My oldest daughter couldn’t be more excited about tonight’s festivities. It’s her first Halloween out from under Mom and Dad’s thumb (though she’ll still be with other parents). Tonight she’s out with her friends, and I am truly happy for her. Thank God I know she has good friends!
While she’ll be out, we’ll still have [...]
Halloween ripens the imagination. You can be whatever you want, and my boys in particular love being pirates. An afternoon otherwise preoccupied presented a quick and easy transformation of a box and a mop so that I could actually work on other things while said pirate could search for treasure.
Surely you have a box or [...]
I’ve looked at a couple of hat patterns, and I already had some circular needles. I just hadn’t used either! I took the needles, some leftover and some new yarn and went to knittin’ while hubby drove to Austin for the Maker Faire. (I will be oh-so-glad when I can knit without having to look [...]
(Pardon my blogging absence; I’ll play catch-up the next couple of days.)
The temperature dropped throughout the day, and the skies grayed more deeply until finally it rained, softly at first, now steadily. Today is a day to wax poetic . . . to sip tea before a fire, completely engrossed in a fantasy novel, whatever [...]
Since Tuesday I mentioned the Maker Faire, I thought I should also mention another fair that I’ve held dear to since I was old enough to play hooky with my mom’s consent and the two of us make the pilgrimage through the golden woods to War Eagle for some piping hot breakfast and cocoa before [...]
You’d be hard-pressed to find something more unique, creative and inspiring to take the family to. It has engineering, robotics, sewing, silkscreen, ecology, electronics and everything else you never thought of rolled into one artsy-craftsy-geeky Maker Faire in Austin, Texas.Last year was our first year to go, and one of the highlights was the life-size [...]
At the Servant Leadership class I attend, one of the things we focused on was centering prayer, particularly as described by Thomas Keating. Considering the day that I had had and the night to come, I knew I needed this, and I was grateful.
First of all, it’s a Monday. Second, it’s Columbus Day so the [...]
Letting go of extravagant birthday parties takes effort, and I am blessed to say that after eight years, I feel I have arrived at something.
My eldest daughter had an extraordinary “Blue’s Clues” themed party for her second birthday. Many adults, a few children and lots of chaos and expense. She was exhausted at the end [...]
I like to sew and quilt. I’m not obsessive about it — yet. Seeing as how I’m riding the creativity flow these days, I decided to get a good dose of inspiration before setting a permanent course for this eclectic quilt I’ll be doing. (The fabric was collected at my Blessingway, so I have a [...]
Naturally when I am relieved to have the youngest weaned, said toddler is found with diarrhea in the diaper this morning and later puking in the hall . . . then the living room this afternoon . . . then in the van right before dinner. Guess what the scent of the day is. It’s [...]
