I have been searching and searching for the right something to hang in this one spot in the kitchen. I have some ideas for projects, so I was really hoping to find some decent frames, but all the new ones are the same old sizes and I was hoping for something unique. I found unique […]
[Continue reading...]It sounded good at the time.
March 17, 2010
This is probably my longest running WIP ever. I think it’s been six years since I started this dang project. I thought it was the coolest idea – knitting with plastic lanyard to create a waterproof bag. How perfect for a beach tote! I think I saw it on Carol Duvall, but the person demonstrating […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #11
March 16, 2010
I’ve been going through the house and trying to eliminate one unsightly mess at a time. For a whole $5 I bought this little hook system at Target, hung it up on the wall, and all of a sudden the tangle of cleaning supplies and dirty laundry that breeds just outside the door to the […]
[Continue reading...]Craigslist Karma scores again!
March 12, 2010
Well, technically it’s Goodwill karma this time, but once again I scored! $40 for this fantastic piece of genuine Midcentury goodness. Just look at the legs on this beauty! Oh my gosh, I nearly fainted when I saw it. I ran in to the Goodwill on our way back from horseriding and I didn’t have […]
[Continue reading...]Beehive Headband
March 11, 2010
Last year, when I was just in charge of the 16 – 18 year olds, I came up with this little headband to welcome the girls who turned 16 and entered my class. Now that I’m over everyone, I wanted to come up with something for every girl who advanced into a new class. The […]
[Continue reading...]Parsley Oregano Vinaigrette
March 10, 2010
Every day last summer, I made a salad from the bumper crop of cherry tomatoes from my garden, some feta cheese, a cucumber, and a vinaigrette I made up from some fresh herbs in my garden. The vinaigrette keeps nicely in the fridge, so I’d just pop some tomatoes off the vine, spoon in some […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #10
March 9, 2010
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers came on one of the old movie networks, so I raced to record it and spent one of my lowkey days watching it. My entire childhood was spent enamored with this movie, and I have to confess that my sisters and I played “Seven Brides” until an embarrassingly old age. […]
[Continue reading...]Boys will be boys
March 8, 2010
Would you look at what my guy did to his perfect little face? I’m not really sure how it happened, but I know that every one of those bruises corresponds to one of the slats of his crib. Either he slept with his face squished against the side of the crib, or he had a […]
[Continue reading...]Fabric Covered Wastebasket
March 5, 2010
Sometimes I can be so dang cheap about the silliest things. Since we moved into this house three years ago I’ve needed to get wastebaskets in all the bathrooms, but I could not bring myself to spend $25 on something that no one will notice except when they need somewhere to put a used kleenex. […]
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