She’s Crafty
Who knew? This Big-eyed Owl is cotton with felt eyes and nose. He is crinkly for auditory and tactile stimulation (crinkly = raisin bag!) Plush baby block. Felt block with ribbon, fringe, and needle felted shapes. The bottom picture is a reverse side of a needle felted square so it is fuzzy. I am having so much fun. All these were done with no pattern and in less than an...
Read MoreTwo Happy Marriage Fallacies
I know I can’t call myself a marriage expert. I’ve only been married 10 years. However, we are really happy and we’ve survived infertility a known major stressor on couples. I won’t give marriage advice because everyone is so different. What works is different for everyone. There are two things ingrained in our ethos though that I think are just plain wrong. Here goes: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” When Jennifer says it to Oliver in Love Story it makes a great plot point in the book (or movie). In real life? This is...
Read MoreFelt Play Food – I like to sew after all!
So, I’m not a seamstress. My mom is amazing. Like make a wedding dress amazing. Like she made clothes for her Barbies with kick pleats amazing. Me not so much. It is too time consuming and requires too much accuracy. This is why I would rather cook than bake. Cooking is like art – a dash of this, a pinch of that. Baking? You better get the exact amount of baking soda (or is that powder?) or pppjbbtttt. I always thought sewing was like baking. Exact cutting, measuring (yuck!), and straight perfect lines. Then I saw the...
Read MoreFelt Play Food – I like to sew after all!
So, I’m not a seamstress. My mom is amazing. Like make a wedding dress amazing. Like she made clothes for her Barbies with kick pleats amazing. Me not so much. It is too time consuming and requires too much accuracy. This is why I would rather cook than bake. Cooking is like art – a dash of this, a pinch of that. Baking? You better get the exact amount of baking soda (or is that powder?) or pppjbbtttt. I always thought sewing was like baking. Exact cutting, measuring (yuck!), and straight perfect lines. Then I saw the Felt Play Food craze currently rocking...
Read MoreMore Gardasil Woes
Since I moved my blog from wordpress the old wordpress blog still gets frequent comments regarding my post on Erin Brokovich and Gardasil. They are all from mothers whose daughters have been injured by this horrible vaccine. Even though I don’t vaccinate at all, even if you do vaccinate, DO NOT get this vaccine! It is just not proven safe and is increasingly looking horribly unsafe. Here is a most recent comment from the old blog. She provided links so you can take action. My daughter, Victoria, has been ill since February 2008. Here is some history. My daughter had her first...
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