I followed a pattern [almost] completely, (rather than trying to hodge-podge 2 or more patterns together — or even just trying to somehow create with fabric an image that exists solely in my head!) AND I used regular, non-stretchy, non-slippery, non-drive-you-out-of-your-mind-type fabric and, lo and behold, I CAN sew. What do you know?
I used this pattern, Simplicity 2739.
And okay, […]
Filed in: crafty | January 29, 2009
When the 2-year-old misses her nap, this is the kind of dialogue we find ourselves in around here:
(I’m using my hands to move hardened, refrigerated cookie dough into a freezer-safe container.)
Mom, did you wash your hands?
Mmm-hmm.
Mom, did you wash your hands?
Yes, Jade.
Mom, did you wash your hands?
Yes, I did Sweetie.
(Getting visibly anxious:) Mom, did you wash your hands?
(Still very kind voiced and smiling, […]
Filed in: child development • family • parenting | January 28, 2009
Yeah, we are in that stage. I don’t remember it with Sarah — is this one of those blessed cases of amnesia, like how you forget just how uncomfortable pregnancy is, so you’re actually willing to do it again — or did we just escape relatively unscathed (in that area) with our first?
Maybe it’s not quite so hard to be […]
Filed in: child development • parenting | January 26, 2009
My kids begin helping me in the kitchen before they can even stand properly — pouring ingredients and mixing recipes from the comfort of the sling.
I let them do whatever they’re comfortable doing, even stirring stuff on the stove or cutting with sharp knives (which 2-year-old Jade has yet to want to do. Sarah has gone through […]
Filed in: child development • family • home education | January 25, 2009
We have been extremely lucky that our girls are so healthy. They rarely get sick at all, and when they do, it is always pretty mild and over within a day or two.
I’ve just recently realized all of this, and even remarked to a few friends my amazement about how infrequently anyone in ever gets […]
Today was a pretty good day. I was consciously trying to do a few particular things right, and I think I succeeded.
I spent most of the day sewing but tried hard to pull myself away for things like making meals — on time, BEFORE people start getting their panties in a wad, and helping with sibling squabbles […]
Filed in: family • home education • parenting • self-reflection | January 21, 2009
I am so busy, I am moving constantly throughout the day. I jump from one thing to the next without missing a beat, and usually I’m doing at least two or three things at a time. And it’s not necessarily out of need, it’s out of this incomprehensible urge I have to always be GETTING […]
Filed in: pregnancy • self-reflection | January 20, 2009
Some thoughts floating through my mind as I drove to Target the other night (Where I spent too much money, by the way.) (Though that has nothing to do with this post.) (I always spend too much money when I go to Target.) . . .
Now that I’m ready to start typing this up, it […]
Filed in: child development • parenting • self-reflection • spiritual | January 16, 2009
Everybody should get on Twitter.
Why? I have no idea. It is a little weird. But I’ve been wanting a way to post quick little random updates without turning them into a whole post, and this works. So over there in my sidebar you can see my latest few, or you can join (for free, and […]
Filed in: just life • pregnancy • website | January 15, 2009
We had a wonderful lesson a couple of months ago in Relief Society (the women’s organization in my church) on this talk. The discussion centered on self-discipline and self-mastery. A few thoughts I started working through right after the lesson, and finally realized I’m never going to get around to polishing them off.
I’m publishing anyway — because […]
Filed in: self-reflection • spiritual | January 12, 2009
Hi, I'm Kate.
I have a propensity for rambling at length about parenting, attempting crafting projects far beyond my capabilities, staying up entirely too late, and craving sugary treats. This is my journal.
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