Relaxing out in the yard. I feel like we did a lot of outdoor work early in the summer, such as planting grass and ripping out 10,000 dandelions and setting up herb gardens, so it would be a shame to…
Stupid Sewing Tricks: Blanket for Nephew B
The Pinterest pin said it would take 30 minutes. It took three hours. But! It looks and feels like a baby blanket and I’m told newborn eyesight isn’t that good so it’ll be a while before he can grab a…
Friday 5: Mist It by That Much
We have a new nephew! For blog purposes, he is Nephew B, and his older brother is Nephew A. It works out really well that way. The lovely Kristen is doing well and my brother doesn’t read my blog anyway…
Friday Five: Shadows
Listening to: Tiki Bar playlist on Songza Holy crap what a week. Last week, one of our debit card numbers/PINs was skimmed to the tune of almost $600. The money’s back in the account and the debit cards have been…
Welcome, Flapjack!
My nephew (son of my brother John and the lovely Kristen) decided that waiting for his proper May 15 due date wasn’t going to happen. Why do that when April can be so amazing? So one week ago today he…
Stupid Beading Tricks: More bracelets
We are off from work today to celebrate an amazing Annual Meeting. Which I didn’t have to attend, but we get the day off anyway. While I was waiting for maintenance to come in this morning and fix a crack…
