A Craftacular Valentine's Day

The husband is out of town right now. That means that the girls are in danger of having some small part of their lives go undocumented. I would hate for them to be the only ones in their graduating class not to have every single event, no matter how insignificant, be fully recorded for posterity [...]

Slacking Off

I’m slacking off for a few minutes. I’m hiding from my to-do list and averting my eyes from the laundry pile. Instead of being industrious I decided to take a few minutes to post another picture of Wisteria.

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Wisteria has been growing, growing, growing, as my five-year-olds would say. I [...]

This Wisteria Today

It’s a Monday, which by definition means that I am already behind in what I need to get done for the week. This week’s to-do list includes phrases like “Kindergarten applications”, “rotate tires, “call electrician” and, shudder, “tax prep”. And there are two doctor’s appointments, one for me and one for the girls, thrown in [...]

Wisteria

I love my mailman. He’s a really nice guy, he has cookies for the Corgis and, best of all, he brought me this today:

Isn’t it lovely?

I signed up for several classes at this year’s Madrona Winter Retreat. This is the kit for “Eek! Steeks as Design Elements” taught by the inimitable Mary Scott Huff, [...]

It's What's for Dinner and a Little Knitting

I do my best to plan the week’s dinners in advance. When the Cupcakes were still very little and I was working my meal plan was the last fragile line of defense between me and a very hungry and unhappy family. Now that I’m attempting to blog on a slightly more regular basis (of course [...]