'Personal' Category
Happy Thanksgiving!
We will be sharing the holiday with lots of friends, eating great food, playing games–my favorite kind of Thanksgiving.
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson (make that Ben Franklin as per Becca’s comment) wanted the turkey (wild, I presume) to be our national bird, not the bald eagle?
If he had gotten his way, would […]Bookmark Challenge Contest
I’m still waiting to hear how many bookmarks some of the participating shops collected. I’m dying to know, aren’t you? I keep thinking of possible numbers: Will we hit 300? 400? 500? Am I grossly under or over?
We had 13 shops participate. How many total bookmarks do you think will be collected?
Make a guess […]Tag, You’re It: 8 Random Things
Wheat tagged me with the “8 Random Things” meme. I did this last spring when I was tagged on my critique group blog, so I’m going to have to dig deep so as not to repeat myself.
The rules of the meme are, more or less:
1. Blame it on someone (I blamed it on Wheat above)
2. […]Printing and Prepping
I’m printing the pattern sheets for Sunday’s Bookmark Make-It/Take-It. A shout out to Becca for proofing it for me–thanks, Becca. (And by the way–she’s really good. She caught a couple of tiny things that many folks would never notice. I love that!) Which means, dear readers, she has the pattern! […]
The Way It Goes
I’ve noticed recently that it’s getting harder to get decent snapshots for this blog. I’ve been relying on daylight and there’s not enough of it anymore: The angle of the sun is low now, and it’s not enough even during mid-day to illuminate objects sufficiently. The pics are snapped at slow speeds and […]
Adventures In Kluane, Part 2 (Or, Adventures Out of Kluane)
These pictures are not actually in Kluane, but they were taken on the way to and from the park and so are included in this adventure.
Naturally, I had needlework with me. Motion sickness prevents me from doing much in a moving vehicle, but my fidgety hands need something to do at stoplights and such. […]
Adventure in Kluane National Park, Part 1
Did you miss me? What do you mean you didn’t notice I was gone?!
Well, I was, and now I’m back. The Adventure in Roman Shades was exchanged for an Adventure in Kluane (say “kloo-AH-nee”) National Park, Yukon, Canada: camping, canoeing, route-scouting for future trips.
It was a little gray and rainy, but we had […]Adventure in Roman Shades
According to this, I began my Roman Shade adventure on July 26th. Actually, that’s not true. The adventure began in June 2006 when I decided I wanted to make Roman shades and we purchased fabric. The 2007 continuation of the adventure began on July 26. We pretty much had to start […]
Happy Birthday to Us!
Mike and I both have birthdays in the first half of September. Bob and Thea tried repeatedly to take us out to dinner, but when those attempts failed, they brought dinner to us.
King crab legs–YUM! With Old Bay seasoning thanks to my MD roots. And chocolate cake for dessert, of […]
Better Than DIY
What’s better than DIY? DIFM! (Do It For Me)
Mike’s parents, Bob and Thea, have been visiting this past week. Here’s a look at their…um…vacation with Mike and Jen.The fun began right away with scraping and sanding.
Oh, and steel wool, too. Don’t you love that stuff?! I especially like […]
