A couple years ago already, I found this incredible maxi skirt at a vintage clothing store near me. I just fell in love with the fabric, but I had the same dilemma I always have at vintage stores – nothing fits my 21st century frame. I bought the skirt anyway because there was so much […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #47
December 1, 2009
Did I mention I met Jon Hamm? He’s dreamy. And he just couldn’t have been sweeter.
[Continue reading...]Pardcast 2009
November 30, 2009
Over the weekend we got to go to a taping of my favorite podcast. I’ve linked to them once or twice, but seriously, if you like really really ridiculously funny stuff and aren’t afraid of the stray f-word, it’s the best bargain going. Jimmy Pardo is the main voice behind the show, and he was […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #46
November 25, 2009
Meet Pearl. Isn’t she a beauty? I had a great little cobalt blue kitchenaid for about eight years, and it finally gave up the ghost a bunch of months ago after one too many batches of bread dough. It served faithfully like a good little soldier. She is missed. We went a couple months without […]
[Continue reading...]Sweet and Savory Cranberry Sauce
November 24, 2009
This is a love note to my friend Crysta Last year I canceled all our usual Thanksgiving plans when I heard that my friend Crysta and her family were going to be in my general vicinity, and I jumped on the chance to claim her undivided attention and cook an enormous meal all by myself. […]
[Continue reading...]The "Fits Any Body Especially Yours" Apron
November 24, 2009
Sewing is crazy hard for the full figured woman. Most patterns get sized as if a larger woman was larger in the exact same way that smaller women are smaller. So there’s not much accounting for curves, or shape, let alone differences in curve or shape. The poor pattern designers can only do so much […]
[Continue reading...]New Kitchen Washcloths
November 20, 2009
Bear had a great Aunt who made us a couple of handmade washcloths as a wedding present, and I have to confess, back then I could not understand why you’d go to that much trouble for a washcloth when paper towels are so cheap. Ten years later, I always smile to myself when I pull […]
[Continue reading...]Embarrassing mommy moment #1
November 18, 2009
I mentioned the other day that we had a traumatic doctor’s visit? OK. Here we go. Atti is a bit of a mouth breather. More like, a total mouth breather. It’s a really really common preemie thing for their adenoids to develop faster than the rest of their nasal passages, which can lead to some […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #45
November 17, 2009
I guess I just need to get used to it. We’re in those toddler years where some days I have my little buddy and some days I have a tiny adorable petri dish. First a month long cough, then a cold, and now apparently the flu. And he is generous enough to share it with […]
[Continue reading...]5 years
November 13, 2009
As of today I’ve been pecking away in this space for five years. It feels like it couldn’t only be five years. I’ve lived lifetimes since then! I started this blog just after we left New Hampshire and moved to California. I hadn’t found a home in our new location, I was so very sick, […]
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