apology

i would like to publicly apologize for photobombing this beautiful picture of my sister-in-law with her now husband and his mom & sister.
i am sorry for the gaping-mouthed ridiculousness in the background.
please forgive me.

my dear john letter

dearest friend,
we’ve had a beautiful relationship. really, we have, but it’s time to go our separate ways. it’s not you, it’s me. well, that’s not entirely true. it’s not even remotely true. it’s you. there, i said it. i want to break up with you. it’s been long enough & our codependent relationship is doing [...]

5 minutes

here’s an exercise in how much writing i can get done in 5 minutes:
i have already:
-eaten breakfast (leftover dutch baby pancake)
-had one cup of coffee
-one for a walk/run
-reorganized the 2 shoes bins in the garage
-cleaned up from the reorganization of shoe bins (that’s for you, daddyjay)
-put the baby down for a nap
-sat down to write
i [...]

my third bee

i’ve up and joined my third quilting bee. i haven’t figured out the badge yet, but it’s over here. we even have someone joining us from new zealand. quite exciting.
i had enough fabric in my stash to get us started for october & i sent out a variety of different brightly colored fabrics to everyone [...]

dress design for shabby apple dresses

i decided to try my hand at the dare to design is contest at shabby apple. i’ve actually been interested in designing this exact dress for myself for a while & whether i win or not, i’ll make it.
i regularly drool over the shabby apple dresses. they are cute, tasteful & reasonably priced. there are [...]

oh, yea…

i forgot that yesterday was the mark of my blogging start. (i hate the term blogiversary, don’t ask me why.)
i started blogging as a means of community. i found blogs when i started sewing again & discovered a world of crafting i never knew existed. i created an online persona to talk with those on [...]

music to my ears

and now for something completely different.
this week, for new music monday, i’ll give you some of the baby doll’s newest words. i was recording a song when she came to me & wanted to watch herself on the computer. we made a little video in which she says a few words, smiles at herself & [...]

dem bones

a successful all hallows eve.
mr. orange-bones jones even made his comeback.

we met a witch

some ghoulies

even i dressed up, a bit

along with my pegacorn

mermaid

lego king

and adorable baby who gets a mulligan for the year (they all do their second halloween)

all in all we had a good time

mr. orange-bones jones

we have a few halloween decorations. not a lot, but enough to make us festive. some of it is inside, just for us: homemade pumpkins & harvest bottles, bowls & baskets. that kind of stuff. nothing terribly exciting. i have templates made for gravestones with limericks about all of us, but they’re made of cardboard, [...]

costumes

after being talked down from being centaurs for halloween this year, scout & jillianne are going to be a unicorn & mermaid, respectively.
the boy, on the other hand, changed his mind every five minutes. today it’s a king. yesterday, a knight. here’s the list of all ideas he’s had so far:
speed racer
the mach 5
the number [...]