We went to our first, honest to goodness, at the park playgroup today. It went better than I was expecting, but not as good as I hoped. I was really scared to death to go, up late last night stressing and then spending all morning thinking through contingency plans. Trying to come up with ways […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #44
November 10, 2009
We’ve been avoiding giving Atti any sugar, not because we’re evil parents who hate childhood, but more because I wanted to put off a fight as long as I could. This poor kid has me forcing so many things that are good for him, if he knew that sugar existed in the world, getting him […]
[Continue reading...]A case of the crazies
November 9, 2009
My little miracle baby will be two years old in February. I kind of can’t handle it. I am so in love with this little kid, I want four more just like him. Which of course is kind of a problem. The story is long and tortuous, so for all the readers who haven’t been […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #43
November 3, 2009
Atti’s had my cough for the last week or so, but today he woke up with a big snotty nose, a warm forehead and then threw up his morning bottle all over me. That part wasn’t exactly pleasurable, but having a sweet snuggly boy who just wants his momma? That’s not such a bad gig. […]
[Continue reading...]Milestones
November 2, 2009
A couple weeks ago I got rearended at a stoplight. A poor mom with her two kids in the car had just started driving when the light turned green instead of when the car in front of her actually started moving. Nobody was hurt, I was on my way home from an appointment so I […]
[Continue reading...]The big Wrapup
October 31, 2009
Whew. There were times when I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. I’ve had this ridiculously awful cough, a drink a jar of cough syrup a day, give yourself a headache from all the hacking, try not to breath to hard or else you’ll start again, kind of cough, for a month now. […]
[Continue reading...]Gothic Prom Dress Tree Skirt
October 29, 2009
That’s what it looks like, right? Because that was what I was totally going for. I had planned on doing a simple simple tree skirt, using some more of that neverending stash of black wool, and some ornate black lace backed by white for the top. But then I got to Joann’s realized I left […]
[Continue reading...]Halloween Tree Skirt
October 28, 2009
Last year at about 4 pm on Halloween, I realized that I had forgotten to put something together for Atticus to put his treats in. Utter nonsense, of course, the little guy was eight months old and immobile, and he still hasn’t tasted sugar. I don’t think anyone would have missed him not having a […]
[Continue reading...]Stuffed Spiderweb Ornament
October 27, 2009
This ornament is really just a variation of one I’ve done before. Whenever I sit down to start designing ornaments, I always start by thinking of different mediums I could use to create a theme, and embroidery is just so darn easy. It’s nice to get this one finished and on the tree. I’ve been […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #42
October 26, 2009
Last Saturday, desperate to drink up the fall before it’s gone, we tossed the whole hacking, coughing family into the car and drove into Julian, a little mountain town full of apple orchards, gold mines, and quaint tourist trappings. It was a wonderful day. Atti was at his best behaved, most snuggly and thoroughly adorable, […]
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