Friday, June 26, 2009

Confessions, Part 2


I have no pride. I gave the last ball anyway, proceeded to make an even worse one and then gave that too.

I thought I'd try a simpler pattern, but somehow I could only end up with a lemon-shaped ball. Can you even call a lemon shape a ball? This is of my second attempt--after I'd unpicked the fist very pointy version and resewn it all.


We added this book to our library today and thought it was everything that a book should be.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Confessions, Part 1

Rushed, took short-cuts, ignored directions, made-up steps = not giving this at baby shower tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009



I've been adding to my stash for a big project I'm planning. Now I just need to add a couple of hours to each day to get them done!

The blinds in Winnie's room came unstrung and are stuck open. After a few weeks of her getting up with the sun (about an hour and a half earlier than any of us usually get up) I finally decided to do something about it. Fixing he blinds was going to cost $65.00 so I bought new curtains from JCPenney.com. Happily, expedited shipping is the same price as standard shipping right now. Maybe we'll get to sleep until 7:30 on Saturday!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Tonight after dinner, Winnie said to me, "That was yummy dinner, Mommy. Thank you very much".

I'm making meatloaf more often.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Kitchen Window View

The first two years I lived in our house, our tiny backyard was basically a cracked concrete patio and gravel. In 2005 I tore out the concrete (or rather, Matt tore out the concrete and I married him as payment). In 2006 we had a beautiful patch of dirt while I saved up. In 2007 we put down lovely stone pavers (I love them so much I might take them when we move) and planted a few things. In 2008 I finished planting and this year I'm just enjoying it all.

Here's the view from my kitchen window. I took the pictures through the screen, so they look a little wonky.

I love the mirror on my back fence. It's always dirty, but somehow, outside, it looks like it was meant to be dirty. The vine on the back fence is a concord grape planted right after moving in. We got our first crop last year--just enough to eat a few and make a batch of grape jam.

We've had dinner on our little table quite a few times this year.

Here's the view of my kitchen window from the back fence.

Ignore my pokey little pole bean frames. I was too impatient to make them look good.

The kitchen faces south, so the back yard gets baked by the sun. In fact, my thermometer always reads 5-10 degrees warmer than the National Weather Service weather station just a couple of miles away. In past years, I've planted gorgeous window boxes, only to have them die in the hottest days of July/August. This year, I decided that rather trying the impossible again, I'd just plant Moss Roses. They aren't my first choice for the window box, but I love their bright colors and they'll look a lot better than dead plants in a few months. I planted a living wreath with moss roses as well. It will be ready to hang-up this weekend. Yea!

Here we have my espaliered apple tree. Okay, it's not exactly cooperating, as it keeps insisting on growing new branches in places I don't want them. I didn't do enough homework on espaliers before I started this one, but I think it still looks lovely. Next year we should get some apples, too.

I just realized that I didn't even take a picture of my favorite part of the yard! Behind the shed we have a glider. This glider, actually. And boy am I glad we bought it last year because it's more than twice as much this year. Even so, it was a pretty expensive piece of the yard. Expensive, but what's the point of a yard if there's no reason to be in it? The glider fits into the space like a glove and it's a great little nook to curl up in.