Loved by: My husband and children Loathed by: ME!

My kids beg for more olives. They can’t just have 1, 2, or 5. They want a truckload. I have to severely limit them, or they’d eat an entire can. I, on the other hand, cannot stand them. I tried. I really, really, really tried [Read More...]]]>

Loved by: My husband and children
Loathed by: ME!

My kids beg for more olives. They can’t just have 1, 2, or 5. They want a truckload. I have to severely limit them, or they’d eat an entire can. I, on the other hand, cannot stand them. I tried. I really, really, really tried to love them. I’ve had many meals made with olives being the main flavoring component and…ugh. Just ugh. My kids get to split any olives I pull off my pizza. Good riddance!

But I’ll continue to buy cans of them just for my boys.

What about you? Do you love them or loathe them?

Those are the last photos of that beautiful long hair. After almost two years of no haircuts, the little one finally got one. He was bribed with a bubble mower (oh he loves it) and talked about the cut for a few days before we took him on Friday. Honestly, I was a little [Read More...]]]>

Those are the last photos of that beautiful long hair. After almost two years of no haircuts, the little one finally got one. He was bribed with a bubble mower (oh he loves it) and talked about the cut for a few days before we took him on Friday. Honestly, I was a little sad about it. I kept finding myself staring at him through Friday evening. I’m warming up to it, though. He’s still pretty darn cute. It will grow back.

Here’s what he looks like now:

Saturday was a busy day and it ended with us grilling for dinner. Except not. That wasn’t really the end. See, as I was preparing to serve and my husband was bringing in food, my other son spent a few minutes trying to do some tricks on a soccer ball. ON. THE. BALL. He tried to balance on it and fell. We thought it was sprained, so he got a cold rice pack to hold on it while he ate dinner. He looked pretty pale, so I knew it was really hurting. I gave him some acetaminophen and he said he wanted to go to bed around 8:15.

Fast forward two hours and he yells for us to help him out of bed. His arm hurts so bad he can’t roll out to go to the bathroom. We notice it’s a bit swollen and he can’t extend his arm. Most of the pain is in the elbow, so we make the decision to take him to the ER. A few hours later, we get the official diagnosis of a fractured humerus. Sigh. He’s got his arm in a splint and we have orders to visit an orthopedist this week. It’s a small fracture, but he still might end up in a cast. The worst part is it’s his left arm and he’s a lefty, soooo….time to practice handwriting again. He’s pretty ambidextrous when it comes to sports (throwing lefty, hitting right, etc), so I’m hoping he can pick up at least legible penmanship with his non-dominant hand.

Does anyone have a kid that’s fractured their humerus? Apparently, it’s one of the more common arm fractures for children. They tend to land on their elbows for falls during sports and whatnot. Any advice?? Thanks in advance!

When he saw the splint– “Oh boy, I’m glad I didn’t hurt my Angry Birds arm…”

I am so glad it’s Friday. Last weekend was a busy one, so I didn’t get to sleep in at all. I look forward to sleeping in! My boys like to wake up early, but on Saturdays, my littlest can get some extra zzzz’s with daddy and my oldest likes to sneak downstairs and [Read More...]]]>

I am so glad it’s Friday. Last weekend was a busy one, so I didn’t get to sleep in at all. I look forward to sleeping in! My boys like to wake up early, but on Saturdays, my littlest can get some extra zzzz’s with daddy and my oldest likes to sneak downstairs and watch cartoons or play with the tablet. I anticipate a lazy weekend and that’s quite alright with me.

Check out some other beautiful black & white photos on I Heart Faces.

AKA a giveaway of some of my favorite things, right now. ♥ ♥

The prize pack includes:

2 rolls of washi tape 2 feet of fabric tape a friendship bracelet a little doily a washi tape-covered container 24 Sharpies (12 fine, 12 ultra fine–yours will be brand new, in their package) [Read More...]]]> CLOSED!

AKA a giveaway of some of my favorite things, right now. ♥ ♥

The prize pack includes:

2 rolls of washi tape
2 feet of fabric tape
a friendship bracelet
a little doily
a washi tape-covered container
24 Sharpies (12 fine, 12 ultra fine–yours will be brand new, in their package)
spring time cotton slippers, crocheted by me in this sweet turquoise & orange combo

Enter now!


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I unintentionally turned into an absentee blogger, this week! I have been working on items for the shop (it’s so bare!*) and two different patterns, so blogging is on the back-burner. I do apologize. I have things I [Read More...]]]>

PX 100 Silver Shade (The Impossible Project) in the Polaroid SX-70. Taken in December, scanned in March.

I unintentionally turned into an absentee blogger, this week! I have been working on items for the shop (it’s so bare!*) and two different patterns, so blogging is on the back-burner. I do apologize. I have things I want to share, but I like to keep them in until they’re perfect for you guys. I’ll get back on the blogging-horse soon.

My birthday is this week and I want to have a little giveaway, so make sure to come back sometime on Wednesday!

*Psssst! There are less than TEN (10!) copies of Lace Love remaining!!! Get one while you can!

Happy Leap Day, folks! I’m happy to announce that I have completed the Month of Craft Photos. I’m super proud I was able to stick to it and more or less follow all the daily prompts. You can see my blog posts using this link or you can browse my Flickr set here.

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Happy Leap Day, folks! I’m happy to announce that I have completed the Month of Craft Photos. I’m super proud I was able to stick to it and more or less follow all the daily prompts. You can see my blog posts using this link or you can browse my Flickr set here.

Thank you all so much for your motivation and enthusiasm with my photo posts!

Enjoy 20% off in the shop using coupon code LEAPDAY. I already marked down some of the remaining Dory shawlettes, so they’ll be at a super price! Offer ends tonight at midnight (unless I forget to take down the code;).

I wish you could put your ear up to my heart and hear how much I love you

“unfinished” by Mineral

The husband leaves for Las Vegas on Saturday, so I’m feeling the blues creeping up. I’m trying to distract myself with various projects, but it’s tough.

About the only thing I’m [Read More...]]]>

I wish you could put your ear up to my heart
and hear how much I love you

“unfinished” by Mineral

The husband leaves for Las Vegas on Saturday, so I’m feeling the blues creeping up. I’m trying to distract myself with various projects, but it’s tough.

About the only thing I’m looking forward to while he’s gone is the evening routine. I KNOW. That sounds weird and awful to do alone, but my boys (especially the little one) listen to me more when dad’s away. I guess having daddy downstairs always tempts them to come down and run crazy all evening. While J is away, I will set them up in bed by 8 and have the evening to myself. I’m planning on cleaning, catching up on Supernatural*, organizing my yarn, and knitting/crocheting. Or maybe I’ll just sleep.

*The past two months, I’ve jetted through the first few seasons and am now kind of addicted. I stay up way too late and may or may not have sobbed for a good 15 minutes after one particularly grueling season finale. How lame do I feel admitting that? Not at all. This show is iiiiintense.

fever: My sweet little guy woke up around 12:30 am the other night– “there’s something in my rooooom!” I was asleep, but daddy was not, so Andrew ended up in bed with me. The next 5 hours were kind of a blur. See, earlier that night he had a fever. No other symptoms, really, [Read More...]]]>

fever: My sweet little guy woke up around 12:30 am the other night– “there’s something in my rooooom!” I was asleep, but daddy was not, so Andrew ended up in bed with me. The next 5 hours were kind of a blur. See, earlier that night he had a fever. No other symptoms, really, but he was warm. I expected him to fall back asleep, but instead of a blissful slumber with a warm cuddly bear, we pretty much talked all night. Every little shadow he saw, he thought was SOMETHING–kitties, owls, scary ladies, and finally at 4am he declared the shadows were turning daddy GREEN. I assured him daddy was NOT green and that HE wouldn’t turn green if he fell asleep. I could see him drifting in and out, but he wouldn’t just STAY asleep. At least not until around 5:30. I promptly fell asleep after I was sure he was out only to be woken up an hour and a half later to get my oldest ready for school. After sending him and Jason off, I napped with Andy until about NOON. It definitely threw me off, but he was feeling better and there was no pesky fever. Whew!

style: He went out with my mom, this afternoon. He wanted to wear his “doctor shirt” (omgosh) and blue jeans. then, when we put on his brown boots and jacket, he noticed the brown hat hanging by the front door. Voila! We have an adorable outfit.

hat: $4 clearance at Kohl’s (score!) / shirt: Kohl’s / jacket: thrifted / pants (not shown): Nate’s old Levi’s blue jeans

I never really want it to be over until it’s 8pm and we’ve been going-going-going for 2 days straight and I finally feel like I’ll explode with sugar and happiness. It sounds like it’d be sweet, but…no. If I exploded, it’d be horrible. And so we shuttle home and transfer children from car to [Read More...]]]>

I never really want it to be over until it’s 8pm and we’ve been going-going-going for 2 days straight and I finally feel like I’ll explode with sugar and happiness. It sounds like it’d be sweet, but…no. If I exploded, it’d be horrible. And so we shuttle home and transfer children from car to bed and then collapse on the couch. I sleep for 12 hours and the next day, we do NOTHING. No cleaning, no sorting, no nothing. And then I REALLY want it to be over.

Yesterday, my mom took my boys for a few hours and I was able to take down the tree and pull down some decorations. They’re all sitting in a box on my living room floor. I want so desperately to be able to do things completely, but I struggle with it. I get distracted easily. I used to have discipline, but it lost its way. Maybe it doesn’t really matter, but sometimes I think it would be nice.

taken with my new camera!

It’s over. I’ll miss the ornaments and glitter, but I am really glad things can go back to normal.

How are you? Did Christmas wipe you out? Have you recovered?

// Week 1 // Week 2 //

I was sitting in my knitting chair (tell me you have a designated knitting spot!) thinking about how I should make a tiny tree skirt for my tiny tabletop tree. I sighed when I realized that December was pretty much already here and I’d have to settle with a quick felt skirt. Nothing against [Read More...]]]>

I was sitting in my knitting chair (tell me you have a designated knitting spot!) thinking about how I should make a tiny tree skirt for my tiny tabletop tree. I sighed when I realized that December was pretty much already here and I’d have to settle with a quick felt skirt. Nothing against felt, I just don’t have any of the GOOD stuff around and would have to use craft store felt, which is just plastic-y and gross.

I decided to forget about it and arrange one of my new shelves full of yarn. Upon combing through a few bags (tell me you sometimes store your yarn in plastic bags), I found a little stash of doilies. LIGHT!BULB!ON!

I took the base off my tree and threaded the metal tube through a few of the doilies and voila! A pretty lace tree skirt. No sewing, no gluing, no cutting, no nothing. It took me less than a minute to put together.

I like the messy mound of doily snow. I think it’s perfect for this tree full of little doily ornaments…

Now I need a bunch of tiny presents to put under it. I already ordered my husband’s gift off Etsy. It will be the first. I’m finally finishing up my toddler’s socks and I’ll wrap those up for the tree, too. I need the perfect little gift for my 6 year old, though. Hmmmm. He’s already getting a ton of random crap (I know, I know), so I need something meaningful.

2. Lace Love was printed and released! Yay!

3. My littlest and I went to a baby shower to [Read More...]]]>

The end! Can you believe tomorrow is December? If you’re looking for a last minute sponsor spot, check out THIS PAGE. We averaged over 2,500 page-views per day in November. Spectacular! I’ll be debuting a new blog design tomorrow, too.

My son and I were actually talking about this on our walk home from school, yesterday. He was talking about family traditions and somehow we ended up on quinceanera and he said an alternative to a big party would be a trip to someplace. We went through the obvious destinations a six-year old would [Read More...]]]>

My son and I were actually talking about this on our walk home from school, yesterday. He was talking about family traditions and somehow we ended up on quinceanera and he said an alternative to a big party would be a trip to someplace. We went through the obvious destinations a six-year old would like–Disney World, Disney Land, and pretty much any other theme park he could think of–and then he said he might like to go someplace different if he were six-TEEN (heart.stop). Maybe he would want to visit the Eiffel tower. Well. I suppose it’s a date.

-photo source-

I missed posting this yesterday. I thought about it all day and then forgot to post. Anyway, I couldn’t really think of a skill I would like to learn. I know how to do a lot of things, so I suppose I would like to learn how to those better.

Oh. Wait. I [Read More...]]]>

I missed posting this yesterday. I thought about it all day and then forgot to post. Anyway, I couldn’t really think of a skill I would like to learn. I know how to do a lot of things, so I suppose I would like to learn how to those better.

Oh. Wait. I suppose I should learn to drive. Yeah. That might make trips to the craft stores easier. Womp. Womp.