Whew. There were times when I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. I’ve had this ridiculously awful cough, a drink a jar of cough syrup a day, give yourself a headache from all the hacking, try not to…
2009 Year of Pleasures #41
I got some SERIOUS bounty from my Halloween Swap partner, Moriah of MLBStudios. The plan was to swap three different versions of loveliness, and then repeat those lovelies for six items. But Moriah went above and beyond. I love the…
2009 Year of Pleasure #38
One of the many many photos I took of the food I ate during my beach vacation two weeks ago. It was seriously one of the best parts of the trip. Chocolate Hazelnut gelato. I felt like That Girl, strolling…
2009 Year of Pleasure #37
So You Think You Can Dance!!! I am so obsessed with this show. Man I wish I could do ANYTHING like these guys. Just amazing. I will have to be content to live vicariously through them while I eat my…
Beach Paradise
So. Relaxed. Can’t do laundry. We were put up at this fancy hotel right on the beach. And bizarrely, I was the only spouse who came. Poor Bear and his colleagues got beautiful ocean views, but they were scheduled from…
2009 Year of Pleasures #36
Today and tomorrow Bear is trapped in a big work conference in Laguna Beach where he has to sit in lectures and eat rubbery chicken while they all make stale nursing home jokes. I, meanwhile, will be here. Or maybe…
Finished!
Phew! All summer long with needles flying, breaking all proper crosstitching procedure by dragging this all over the place with me, including outdoors (Scandalous! The dirt! The mess!), hours and hours of Battlestar Galactica and Burn Notice later, I’ve got…
2009 Year of Pleasures #34
I took the quickest picture ever before tearing into this package of fabric because I couldn’t resist the wrapping. It’s just simple as can be, but when the fabric I order online is usually wrapped in plastic bags, I found…
2009 Year of Pleasures #31
I’m leaving in minutes to spend the rest of the week in Utah for this conference I keep talking about, but I’m most excited for it because I get to catch up with some of my most favorite people from…
Jumbo Picnic Blanket
Late in the Spring I ventured out to a couple of thrift stores, which I really don’t do very often. They are not known for their treasures around here, a lot of people live off these stores, and California is…