The Impertinent Daughter has a friend, we'll call him Toast Boy. Well... actually, I think she and her friends call him "Turtle" so... perhaps I should call him that, too. Not because he is turtle-like in anyway, but he loves turtles. And the other important thing for you to know is that he is obsessed with toast ( Read more... )

Ahhhh... peace and quiet. The Husbandly One has been off for the last two weeks, so I wasn't kid-wrangling all on my lonesome during winter break. It was nice, really, and it always reminds me of the year he took off from work to go to school during the early years of our marriage. I miss it, but it's nice to have the house back to myself again ( Read more... )

Oh, boy, was yesterday a long day!!
( Lots of photos to follow, for soccer and Halloween, so clicky to see, and beware, oh users of Dial-Up! )

Okay, one of the things I like to do is browse crafting sites, because I'm always looking for good ideas. Currently, the Impertinent Daughter has outgrown her bed, and while the Husbandly One and I debate whether to get her a single bed or a double, we also debate what kind.

So, I saw a creative idea for a headboard and clicked it, thought, " ( Read more... )

Saying "Wilkie Twycross" out loud makes it sound like one is lisping.

The Impossible Son and I are reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and when I got to reading the name of the Apparition Instructor out loud, Mr. Manzie snickered.

It was almost as fun as reading On Golden Pond out loud and trying to say "Ethel Thayer." Makes it sound ( Read more... )

I finished my first amigurumi! Probably because I was bored out of my mind in bed, but still! It's a bit wonky, and I've learned a few lessons, like ... sew on the eyes BEFORE stuffing and tightening the top.


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Well, so much for getting to bed early last night.

The Impertinent Daughter informed me at 8 p.m. last night that the Death Eaters administrators at her school decided that students were no longer allowed to be in possession of... rubber bands. Yes, that's right, folks, the kids are no longer allowed to have those extremely dangerous implements, ( Read more... )

Here it is, the finished blanket!! You get to see it!!

( Beware, oh users of Dial-Up, for verily, thou shalt wait long, because the picture is nigh, and large )

lddurham... I'm gonna end up on Ravelry, aren't I? I mean, I'm already hitting weloveamigurumi, and I finally signed up on Lion Brand yarn's site so I could get at some of their patterns...

And oh, by the way... the blanket that I've been working on for Miss Priss?

It's done. I'm done, I'm done, glory halleeluyer, I'm done! Yes, when I wasn't curled up in a little ( Read more... )

*is dying, omg, omg, omg*

I found... omg, I found a pattern to crochet a Totoro, and even Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle HERE*is dying of the cute ( Read more... )