It's just another, it's just another daaaaaay
(I love throwing a little oingo boingo in the title there...)It's incredible what a good night's sleep will do. I woke up feeling better than yesterday, and enjoyed browsing the feeds on my Pulse app...
View ArticleYou can learn a lot of things from the flowers, in the merry merry month...
I had a fantastic Saturday with my Mom, despite my lungs and throat feeling sandblasted, gunky, and sounding like a wheezing, braying mule when I cough and breathe. Strangely enough, I had plenty of...
View ArticleAll Twisted Up Yoga Sock Pattern! Just 'cause I love ya.
*****I added another place to access the PDF because a few people told me they had trouble printing from the MobileMe hosted site. If there are any issues with the MediaFire site, please let me...
View ArticleSuper quick post cuteness
It's been a while since I've really felt the sewing bug, with that "MUST MAKE" feeling that comes with color and print inspiration. But it's definitely hit me again, and I'm trying to be as productive...
View ArticleThrive, little buddy, thrive!
After I got home from my sockaholics club meeting at The Yarn Lady, I greeted the dogs and settled in to watch a movie. During a pause in the movie to get some food, I noticed a clump on my carpet,...
View ArticleYou're gonna get your just desserts, and I don't mean cupcakes, Cupcake.
My Mom recently pointed out that I've always had a strong sense of fairness and justice. That hadn't occurred to me before, but I suppose that makes sense. I'm no masked crusader (but wouldn't that be...
View ArticleNew wallet inspiration
I an in love with Hayao Miyazaki's work. His movies are touching, relaxing, exciting, beautiful, and wonderful all at once. The composer that writes the music for his movies is Joe Hisaishi. His music...
View ArticleI reupholstered. I have a new sewing chair, and I am happy.
Let me get the unpleasant stuff out of the way first. My best buddy Loki is sick. Very sick. He's going to be okay, but it's been awful. He has the same thing Rowan had a couple of months ago, which is...
View ArticleLoki's home, dancing for his dinner and snuggling again
All is right with the world. $1200+ poorer, but he's worth every tear and every penny. I may or may not have lost my shit and cried in the vet's office when they told me the remaining balance. There is...
View ArticleDamn I love garage sales
I grew up on garage sales. My family always went, pretty much every saturday morning. Most of the time I went, because my family motto "Ya never know!" was a powerful one. What if you missed that ONE...
View ArticleFirst impressions?
So I've been giving a lot of thought to a new header. The above was some GREAT work by my best friend, who's a professional graphic designer. I'm so lucky! She dove into the project of getting a cute...
View ArticleHi there, garage-sailor
Well, garage SALE-er, actually. But I kinda like that. As you know, I do love garage sale-ing. I love having a little pouch to hold all my quarters (an essential for garage-saleing!), dollar bills,...
View ArticleDo not try this at home. Ever. For any reason.
*Don't forget! You have two more days to leave a comment HERE to win the garage sailor pouch!*First of all, a huge ginormous WELCOME to the new readers! I love you guys. You're my reason for blogging....
View ArticleA morning of gratitude
Despite the fact that I woke up at about 2:30am last night from restless huskies deciding they did or didn't want to be on the bed (and it was HOT last night!) and couldn't get back to sleep, I'm in a...
View ArticleThought I forgot, didncha?
It's Friday! I know everybody always says that every friday, right? Here's my Friday so far:English breakfast teaand company in bedUpon checking facebook this morning, I saw a post by my friend Karen,...
View ArticleThe fastest, easiest pillowcase ever
Today turned out to be an incredibly productive day. I finished all 7 of the bridesmaids pouches for my friend Bonz (her name is also Bonnie, she owns huskies, and she's an insatiable crafter. We are...
View ArticleGuest blogger! Hexie Mug Rug Tutorial
I hope everybody had a safe and happy 4th of July weekend! Mine was.....crazy. I'm tired. Let's leave it at that for now. I'm sure I'll write a rambling post, I have tons to tell you guys.But for now,...
View ArticleIf you parked it then you shoulda put a pin on it!
I just had the most wonderful, refreshing day ever. I won't bore you all elaborating about the deep funk I was in recently (boy, that was a really bad one), the important thing is that I have surfaced...
View ArticleEtsy shop reopened!
I know it's been forever since I posted, and I really am going to make an effort to write more. I won't elaborate too much, because you're all already aware that I'm completely crazy. Well, I've been...
View ArticleLet's try something new...
I've only got about 25 minutes to write before I take off for errands/work/etc, so I'm going to try something new that piqued my interest on pinterest. Hee. Interest on pinterest. I'm easily amused. So...
View ArticleWhen you don't even know who you are anymore...
How was your weekend? Mine was pretty darn good, with just a touch of melodramatic "poor me" crap. I'm still having a very hard time processing my breakup with my ex-boyfriend, even though it's been...
View ArticleCompletely ineffective notes to self through time and space....
The first rule of being a crafter with dogs - if there is fabric, your dog(s)/cat(s) will lie on it. Fact. This is Rowan helping me organize and fold fabric earlier today.It's a tough life, making sure...
View ArticleWould you guys be interested in knitting tutes?
Hi everyone!So I was tooling around on twitter today, chatting with Jenna and Kiki, and was thrilled to hear that Kiki is learning to knit! YOU GO!! She asked some questions about yarn hold and some...
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