The snow is mostly melted away today and the bulbs are still standing, even some new stuff has sprouted.
I’ve earmarked this quiet afternoon for sitting and thinking. I’m very excited, so I’d better get to it.… More
Author: hillary
craft room today
it’s very bright in the craft room today thanks to the sun reflecting off all that SNOW! the bright and the colors are helping me keep my spirits up despite choking on my usual lunch of working mom sandwich, stress and guilt on rye. normally it’s so delicious, yum yum! but today maybe not so much as I’m also having a side of exasperation chips and a why-do-I-even-bother pickle thanks to a shortened school week (right after spring break!), very … More
thinking about the basket
Ok, I give up on the day name thing. I was hoping it’d keep me on task better as far as blogging. It did, but it’s so boring. And also being of few words these days, I like to being able to get half my content out in the title.
Today, I thought I’d plug the bunnies since tis the season and all. Patterns available in the shoppe.
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thursday
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Mary Ann raids Ginny’s wardrobe
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resales
I laugh when people say they’re envious of my thrifting luck. Here in the suburbs of Chicago the thrifting is sparse and crappy. You have to cast a wide net (garage sales, church sales, kids clothing/toy sales, thrift stores) and really dig. And dig some more. Dig until the child or spouse or unlucky friend you dragged with you is dying of boredom and desperate to be free. The only saving grace is that out here in burbage lots of … More
strawberry dress
Hey, thanks for all the encouraging and enthusiastic comments on my spilled beans. I’m more excited than ever that I made the decision to go for it. Things are really chugging along well and it’s well, fun. Which is amazing, considering how terrified I was to take on this challenge. Keeping everything in perspective makes it easier and having busy kids under foot seems to do the trick. Like right now we’re cleaning up from the visit from the stomach … More
