New Year’s Resolution

Yup. Like so many Americans I am making a New Year’s resolution to lose some weight. I joined a gym. I hope to go at least twice a week. I went today and weighed myself in the girls locker room. Looks like I weigh 141. More than I would [...]

Cole Porter’s "You’re The Top" Lyrics

I just heard Garrison Keillor read all the lyrics to “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter. Wow. It is fabulous. You’ve got to google it and read the whole thing. This is just some of it.
You’re the top!
You’re Mahatma Gandhi.
You’re the top!
You’re Napoleon Brandy.
You’re the purple light
Of a summer night in [...]

My Wardrobe Inspiration for Spring

Do you remember Juliette Binoche in the Unbearable Lightness of Being? Her wardrobe for that film is my inspiration for my Spring 2007 wardrobe.

lady like cotton dresses down to the knee (fitted at body/a-line skirts/cap sleeves)
cardigans
mary jane clogs with socks
I will make a cotton sling bag with vintage fabric to wear across my chest
I’ll [...]

Christmas at Granny and Grumpa’s House

Christmas at Granny and Grumpa’s was lovely. We had the traditional turkey curry feast. It was delicious. We also had the tiniest cupcakes I’ve ever seen. Yum. The boys got tons of great gifts but their favorite presents would have to be their Christmas mice. Everywhere the boys go…the [...]

Two Sleeping Owls

My boss saw the owl I made for my little neighbor Molly for her 3rd birthday. He asked me to make a couple for his grandkids for Christmas. Both his grandkids are infants so I had to make the owl sans buttons. I struggled with the design for a long time but [...]

Podcasts

Some of my favorite news/entertainment comes from NPR. I discovered that I could subscribe to the “This American Life” podcast through Itunes …..for free! Before I only accidentally caught that program while driving in the car. Now I can just go online after the boys are in bed and play [...]

A Bunny for Charlotte

Doug has a birthday party to go to on Sunday. I made this Bunny as a gift for his friend Charlotte. I got the idea from a blog that I follow. The material for the body and for the inside of the ears came from vintage dresses. I’m pretty ruthless with [...]

Green Giving

There is a nice list of green gift ideas on www.treehugger.com.
There is also an interesting article that I found through treehugger called “unconsumption“.

The Non-Present Present

Doug went to a birthday party today. I recently read on treehugger.com that over 80% of parents believe their children have too many toys. It made me think twice about what sort of gift we should give to Doug’s friend for his birthday, especially since it is so close to Christmas. I [...]

Pumpkin and Sunflower Seeds

I was responsible for packing today’s morning and afternoon snack for Doug’s kindergarten class. I packed these little condiment containers with pumpkin and sunflower seeds. They were a big hit.