The nurse from school called before 1pm. Cameron is sick. He's got a low-grade fever, and he says his stomach hurts. He's come home from school now, and pretty much went straight to bed. He didn't like the high pitched noises his sister kept making in the car, saying it hurt him. At least in his room he can't hear her playing in the living room ( Read more... )

It seems my laptop wants to shut off of its own accord. Not good, so I will have to take it in on Friday to the Mac Store ( Read more... )

Well. Summer is at an end, at least for us. Cam returns back to school in the early am, so that means we both have to be up early in order for him to get to his school bus by 8am or so. Man, did summer go by quickly (and considering the temps will still be in the 100s, it soooo does not feel anything like fall ( Read more... )

We had a great day yesterday. We traveled to Felton (a hop above Santa Cruz on the coast), and spent the afternoon with Thomas the Tank Engine, one of Cam's birthday gifts, tho 'Elle got to enjoy it a lot more I think. ( kinda long... )

Today was a quiet day, once I got started. ( Read more... )

Last night I tried to work on my own web site for a change, and my system locked up many many times while I was trying to simply cut & paste info from amazon.com, into my dreamweaver program. I think the computer had been on too long and simply got overheated. So, off it went ( Read more... )

I was finally able to reserve the kid's waterslide rental for Cam's b'day party. I almost took my business elsewhere since they didn't want to call me back after last week's attempts to contact them; once I told them what I wanted and they said they would call back to confirm they had the item (they didn't call back) and the other was a voice ( Read more... )

( School's Out for Summer!... )

From marymont and so many others... I will join in the fray.

1. What is your dirty little secret when it comes to costume construction?
I actually LIKE ironing the fabric before I cut into it. It is rather relaxing to do.

2. What are you the most proud of when it comes to your costume construction?Like some others, I do hand finish all of my costumes and ( Read more... )

One more thing.. my son wants to have me make him a Luke Skywalker outfit for Halloween! I am such a happy, geeky Mom, and can't wait to see which outfit he choses.