It has been so long since I last updated about Erised that the platforms I’m primarily on now didn’t even exist at the time of the last update. So I’ll start from the beginning.

Waaaaay back in 2005, in the age of B.K. (Before Kids), I embarked on what is in retrospect an utterly insane cross-stitch project. I had a deck of Harry Potter Uno cards, ( Read more... )

So basically, Erised is old enough to be in grade school. I find this halfway between appalling and impressive, and I'm not sure which way it skews. In a neat coincidence, I'm also stuck on Page Seven ( Read more... )

It sort of sneaks up on you, doesn't it? I've had the date marked on the calendar for a week now, so I wouldn't forget to take photos, but today was so busy, it's only now that I'm able to post them ( Read more... )

I'd been hoping for the end of June, but nine days late isn't too bad. Last night, I finished off Page Six of Erised. Six pages down....ten more to go. As if I want reminding.

( Photos of Erised. And of Andrew, yes. )

The stars have clearly aligned themselves today. In five days, Andrew will be five months old, and today marks the five-year anniversary of when I started my Erised cross-stitch - for which I’ve now finished five pages (and a bit). Obviously, this calls for photos.

( Photos of Erised. And of Andrew, yes. )

Woke up at 3.20 to hear Andrew screaming. Bill apparently had been trying to get him back to sleep since around 2am. Mommy to the rescue - in twenty minutes, I had him swaddled and sleeping, and he slept straight through to 6am. He should have had his next bottle at 5, honestly, but I woke briefly at 5, looked at the clock, thought, "Need to ( Read more... )

On a cold and windy day ( April 13, 2005, to be exact), I started a massive cross-stitch project. (Okay, it might not have been cold and windy, I don't remember. I'm trying to set some ambiance here, be quiet ( Read more... )

Remind me never to go to the post office again the last Sunday before Tax Day. Yikes. Although I will say that the employees had the place running extremely well - there were people going through the line, prepping return receipts and handing out pens and by the time you got to the front, all you really had to do was pay. Very well handled ( Read more... )

Cleo was very good this morning, in that she didn't immediately wake me up at 4.30am by yowling in my ear, demanding breakfast. Instead, she waited until the (barely) more reasonable hour of 5.30, and at that point, stood on my chest and yowled, followed by curling up next to my face and purring ( Read more... )

I know I just posted the one-year anniversary pictures a few weeks ago, but I finished off Page Three of Erised and thought I'd share, because at the veeeerrrrrryyyyyy bottom you can actually make out some of the MIRROR, and I think this is majorly cool.

( The Mirror of Erised, page three )