My Baby

Nineteen years ago today, my younger son was born.  We’ve gone from this:
 
to this:
 
and from this:
 
to this:
 
He was pretty much happy all through it except for a few months in high school, and has turned out quite nicely, thank you.  **I guess one of the bonuses of getting older and having selective memory is that [...]

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Sweater Day for Mr. Rogers

As Deb pointed out in her last post, tomorrow (March 20) is Sweater Day.   Now I know this may be a hardship for some of you, but let’s all wear a sweater tomorrow in honour of the American equivalent of Mr. Dressup.  I myself plan to wear several sweaters tomorrow, although not all at the [...]

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I am a happy camper.  I finished my very first Drops Design project (Drops 103-1, used Patons chunky),
 
and found some okay buttons.  They don’t make my heart go all a-flutter, but they match well and do the trick.

The colour in this shot is yucky.  The full shots are accurate:

For the first time in a long [...]

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Back to my Roots

I just realized that this is the first anniversary of my blog!  I have no pictures today (ooh!  Deja vu all over again.) but I have been busy.  I have to buy some buttons tomorrow (I found one in my button stash, but I need three.)  and then can take some photos and show you what I’ve [...]

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Best. Sleep. Ever.

This is how Geoff described what he had last night.  He and Courtney fell asleep about 6pm, and made it all the way to 8am this morning.  His eyes weren’t nearly as bloodshot as yesterday, and they’ve packed up and gone to Calgary.  It should be noted that my honeymoon with the new laundry equipment is [...]

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I was told today by someone important to me that I should blog more often.  I am conflicted:  I subscribe to the B.W.O. philosophy (check out the link in my sidebar), yet if my son requests more posts, maybe I should ramble on even when I’ve got nothing to say.  (It probably makes him feel [...]

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