Soundtrack for a lazy Wednesday Mamma Mia! edition

So.After a few false starts, fighting the kids for TV time – they got a Wii and that has been the focus of everything for the last few days – and my ability to misplace things, I finally got to see Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! For the most part I enjoyed the movie. I love Abba songs (Muriel’s Wedding)…

Meet ups

Ahhh…the ubiquitous meeting. The ritual in which a group of people are corralled in a pre arranged place and ideas are to be shared. Earlier this month I was privy to four (!) meetings and, as it is in life, some were better than others. The usual suspects were in attendance: The questioner: that person who inevitably asks a question…

My Mom’s coming home!

Hip Hip Hooray!My mom is being discharged today*!Thank you to all who have sent well wishes, kept her in your prayers and your kind words.-r *If you have never seen Super Why then this is lost on you.

Wow! Even bears feel the heat.

Pop’s Gotta Brand New Bag

Made from the skein hank of Loop yarn No, this is not another hat! I am trying to finish the bag I promised Pop from the yarn purchased at Loop. I like the pattern and I like the yarn but not together. The pattern, from Fun & Funky Crochet by Sophie Britten calls for chunky yarn. I thought doubling the…