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The blog in which I write about my family, my craft, my home and whatever else I sweet well like

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  • on Nov 19, 2009 in yarn the children kids being kids

    The kids laughed themselves sick spitting water at each other in the bath. Despite how much the thought of putting bath water in my mouth makes my skin crawl I didn't have the heart to tell them to stop. The kind of laughter should go on unimpeded I...

  • just like christmas on Nov 18, 2009 in yarn stash building swaps

    There's nothing quite like looking up from your desk to see the post man staggering up the drive carrying this.I had an idea what might be inside, because I had organised a little swap with Ingrid a while back and she'd tipped me off that my side of...

  • wash the dishes, dry the dishes... on Nov 17, 2009 in swaps

    The purchase of the exquisite tea towels last week has started me on a rampage through etsy, made it and various other sites that just seem chock full of seriously good tea towel fare."T" by Spin SpinClearly I am late to the tea towels are the new bl...

  • tired and emotional on Nov 16, 2009 in amy wil just life

    The reality of the reunited family unit sinks in.Wil is ridiculously fragile, taking monumental offence at the slightest aggravation. Sadness despair anger. Poor little man.Luckily for him a bit of soothing truck time and he's back to his happy self,...

  • back to basics on Nov 15, 2009 in sewing just life

    We've gotten the band back together.And had celebratory cake.The man and the girl child made it home. Dirty and tired but happy. The house is now a total pigsty and the kids have alternated between delightful imaginative play and trying to scratch ea...

  • hello my electronic friends on Nov 13, 2009 in the children just life

    Another odd day today.Another day without other grown ups around, another day of over reliance on electronic communication for my sanity.Blogs, facebook, twitter, skype, even the old fashioned telephone - they've been running hot all day.I tried to h...

  • not your usual thursday on Nov 12, 2009 in grand statements work just life

    I don't normally work on a Thursday, but today there was an immovable deadline in at cog and spanner so work I did. And just because I was the only one home I worked on the kitchen table instead of in my office which made the whole thing even weirder...