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Knitting: The hat that wouldn’t listen

Pattern: ‘Foliage’ on knitty.com. Sixth try’s a charm.
Needles: Denise interchangeable knitting needles, one of the awesome christmas presents I got this year (not pictured: DRESS FORM homagah)
yarn: lambs’ pride bulky, i heart.
I have, no joke, ripped this out and restarted it nine times since yesterday. I keep losing count and messing up the leaf pattern […]

Man, Christmas lasted a long time this year

Christmas morning at our place: success. A sugar fueled toyfest. This was the most fun I’ve had on Christmas since I became a mother.

I wish my pictures better documented the morning, but they suck both quality-wise and in capturing the enthrallment. Soon after these were taken I was off baking cinnamon rolls while Owen […]

Let the squealing commence

Popping in to say Merry Christmas in advance. We four are at our own house for Christmas Eve for the first time, playing Batman after a nice steak dinner. Usually we are at Iain’s parents’ or my own (with the exception of that one time I was ten months pregnant with Owen, not going anywhere, […]

Home improvement wears me out

I have awesome timing. Or maybe it’s my house that has awesome timing.
So this weekend, Friday night, there’s this sewer drain in the basement that started expressing its displeasure with us in an odiferously vehement way. To my knowledge, I had never done anything to piss off the drain, but there it was, its muddy […]

Winter is officially here

Most surfaces in my house, to a height of about three feet, are covered in a crackling sheen of dried boogies. I sure wish I could teach Mac to use a Kleenex.

How to occupy your nearly-four-year-old

Plan ahead by ordering a copy of the Playmobil catalog. Wait for it to arrive. Hand it, and a magnifying glass (or photographer’s loupe) to your preschooler. Sit back and enjoy the quiet.

p.s. The pirates he got for his third birthday? It’s been like 350 days straight that he’s been playing with them. Literally. Every […]

Supafine Etsy Shop Update

Super awesome. Do you like Scandinavian/Swedish folk art look? I do. It reminds me of the Amish, and I love the Amish. Probably more than they would like. (They’re just so awesome.)
Anyway. I’ve been scouting lately, and found a few classic bits: half Pennsylvania Dutch and half trippy 70s classic. LOVE. And now I’m sharing […]

In which I play hairstylist

Yesterday, as I was brushing my teeth, Cormac grabbed the mousse from the bathroom counter, indicating that he wished to apply a little product to his bedhead. So I dispensed a little fluffy white goop into his palm, and he immediately slicked it onto his hair, in the manner of a 50’s greaser. The kid’s […]

Sewing: Zippy bag

It feels so good to sit in front of my sewing machine again.

One last thing about the dentist

It was Owen’s first visit ever to the dentist yesterday. Kid was a Rock. Star. for his first cleaning. Best 3-year-old patient the hygienist had ever seen, she said. Hopped right up on the chair, opened wide, did everything she asked. Thought the fluoride “teeth vitamins” tasted great. Him in his little Spongebob glasses. Wish […]

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