Going to the Zoo
We went the zoo today, #1 daughter and the Littles and I. We had fun. A lot of the animals were napping or hanging out in camouflage situations so the Little couldn’t see them. She had fun. She got to […]
Half a Sweater
This is the Newport Classic from Seamless Knit Sweaters in Two Weeks. It became the focus of my knitting in the month of February, even though it was clear pretty quickly that I had no chance of banging it out […]
DYW Palette: 4 Jackets
Last week, I was given four lovely jackets. A sporty dove gray Marmot. A JJill coral tweed. Two classic leather jackets, one pink and one white. I shopped in my stash and also received a Spoonflower order, so I have […]
DYW Palette: Pantone Spring 2020
Pantone for Spring 2020 is a bit of a hodgepodge. I have some previous pieces in these colors. An ash top. A classic blue top. A grape compote scarf (a little brighter, frankly) with a mosaic blue and sunlight two-piece […]
Is My Garage Tidy?
I’m not sure, because I don’t really know what the standard is for a garage. We needed a termite treatment and had to get everything away from the garage walls. This involved getting the cars out of the garage, hiring […]
Congregational Meeting
We held a congregational meeting. The plan was to have special engaging activities centered around origami sailboats as part of an extended metaphor. I wondered in the planning meetings whether our landlocked population would grasp the significance of the sailboats. […]
More Cleaning
#1 daughter and I went back to my stepfather’s apartment to finish clearing out his belongings. We took gloves and a shovel and got it pretty much finished. I put the cleaning supplies under the bathroom sink and we left […]
Cloth & Paper
I received an order from Cloth & Paper today. It encouraged me to cross “this” off my list. Of course, sending myself these goods had not been on my list, but it was kind of nice. We had a good […]
Pantone Spring 2020
Stickers of the Spring 2020 Pantone palette arrived from Redbubble. They clearly show that the lengths of blue and coral twill I didn’t make into skirts last spring do not match the blue and coral of this season. Does […]