


  • meta

  • Et cetera

    hosting: Meancode Media

Switch to our mobile site