As I write this I'll have you know that I am sitting outside with a hot drink, in many layers, and wrapped up in my electric blanket. But I am determined to be outside, damnit! It's unseasonably warm but not sunny so therefore I'm cold. I did manage to spill some of my coffee on the way out here which led to me uttering a string of obscenities that would make a sailor blush. I bought this paint-by-number kit it 2024 at Michaels and then we started looking at houses and I neve

Updates from an injured squirrel - I hurt my elbow back in September and at first I thought I slept wrong. I'm old enough that sleep injuries are a thing. So I figured it would resolve in a few days but, if anything, it just got worse. I picked up a container of coffee creamer in the store and the jolt of pain in my arm caused me to drop it. The cap broke and thankfully I didn't make a huge mess. After that I got a brace to sleep in, thinking that would keep me from sleeping

It took me ages to finish, but it's finally done! I started cutting squares from scraps back in 2020 with no real project in mind. I started piecing in the summer of 2024 but we got started looking at houses all over North and South Carolina and I got busy with other stuff. I knew when I put the quilt strips in a box it would be a while before I was able to devote time to it. It may have taken months (okay, years) but it's done! I finished binding it all by hand a week or so

Back when twitter was fun and not overrun by literal nazis, I used to spend a fair amount of time talking to other moms, most of whom...

I was going to post just knitting and crochet projects from this time period, but in looking through my photos from March-May 2020, I can...

My first stuffed critter that I ever knitted - a fish! My youngest still has it in their collection. My kids were into super bright...

My youngest volunteers at the library and last night I used that time to write, but then today I decided I don't like what I wrote. Too...

This is my very first bag I ever made. It's a reversible pattern that I made with scrap fabric left over from making 100 Acts of Sewing...