Posted in Contemplation, Knitting, Rant on August 31, 2007 | 12 Comments »
First, some FOs and progress shots:
Another tie shirt from Girly Style Wardrobe:
Swing Smock from Bend the Rules Sewing:
A new skirt for me for work (made another last week, Simplicity pattern):
Father and Son Socks (father version), for L1, approaching the toe of sock #2:
Cables and Os sweater, achingly close to being able to divide and do [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Environment on August 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
That was the title of the article in the most recent BJ’s flier we received yesterday. Here is an excerpt that made me excited and happy:
BJ’s understands that, as a major retailer, it has a responsibility to look at how Club operations affect the communities it serves as well as the environment at large. [...]
Posted in Crafts on August 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I bought this book early this summer and made L4’s snail shirt from one of the patterns in it. (The book link is to an ebay listing, only place I could find said book.) For those of you not familiar with Japanese craft books (heh, what am I saying, I only have one!), they [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Life chatter, Outdoors on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My boy learned to ride his bike without training wheels tonight!! Unfortunately, we didn’t get any pictures. My heart swelled, and was fit to burst with happiness and pride. He loved it–huge smile, shouting, “woo-hoo!” He didn’t want to come in, but it was getting dark and L1 was getting tired [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Environment on August 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
What is the cost of crunchy living?
Is it the higher grocery bills, or is it less trips to the doctor?
Is it looking “different” with huge piles of recycling out front and a lawn a bit longer than everyone else’s, or the knowledge of trying to live up to one’s ideals?
Is it the extra time to [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Knitting, Life chatter on August 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Do you ever have days where just being around other people makes such a positive difference? I’m sure we’ve all had days where we just don’t want to be around anyone. But there are times where just the opposite happens as well.
Today was my first official day at work for the fall semester, [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Life chatter, My Bliss on August 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Honest and true, most of the time. Though you can probably hear any teacher complain about his or her students at some point in time, I do enjoy my students for the most part. I love teaching college-level students. This fall I am teaching a specialty course of sorts, Psychology [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Life chatter on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
What we did for the weekend, in photos and words:
We put our tent (from L1’s childhood) up on Saturday and the whole family camped out in it on Saturday and Sunday nights. Both kids loved the camping, complete with a fire each night. L4 was so sad to take the tent down this morning, [...]
Posted in Crafts, Life chatter on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today the whole family worked on projects of their own. It was such a relaxing day, and we have no big plans for the weekend, so everything was a “go with the flow” sort of attitude.
The kids went back and forth between blocks and playing in the “tent” beneath L3’s bed and the one they [...]
Posted in Crafts, Knitting, My Bliss on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are many things that give me bliss, but for today I feel like writing about crafting because I spent 4 hours straight (with no internet connection and no human contact!) working on syllabi this morning (for courses that I have taught several times before and they still aren’t done). Much as I am [...]
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