We stopped for the night in Las Vegas and spent the night at the Tropicana. We thought that a major hotel right there in the heart of the strip would be a sure bet. It was stunningly scuzzy. I think I can tell you all you need to know by showing you this picture and […]
[Continue reading...]Shop update is LIVE!
March 30, 2009
Well, it only took me two hours longer than I planned, but it’s done. I didn’t feel like I’d gotten that much stuff finished, but I guess I forgot about all the different versions. Holy cow that took forever. Anyway, thanks for putting up with all the shop discussion. I realize that on most blogs […]
[Continue reading...]How embarrassing!
March 28, 2009
Of course my blog breaks when I’m away for the weekend. Of course. Sorry for the mess, I’ll make it all better when I get back. In a perverse way that only makes sense in my life, this is actually a good sign. It means that I’ve made way more internet friends than I ever […]
[Continue reading...]On our way
March 27, 2009
We’re already an hour late getting on the road, and we’re still debating whether or not to bring the pack and play. The trip is off to a great start. In happier news, I was able to actually finish off that quilt I started three years ago in my quilting class, and since it’s not […]
[Continue reading...]Fruits of my labors
March 25, 2009
In my moping about over the weekend (and then some) I drowned my sorrows by driving to the nearest nursery and buying myself a bunch of vegetables to plant. I had been toying around with the idea of a vegetable garden, but I kind of moved that into the ‘Next Year’ column in the grand […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #12
March 24, 2009
The ice cream of the future. It’s regular ice cream, frozen below zero, and it makes these little beads of frozen goodness. We had a branch of this place in the nearest mall growing up. I don’t know what it is I love so much about this stuff. The texture’s really interesting, and then when […]
[Continue reading...]Today is one of those bitter days.
March 23, 2009
Atti’s teething about four teeth at once, he’s had a low-grade fever on and off for nearly a week, and I cannot do anything to make him happy. In the past couple of weeks it seems like a little lightbulb has turned on for Atti. All of a sudden he’s interacting with us so much […]
[Continue reading...]Alphabet Wall
March 20, 2009
The majority spoke, so I went ahead and hung up my alphabet wall as I planned. I struggled and struggled to get decent photos, but the area is so wide and there’s a pillar in the middle of everything, plus all those weird angles that forced me to get creative in the first place, so […]
[Continue reading...]The Music Man
March 19, 2009
I spent part of today finally downloading every video we’ve ever taken of Atti’s whole life off of the video camera, and onto the computer. So in honor of my massive feat of organization, I give you my favorite video ever: Atticus listens to music. I wish I could say it worked that well every […]
[Continue reading...]Burp Rag Tutorial
March 18, 2009
This is the last project I’m going to work up for my big shop update. Maybe. I think. We’ll see. But I always want to share how I make stuff with you guys because I rarely feel the need to make the same thing twice, so I might as well send an idea out into […]
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