Atti’s first Christmas. And he’s not so sure about all this. Paper: Scenic Route, Making MemoriesRub Ons: Scenic Route, American CraftsSticker: American CraftsMetal: American Crafts, Go WestButtons: EK SuccessStamp: Scenic Route
[Continue reading...]Growing up too fast
July 28, 2010
We’re still fighting the red tape battles to get Atti’s therapeutic services started up again. Every person I’ve talked to expressed regret that the process takes so long, but nobody seems to know any other way to do it. It’s been a rough few months trying to transition and make phone calls and get all […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #30
July 27, 2010
Every time I open up my bathroom cupboard I think, “I have got to take a picture of my stash of body wash.” And then I go about my day and meanwhile the stash dwindles and dwindles and dwindles. Now that I’ve gone through half of it, I can’t put it off any longer. I […]
[Continue reading...]Brightening up with new pillows
July 26, 2010
I was never truly happy with the pillows I did the first time around. I ended up with too much brown in all of them, but the ones I loved the best ended up somehow being the exact color of the couch. You couldn’t even tell they were there sometimes. I needed a whole lot […]
[Continue reading...]Visions of Sugarplums
July 23, 2010
Patterned Paper: My Minds EyeRubons: Making MemoriesLetter Stickers: Scenic RouteMetal Brad Stickers: Heidi GraceDiscs: EK SuccessStamp: Stampin Up
[Continue reading...]Chicken and Apple Onion Slaw Sandwich
July 22, 2010
I have been meaning to share this recipe for over two years now. I first came up with it when we had a party to celebrate Atti’s baby blessing, and I wanted a slightly fancier option for the sandwich spread we were putting out. On my first attempt I just cooked the apples and onion […]
[Continue reading...]Fixing up the clothes
July 21, 2010
In that pile of clothes I bought at the Goodwill a few weeks ago were a few things that needed a little help. This tunic and those black pants are both double knit, indestructible, polyester. Oh I have a weakness for polyester. I love the retro appeal, I love the never-fading eye blinding colors, I […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #29
July 20, 2010
A new Thai place opened up not far from our house, and I have had Bear stop in for Mango Sticky Rice a couple nights a week ever since I first tried it. I’m obsessed. I tell myself it’s healthy. It’s healthy, right? Fruit, coconut milk, rice, healthy. Yeah? No wait, don’t tell me.
[Continue reading...]House PAINTED!!
July 19, 2010
The last unpainted room in this house was the upstairs bathroom. We had friends coming over on a Tuesday, and we finished painting this room at about midnight on Monday. If it weren’t for this show offy streak in me, sometimes I wonder if I’d ever get anything done. We kept it almost exactly the […]
[Continue reading...]Atti’s finished room
July 16, 2010
We had two last unpainted rooms in this place, and after our weeks long painting marathon, I could not get back up and finish those last two rooms. Ug. Even the thought was exhausting. But then I volunteered to host a get together with my friends from church, and my pride kicked in to get […]
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