It’s turning towards fall around here and while the weather is still warm during the day, nights are getting cooler and it’s time to start getting my garden ready for fall. Here’s what I’m doing: 1.) Putting in one last round of cool-weather veggies. Lettuce, carrots, radishes, spinach. Most veggies that grow underground and leafy […]
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Saving a Beloved Patchwork Quilt
It’s in the 90’s here (have I mentioned that? That it’s hot? It’s hot.) and since nothing says “summer fun” quite like working on a massive flannel quilt, I’ve been busy. The story is this: my daughter has had that butterfly quilt since she was a baby. What you can’t tell from the picture above […]
How to Make Monarch Butterfly Wings
My daughter was in a school play. She instructed me to come up with a costume, but she was very accommodating about it. “It’s called ‘Bugz,’ so I need to be a bug. But my teacher said I can be any kind of bug.” “That might be true for most of the class,” said I, […]
The Great Toy Purge of 2012: Preparations
My weekend project was The Great Toy Purge of 2012. I’m now on the other side and I’m a better woman for it. I’m not sure how things got to this stage. I could defend myself by saying that we have four kids of different ages and sexes who play with different things. And we […]
A Cars Party!
We’re in the middle of our Fall Birthday Blitz. Three of the kids were born within about a month of each other. So a week after a slumber party with six little girls, I’m now hosting a party for my newly minted five-year old boy and his friends. Fun, fun, fun…but man, I could use […]
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