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Halloweeny Thoughts
Yep. Already thinking about it…. since the end of January. We take our Halloween preparations very seriously here. If we don’t plan NOW, things just won’t get done in time. The theme is still steampunk. If you’re wondering just what the heck that is, take a look at Wikipedia’s Steampunk page for starters. Here’s what [...]
Advent Stocking Calendar Day 2
Here’s the redo of what would have been the first advent stocking. Today it held bubbles, study lead on the Monroe Doctrine and an “eat out” coupon. Sam settled on HuHot which usually I can tolerate with the help of Benedryl. Tonight however it’s taken Benedryl, GaxEx and ginger tea. Sigh. Don’t think I’ll be [...]
Posted in Christmas, Holidays, Homeschooling, Latin
Loooong Time, No Blog
My poor neglected blog! I’ve been assimilated into Facebook. While it fulfills those quick fixes it doesn’t lend it self well to the longer posts that I (infrequently) want to write. Like Now! By hook or by crook, I’m going to make this holiday special. I keep trying to do that as each holiday approaches [...]
Posted in Christmas, Fiber Arts, Holidays, Knitting
It was a Merry Christmas
Seeing my two beautiful children bubbling with Christmas cheer this morning did much to get me out of my ho-hum-glums. Seeing their faces light up over the toys I made for them really helped too. Even the cat seemed amazingly better today. Though my back was amazingly NOT. I’ve uploaded pictures from today here. If [...]
Busy, busy
knit, purl, psso, *mutter to self*, write test, sew gift bag, knit, purl, k2tog Repeat until Christmas
Posted in Christmas, Holidays, Homeschooling
Yummy!
I’m here, just busy. Head full of fiber fumes. Didya notice the Etsy bug on the left? DidyaDidyaHuh? Started the Etsy shop and am checking every hour for anxiously awaiting my first sale. Made these yummies yesterday with this recipe. They’re Lucia Buns. Yeah, I know that St. Lucia’s Day isn’t until next week but [...]
Kombai!
And Happy Thanksgiving. Our feast today consisted of: Inari-zushi (like the wasabi tree?) Chicken-Char-siu-bao and a Shabu-shabu pot We are all very full (of thanks) and tomorrow we have a more traditional American Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted in Holidays, Life, Thanksgiving
I’m back
Had to make an emergency run to Okieville for my sis and ended up staying for Halloween and my mum’s quickie heart surgery. Pictures of the fun parts of the visit can be found starting here. I was glad to be able to make the trip. Reason number-the-next-one why I like homeschooling… when there is [...]
Posted in Halloween, Holidays, Homeschooling, Life
And More
I seem to have hit on an art project Sam really likes. These are done with construction paper and an Xacto knife. We talked briefly about complimentary colors and positive/negative space. The ones on the left were done Tuesday, the other two were done today. I’m kinda enjoying this project myself. I wonder if I [...]
House Guest
Aragog has come for a visit. I’d like to say we all had fun making this, but the kids just didn’t seem into it until it was done. Then they wanted to attack each other with it. LOL! Directions can be found here. What I did differently: I used a plastic vinegar jug instead of [...]