Playing the Dozens: My kid is Twelve!

My baby is twelve years old today.Twelve.It just seems like yesterday I was indulging her request to watch “Cats” again and again and reading (and re-reading) Happy to be Nappy and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. Wow!Sometimes I look at her and I marvel at the young lady she has become. She is intelligent, she is kind…

Geek Out @ Your Library!

It’s Teen Tech Week and my friend Abbe and I decided to have a little fun while at work.Please to enjoy: Being geek of the year,-r

On the Needles

My knitting experience is so rocky. As a hooker I find myself feeling like I’m cheating on my craft whenever I pull our knitting needles. I realize these are two different crafts but well, it’s me. So I’ve been picking up needles, putting them down, picking them up, putting them, well ya know. In an attempt to get crafty I’ve…

Fresh locs

I finally washed my hair again and EWW!Without going into the usual rants and whines about me doing not wanting to do my hair (that is implied) I decided to do a rinse using a tutorial I found on Francesca aka chescaleigh’s blog.Aside…if you loc and are looking for hair ideas, check her out! She has amazing tutorials that seem…

Get Crafty!

March is craft month and for me, my go to craft is crochet. In the past I’ve used March as a month to play crochet catch up but this year I’ve decided to expand my craftiness with a little help from my favorite new obsession, Pinterest. This month I’m going stop pinning and start doing and have some fun! Stay…