Among many Mormon women, Mother’s Day is secretly not a day of joy. We tend to have such high standards for ourselves that most of us feel constantly lacking and view Mother’s Day as a day to face up to just how far short we’re falling. Please don’t think there’s anything doctrinal about that, it […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #18
May 6, 2009
I’m feeling a little bit stuck these days. Just not feeling the creative mojo. This happens to me a lot when I finish a big project, I just have trouble getting myself kick started again. Everything I’ve been working on for the past week has been long term works in progress. As I’m sure you […]
[Continue reading...]Seed Beaded Bangle
May 5, 2009
Gosh I love seed beads. I don’t know what it is, they just make me happy. I love them. But I don’t love most of what I see made from them. I have the same problem with crochet. I prefer the practice of crocheting over the practice of knitting, but I rarely love something crocheted. […]
[Continue reading...]Plate Wall
May 1, 2009
I’ve finally managed to tackle another big job I’ve been putting off and get all these plates I’ve been collecting over the past year hung up along the staircase. Living with those brown paper circles was making me batty! This was a big job because it really required a solid uninterrupted couple of hours work […]
[Continue reading...]One less thing to do…
April 30, 2009
Last night Bear made dinner, so I found myself with an unexpected hour on my hands. I decided I’d finally do the task I was dreading the most, and give the stinky cat a bath. I keep saying that Lobo helped prepare me for becoming a mom to a boy in many ways. I think […]
[Continue reading...]One last garden post…
April 30, 2009
I know I’m in danger of becoming obsessed, but what is a blog for if not to document everything we can’t stop thinking about? This is what’s keeping me away from all my responsibilities. When I planted them I took all the packets of bulbs, emptied them into one big container, and then planted them […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #17
April 28, 2009
I always do this to myself. I always overextend myself with the best of intentions, I make myself crazy trying to meet some arbitrary goal I set for myself, I complete it, stand back with pride only to realize that I have let everything else in my life disintegrate around me. And then I swear […]
[Continue reading...]Busy busy busy
April 23, 2009
My healer quilt is in the wash, the therapist comes in two hours and I have two days to make a second quilt for the church auction, when I’ll be gone most of today. I’m frantically working my fingers off, so I figured you’d all forgive me as long as I post baby pictures. This […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #16
April 21, 2009
I am a city girl in my heart. If Bear hadn’t come along I’m sure I would have wound up spending time in New York. This weekend we stumbled upon an area that helped satiate that yearning in me at least for a little while. On our way back from visiting the grandparents we needed […]
[Continue reading...]Busy weekend
April 20, 2009
Four wiggly kids tempted by cake + low light = one very blurry picture Bear’s family all got together this weekend to celebrate Sally’s birthday. They only live about an hour away, but with the baby and his schedule, we don’t get to see them as often as we should. An hour away seems to […]
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