Monthly Archives: December 2006

fun with toddlers

December 29, 2006 – 7:16 pm

This morning we woke up late, had some breakfast, and then got all bundled up and walked over to the library. Happy Fun Baby walked the whole way, holding my hand. He really liked walking on the grass at the edge of the sidewalk (which apparently feels neat to stomp on) and walking across grates. [...]

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one of those days

December 28, 2006 – 1:43 pm

I have had just about all I can take of myself.- S. N. Behrman

The world is conspiring against me this morning. First, there was the living room, which seemed so promising. I’d asked Not So to do the floor after we went to bed. Something about a floor in the process of being cleaned is [...]

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lazy people like the holidays too

December 27, 2006 – 3:15 pm

Santa was good to me this year, if by “Santa” you mean Not So. He got me a sewing machine (I’m thinking of calling her ‘Esme,’ but Not So suggests that it is a boy and should be called ‘Eduardo,’ because we are big, big dorks)(points if you get the ref). He also got me [...]

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getting in touch with my inner santa

December 24, 2006 – 9:55 pm

Christmastime just isn’t the same as it was when I was little. Sure, it was always kind of disappointing, seeing as we were dirt poor and often received gifts that still bore dirty price stickers from the Salvation Army. Sure, gifts from our dad were usually things he wanted and would commandeer the minute they [...]

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a little ocd never hurt anyone

December 23, 2006 – 4:51 pm

I just put seven (yes, seven) crafting books on hold at the library. I love the fact that I can shop for library books from the relative comfort of my own home and then meander over to the library to pick them up at my leisure. It’s so civilized. Whenever I look for a book [...]

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my own personal craft fair

December 18, 2006 – 1:29 pm

In the past month I have made:

11 tee-shirt designs
7 stuffed toys
5 designs for future toys
1 set of custom holiday icons (which went poof when Illustrator crashed, but whatever, it counts)
3 illustrated card designs
2 custom holiday headers for my personal blogs

I never considered myself a “crafty” person. Scrapbooking leaves me cold. Embroidery strikes me as a [...]

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silent night, guest-less night

December 18, 2006 – 12:06 pm

Auntie Pep and Uncle Speedracer (see? I told you I’d think of a good name for him) left yesterday, after a quickie weekend visit in which we traipsed around in the cold and had ourselves a lovely time. Happy Fun Baby was sung to, danced with, played with and carried around so much he barely [...]

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