I have tonsillitis. Yes, I’m sick! I’m too sick to be effective, but not sick enough to warrant an entire day in bed, which I believe would require hospitalization. My fever from all night finally broke after a long sleep-in, so I figured I was well enough to go to church. (Note the lack of [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Sunday
Posted in domestic bliss, scatterbrain on October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Pi’s dragons
Posted in crafty, domestic bliss, kid fun, tagged sculpey on October 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My mind, it is a thousand feathers and a blow dryer, but I am not resigned.
I rage against the blow dryer! (I believe it stayed clean for nearly 3.7 minutes.)
Okay, by popular demand (one person) here are some fabulous sculpey-instead-of-homework creations by Pi herself, the self-proclaimed “Master of Puny Sculptures”.
A year or so ago [...]
Last Lovely Days
Posted in Weirdville, family, kid fun on October 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Ood is a capable kid.
Chef.
Fashion expert.
He also insists he can drive, totally convinced that he is old enough and knows how. I hang the car keys up high and live in fear.
Couple days ago, I was doing some school with Tood when I heard peals of laughter coming from the bathroom.
“Oh, no,” I said.
“What’s the [...]
mei tai
Posted in crafty, kid fun, tagged babywearing, mei tai, sewing on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have had a little blog break this week. Too many stupid, garbagey, stressful things that I hate, which is so unfair because everyone knows blog breaks are supposed to be for vacationing in Europe. (My winning, can-do character always shines through during times of stress.) It’s at times like these that sometimes little, puny [...]
flakey tooth fairy
Posted in funny, scatterbrain, tagged tooth fairy on October 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This post about the tooth fairy made me laugh good and hard! It reminded me of my favorite tooth fairy story, which really happened to a friend of mine. It’s too funny not to share:
Sam, 9, was down in the dumps as he trudged out to breakfast because the tooth fairy had failed to appear [...]
scarecrows among us
Posted in crafty, family, tagged sewing on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was absorbed in an article last night, so I only half-heard Isp walk up and ask, “Mommy?” I glanced up absently…
Oh, he got me! An impromptu scarecrow! Funny guy. I’m going to tuck that into my “emergency Halloween costume” file for sure. Actually, my latest little sewing project would be good [...]
