Wait, that’s not how that was supposed to go
Owen begins kindergarten today. And thanks to me, he almost missed the bus. How frustrating must it be for a punctual kid to be at the mercy of a chronically late mother?
He’s in afternoon kindergarten. The bus is supposed to arrive at 12:14. Last night we packed his school bag and hung it up by […]
Preparations
Well, we are ready. We have the crib, the cradle, the diapers, the bottles. I have dusted everything I can reach. I have washed the wee baby clothes and sorted out my maternity leave. There is nothing left to do but complain.
I have been having false labor pains since Tuesday. I came home from work […]
Waiting for the missing link
I’m big, I’m bad, I’m going to sit on you. I’m 37 weeks pregnant, give or take a couple days. I am huge and swollen and my fingers look like something on offer by Hillshire Farms. I’m so achy and hot and miserable that I will drive my big fat air conditioned minivan the six blocks […]
Oh yeah! Sewing!
After months and months of not feeling it, I finally started sewing a little again, lately.
First, I finally finished the vintage-sheet quilt that I’ve been working on for a hundred years. I used store-bought quilt binding, which is wider than I like, and machine sewed it on the front and hand-sewed the other side to […]
Handmade baby swing cover
I don’t believe baby girls need 100% pink decor, but I thought 100% blue might be a little unfair. I figured that since her room is already painted blue, and so far all her Baby Containment Units are blue, that it would be nice if I tried my hand and updating a cover to be […]
August, you say?
I can’t believe it. August.
I am 34 weeks pregnant. I have anywhere from 3 weeks to 8 weeks left to go (at 37 weeks, they’ll let labor progress without intervention; it’s 42 weeks before they make noises about inducing).
We still have a bit more preparation to do for baby, but if she […]









