It’s 11:28 am on Friday, Sept. 20. It’s 77 degrees out and sunny. It’s supposed to get up to 84 today, we’ll see if it does. The girls are outside in our little driveway riding their scooters. The area has… Read more ›
If you know anything about me, you know that I looooooove fabric. I have a bit of an obsession. The last couple of times we’ve been here, I didn’t venture much into fabric stores, because I knew we’d just have… Read more ›
When we asked the girls what they wanted to do first thing when we got  back to Japan, they both instantly answered, “Harajuku!” So today we took the train into the happiest place on Earth. 🙂 Behold the fashions: … Read more ›
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Things have been busy! Earlier this week was the culmination of lots of work- I finished a first draft of a 50,000 word novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, wherein crazy people attempt… Read more ›
It is 7:16 am. I’ve been up for an hour and a half. Well, that’s not strictly true. I woke up at 5:45, then laid in my bed for 15 minutest trying to decide what to do. Go back to… Read more ›
Hello there. I feel like I haven’t posted in a while. Is that true? I don’t know. What have I been doing? A lot of crafting and sewing. In the past two weeks I’ve made: 4 fabric belts, 15 reversible… Read more ›
I’ve got a lot rolling around in my head these days, but I’ve been struck by a cold and none of it’s coming out very coherently. So I present instead some random thoughts. I found this post really interesting, and… Read more ›
The girls are in bed for rest time. I’m doubting that naps will actually happen, but hopefully some rest will. I really should be getting my writing done for the day, but I’m not. Did you know I’m writing a… Read more ›
The girls are sitting at the table eating dinner. This is always an epic event and can take anywhere up to an hour. I just informed Z that she is not allowed to talk again until she finishes her dinner.… Read more ›
This week for 4 year old preschool we made art with “rain”. Since it wasn’t actually raining (and I hadn’t been planning on it raining), we used lots of different techniques to mimic rain. Here are two artsy-fartsy pictures of… Read more ›
