Date

January 2012

Dude! Where’s My Hooks?!

My hooks were missing but because I’m, well, me I thought they were just left someplace. My hair, the car, whateves. However upon second thought I realized tht I’ve actually been taking more care if yarn things so where were my hooks? Lil has always mucked about with my yarnthings but as folk love to say, cats will be cats….

Tide Coldwater

In the war against dirty clothes Mount Laundry often claims victory, defeating The Bee and me as we struggle to wrestle the sheer volume of clothes that we seem to have. My mom is a seasoned laundry doer so when The Bee and I stayed with her for a few days, Mom took over laundry duties and miraculously the clothes seemed to…

Tide, a Laundry Story

Or: Brrr! It cold in the washer! Convincing my mom to wash clothes in cold water took some doing. She is from the school that white clothes are not clean unless they are washed in hot water. This may or may not include delicates and special care items. My mom volunteered to try a load of clothes using Tide Coldwater…

Off the hooks: An itty bitty hat

I know! I know!I swore that I was going to get out of my crochet habit of just making hats and scarves but the crochet forces that be are just putting the cutest hats and scarves in my path *shakes fist at Pinterest*. The Bee asked me to make her a little hat and I just had to. She wanted…

Thoughtful Tuesdays: It’s the Little Things

In which I channel my inner Tevya. In sharing her new gig as a writer for Hallmark (you go girl!) Dresden asked about the little moments in life.  After reading about hers I started to feel a case of the Mommy Guilts coming on. I can share stories of Pop from when she was a baby; how she would say something…