Okay– First of all, I’d like to say I can pack an amazing picnic. There. It’s out. My house is a disaster, I have yarn everywhere, but I”m not a completely loser as a housewife. I can cook. Barbecue ribs, cherries, corn, potato salad– I put it all in one bag for the big kids,… Read More

So, 4th of July. Never my favorite holiday. Often there’s something doing at my parents’ house, but not always. Some years it’s just a quiet bit here, watching movies. Some years we have company. Mostly, Mate and I lay low, trying to avoid the heat (it’s going to be unseasonably cool here tomorrow) and the… Read More

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! And seriously– did June just FLY right by or what? Anyway– for your summer holiday edition of romance, I have got some AMAZING reads here, by authors I know and some I don’t so much and some who just look like they’ve got adorable stuff! So Marie Sexton– yeah, I know, THE Marie Sexton,… Read More

Poll results are as follows: A. Everybody who has not seen the Yarn Harlot’s work on non-frogging fixes told me to frog the sleeve, but I HAVE seen her talk about non-frogging fixes, so I just stitched the little hole closed. Nobody can tell–the thumb hole was on the fold. It’s fine. And because the… Read More

 For a change of pace, I have a couple of poll questions for you u. Feel free to answer as you will: Question 1: Say, just say, you were working on a sweater, and at the end of the first sleeve, you decided to put a thumb hole in it. But after your daugh–erm, someone… Read More

Okay, so I’ve had mixed stories about Little Old Ladies in the Pool–this is, in its essence, white suburbia at its most conservative. The other day I got into the water spoiling for a fight. Someone said I looked pissed, and I replied, “Let’s just say if anyone here thinks putting kids in cages is… Read More

So, I had so much planned today. I was going to finish a cleaning job Mate started, and do some laundry and keep writing and… Anyway– So this morning I took the dogs for a quick walk and went to a dentist appointment. I have a “food trap” between two of my back teeth. Basically… Read More

I’m not naming names… By the way– that photo? Well, the camera takes those little second-long photos, so there’s about 10-15 frames per picture. I took about ten pictures, and that was THE ONLY FRAME in the whole mess that had her looking at the camera. It’s because she was about to jump on me…. Read More

So, a mostly quiet weekend–did some housework, saw a movie, worked on Familiar Demon. General stuff. Anyway– Here are some highlights– enjoy! Me: Did you get some food? ZB: Yeah–I had three pieces of chicken. And some orange chicken. All of the orange chicken. And some noodles. About half the noodles. Anyway–I ate. Me: 0.0… Read More

But still sweet… So, Sunday was our official 29th anniversary, and I was SO going to go out with Mate and we had plans to… Fall asleep on the couch, repeatedly. Recital does that to us–and every year we forget. We come home Saturday night, fall asleep before ten, and spend the next day going,… Read More