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December 4, 2009

everywhere and nowhere and nowhere

Can I say I would make THE best posterchild for xanax?  Where do I begin, as that would require focus, which at this stage in the game is not a normalcy.
I will summarize…it is NOT a list, cause lists only make me feel inept so this is just a way to bulletize stuff:

There is A [...]

December 2, 2009

sweat shop closed for a day

I’ve been busy and swear to catch up, there was the big b-day, preemie drive, a yoga training, Thanksgiving, work, and kids…but here is why it’s been a little silent over here.

November 19, 2009

Detroit Hit and Run

Last weekend we survived the 3rd birthday party.  The number 3 is significant in that what has allowed me to survive the past year is the hope that when they magically turn 3 that temper tantrums would be replaced with statements of “how can I help you mama?”, “mama, I will wait for you outside [...]

November 3, 2009

men and knits

I’ve been married for 6 years.
Each year I tell hubby to select a Christmas sweater and each year it becomes the equivalent of a souffle – a delicate procedure that involves so many stars in the right line and no sudden movements to be successful that it becomes scrapped for a crockpot meal (not that [...]

October 27, 2009

A Looooong Year

The last 365 summed up in 7 minutes.

October 10, 2009

Please, Just Get Out Of My Grill For 2 seconds!

Yes, the title of this post was indeed a statement that fell from my mouth…at 9am.  If it’s 9am and I am already attempting to create a little biosphere of 2 inches of personal space, I knew I was in for a long day. 
Every day I wonder about these women I see at the grocery [...]

September 21, 2009

Test Knitting Anyone? Anyone?

Although I am in the beginning stages for the “if you don’t stop #%^$# throwing that, you’re going to military school” military knit cardigan, I’m on the prowl for some test knitters.  I can’t compensate monetary wise for your time but can give you a huge bucket o’ gratitude and you get a snazzy new pattern [...]

September 19, 2009

When life gives you lemons….

Donegal, my lovely green laptop, that replaced my former laptop which also had a halted demise way before a full lifespan (and never obtained a name, it was that short) which replaced a former laptop that I ran over..
twice
has met the wrath of toddler who felt it necessary to throw you with its ac power [...]

June 5, 2009

I’ll take your downward facing dog and raise you one cobra

Our summer cultural festival tour landed us at Cristo Rey

hello furrowed brows
and smack in the middle of a long outdoor mass…a long…bilingual mass.
In so doing, we helped our children utilize their cross-cultural cheap hollander skills and hit up the vendors for free food.

We’ve done a lot of farming and have had several discussions as to [...]

June 1, 2009

May Giveaway Day Winners

Comments are now closed for the May Giveaway and the random generator pulled numbers 28 and 65.
So….
Sally and Mel are winners – check your e-mails for the pdf of the pattern in the next day or so.