The Wide Open Riches
DH and our visitor just took all three kids and a picnic lunch for a drive to the shore. I have the house to myself. Oh the possibilities, let me not waste any more of the time in idle web Continue reading The Wide Open Riches
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Link to my Free Knitting Pattern – for a dishcloth
Download Now I’ve put this link in my sidebar under knitting too.
More Now What?
The Pattern is up, now I’m back to running a home with a cold. Tomorrow is the last co-op class, and both boys are so excited to go…and both boys are so sick and may not get to go. We’ll Continue reading More Now What?
My First Ever Pattern is Up
After 3 weeks, 5 test knitters, two of whom were also editors, and one volunteer layout editor, it’s up. I can’t believe how beautiful it looks, (Sorry if you are not on Ravelry, I havent’ figured out how to make Continue reading My First Ever Pattern is Up
What do I need to do now?
K finally fell asleep. I have worked in the garden, supper should be easy, I have laundry going – I feel a bit discontented though because the Carnival is up, and it was fun, but now what? Here’s a list Continue reading What do I need to do now?
The Carnival of Homeschooling: the Front Porch Re-Opening and other April Goodness Edition
I looked through our photo archive to see what was ‘typical’ for us for April. Sara’s post at Handmade Homeschool sums up the best of what I found – and takes away any guilt about it in Permission Slip. We Continue reading The Carnival of Homeschooling: the Front Porch Re-Opening and other April Goodness Edition
JFLL Expo 2010
This Saturday was M’s Jr. F.I.R.S.T. Lego League Expo. He and his partner have studied how something travels to their house (water), created a Lego Model of it’s journey, and a board to show their research. We waited to assemble Continue reading JFLL Expo 2010
Back-lit Tulips, with K
The Cool Truck of the Water Department
With the flooding and concern for the 100 year old brick sewer, we’ve been seeing the Vacumator a lot lately. You’d think the whole thing was arranged to thrill my children.
His Highness the Tom Cat Permits a Pat
Meet our neighborhood’s Dominant Tom; KiKi. I saw him win a fight in the middle of the street. He sat up like an Egyptian statue, as his rival slunk backwards. KiKi was still enjoying his pre-eminence, when an SUV turned Continue reading His Highness the Tom Cat Permits a Pat
Sunny Day at the Park
We got all our kitchen table work done Thursday morning – I’m serving as M’s ammanuensis for math work, so he doesn’t have to fill in the little Miquon squares. At 11, we phoned Daddy at work, to let him Continue reading Sunny Day at the Park
Math Snack
Not only did these candies have sugar, but they worked like gears and tessellated too! The compensating natural peanutbutter on crisp bread? Well, Mom ate that.