Because I have no filter and can’t seem to keep anything to myself, I’ve been open in the past about living with anxiety and OCD. But also because I am a chronic smart alec, all my joking may have come across as “I hate getting dirty. I totally have, like, OCD or something.” Just to […]
[Continue reading...]Yo Gabba Gabba Quilt for Davy
June 30, 2011
My quilting streak continues, this time for a very special little girl and her mama who needed to be shown how many people were cheering them on. Ruth is an old family friend. My mother-in-law is best friends with her mother-in-law, Bear and his siblings grew up with her husband and his siblings, when we […]
[Continue reading...]Community Support
June 29, 2011
The world is a kind and beautiful place when you have an adorable toddler in a wheelchair. Atti and I went to the farmer’s market together and I felt like I was the bouncer of a celebrity. It is not at all an exaggeration to say that I could barely do any shopping because so […]
[Continue reading...]2011 Year of Pleasures #26
June 28, 2011
This little guy is going to make me eat cherries like they’re vitamins. The only bad thing about cherries is dealing with the pits, and now I can get rid of those as fast as I can shove them in my mouth. I only went and bought this because I was going to be canning […]
[Continue reading...]Canning season is here!
June 27, 2011
When I meet people in person who read the blog, I am surprised how often they bring up my canning adventures. Apparently, I am not the only one who looks at canning as some charming and old-fashioned pinnacle of domesticity that appears intimidatingly complicated. Canning may seem like one of those things that is better […]
[Continue reading...]Mondrian Quilt is finished!
June 23, 2011
With Bear’s parents visiting us last month, I wanted the house to look as perfect as possible, which meant that I not only wanted to get my quilting mess out of the way, but I wanted to be able to show off the finished product. I’m totally in love with it. As a reminder, here’s […]
[Continue reading...]2011 Year of Pleasures #25
June 21, 2011
When things need to be put away upstairs and I don’t feel like going there, I have a habit of just setting things on the stairs so I can take them up on my next trip. I did that a little while ago with my quilting ruler, only to have Bear step on it and […]
[Continue reading...]Ice Blocking with the Family
June 20, 2011
Summertime is here in Modesto, and it’s in the best part. When things are getting warm, but before they get so hot you can’t bear to have skin. We got together with our friends from church for a family activity, and somebody in the planning got really creative and fun and decided to have an […]
[Continue reading...]Tiered Necklaces: Using Crimp Beads
June 16, 2011
I’ve been loving the trend lately of the really dominant necklaces. I haven’t found a bib necklace that worked on me yet, so I’ve been following the “dripping with beads” trend. Bear’s grandmother left me a ton of these jet black beads, but they’ve been sitting in my drawer for years. In my necklace making […]
[Continue reading...]Maximum Fun Baby Shower
June 15, 2011
I’ve been on board with MaximumFun.org since the very beginning. And being around so long, spending so much time chatting on forums, listening to podcasts, supporting this new experimental media, makes me feel so connected to Jesse Thorn that he feels like a friend. Jesse and his wife Theresa are expecting their first child, so […]
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