It was about 8 pm on a Wednesday night when I realized we had a house guest. I saw a praying mantis clinging to the ceiling in the kitchen when I looked up from making Thursday’s lunches.
I pointed out the praying mantis to Stephen and we decided to let him stay inside until the [...]
I finished my Dr Who doll in time to take it to Dragon*Con. Renee and I had a blast taking photos of him all over Con.
Since Con, I’ve also finished Rose (notice my Dr Who poster that I got at Con in the background):
I’ve been making hats for a hat drive ever since:
The goal of [...]
Alana has been visiting us this weekend and we’ve had some big fun. Friday we went to Build-a-Bear to celebrate 50 years of Sanrio.
From left to right: Alana’s new Yorkie, Rooney, My Hello Kitty, Eli’s Keroppi, Liza’s Tropical Kitty, Liza and Eli. Notice Eli’s band-aid on his forehead, that’s where the stitches are.
Having LanaBob [...]
The honeymoon is definitely over between me and my new “healthy lifestyle.” During the first six months and 30 pounds and four pants sizes we got along great but now the bickering has started.
This past week, I sorta gave it a rest. I didn’t exercise much. I ate a bunch of crap and guess [...]
The day before the day before school starts. Eli starts First Grade tomorrow and he declared that Stephen would walk him in, but only that first day.
This past week I bought what felt like mountains of school supplies. First, I bought some for Eli. And then I made a second trip to buy for a [...]
I always love my Tuesday nights with the crafty gals. This week was no exception. We has some serious crafting!
Eli created Super Mario characters to do battle on our kitchen table. Stephen caught the whole drama.
The end of the battle:
Liza showed her super remote skills:
Lastly, my finished crochet stash. It seems to grow larger by [...]
Here’s Liza eating her birthday cake at the giant locals kid birthday party we had a few weekends ago.
Here’s Eli pretending to be a robot in the box of one of Liza’s birthday presents. A pirate, my little pony robot.
And lastly, here are the two monsters I finished last night. They are going to my [...]
This is without a doubt my favorite thing I’ve crocheted so far. I worked on him while in the UK, so I think he is sufficiently British. Blessed even.
The cuddly Doctor is going to Alana over the Fourth of July weekend and I will be so sad to see him go. I think I’ll [...]
