Okay, the last month? Has been outrageously busy. I think it's about time to slow down now.
Writing lots of reviews, getting caught up in books, and Halloween of course. The Turnip made her costume out of mostly thrifted things.
( See the cuteness! She dressed up as the Doctor )

I posted a book review over here of a re-release book from the early 70s about sewing and making your own clothes. It's a wonderful book. Also in that post, embroidery patterns ( Read more... )

Yesterday, we did plan on going out to one of my son's and my favorite places for lunch. I completely forgot I promised E an afternoon out for tea and cakes, just the two of us. So we discussed it, and decided on something less formal for the whole family. We went to Bear Tooth for lunch, then to Middle Way Cafe for cake and coffee. At the Bear ( Read more... )

Long story short.. E sneaked up behind Mike and bounced a bunny hand on his shoulder saying "SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK" in a deep scary voice, and Mike said "That's one angry rabbit." at which point she put the bunny ears on the duck hand and said "Squack ( Read more... )

Well.. E wound up with something like 5 lbs of candy, which she made clear she intended to share with everyone in her family, she also got one packet of popcorn and a New Testament. No toothbrushes though!
( a bunch of pictures )

Well.. the sky is not falling, and most of Hershey's offerings are still made with cocoa butter. So we got Hershey's for the little costumed beggars. LOTS of chocolate bars ( Read more... )

Ambient Temperature Tapestry.. I really really have to try some of that techy embroidery at some point. But I do love this so much.
Dem Bones really cute bone biscuits made with refrigerated crescent rolls, the example is sprinkled with parmesan cheese, but you could use a little butter and cinnamon sugar.
Lela Davidson suggests piping meringues in ( Read more... )

We went out and did the trick or treat fund raiser for the Imaginarium we do every year, even if it does seem the kids are too old for it, it's a family tradition on Friday. Now, this year, the kids costumes were completely up to them. The both asked for and received a black reaper's robe to use for their costumes, and other then that, they made ( Read more... )

Blame it on my dad. Mike certainly does.
When I was a kid, there was a place we could buy Ghiradelli chocolate by the lb, it was a huge slab of chocolate, and they chipped it off with ice picks, so you got a fist sized chunk ( Read more... )

( the bat amulet bag )