Like most homes in the west built past 1980, my house is filled with all kinds of random niches. These thing just plague homes I’ve seen through California and Utah, I don’t have too much experience with new homes outside…
12 Days of Christmas Crosstitch
I’ve been spending a ton of time crosstitching lately. With the year nearly half over and Christmas threatening to arrive before I know it, I’ve realized that if I want a stocking for Atti and to finish 12 ornaments for…
The Big Day
For nearly a year now I’ve been going to a community college culinary school, and tonight is my very last class. Every Thursday since last August I’ve been dropping Atti off at Bear’s office, donning my chef’s whites, and going…
Weekend Plans
I’m staring down the calendar and doing a little math in my head, and realizing that this year is already getting away from me. It’s time for me to start making some plans before I look up and I’m knee…
Atti’s Mobile and Door sign
I’ve been meaning to share this forever, but you know, life and all. I made a couple additions to Atti’s room in between the time he came home and the time we transitioned him into his own crib. For starters,…
Back by popular demand
As I’ve thoroughly documented, I’m kind of obsessed with my garden. I forced myself to take a bit of a bloggy break from it though because I was getting a little single minded. It’s only one part of my homemaking…
2009 Year of Pleasures #19
As part of my Mother’s Day celebration, Bear attempted to make my very favorite dessert of Chocolate eclairs. He cooked up the special Pate Choux dough, then we piped it into these squashed up figure 8’s per Alton Brown’s instructions.…
Seed Beaded Bangle
Gosh I love seed beads. I don’t know what it is, they just make me happy. I love them. But I don’t love most of what I see made from them. I have the same problem with crochet. I prefer…
Plate Wall
I’ve finally managed to tackle another big job I’ve been putting off and get all these plates I’ve been collecting over the past year hung up along the staircase. Living with those brown paper circles was making me batty! This…
One last garden post…
I know I’m in danger of becoming obsessed, but what is a blog for if not to document everything we can’t stop thinking about? This is what’s keeping me away from all my responsibilities. When I planted them I took…