Monday night was the NCAA men’s college basketball national championship game and Kansas won, which I predicted weeks ago. I was right! Well, I didn’t exactly predict that Kansas would win based on my own knowledge of college basketball teams. I love watching college basketball, but I don’t follow what happens throughout the season. NPR’s … Read more
My son turned 1 on Easter and since then I’ve been thinking about all the things I’ve learned in my first year of motherhood. My life has totally changed. The things I think about are different, the things I worry about are different; my focus has changed from myself to my family. Being married with … Read more
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, is a wildly popular children’s book that I’m sure you’ve all read – read it again! And don’t forget to roar a terrible roar and gnash your terrible teeth and roll your terrible eyes and show your terrible claws. And above all, do the wild rumpus! To … Read more
Pin It I made the above pillowcase Monday night using my Bernina sewing machine and wanted to share it with you all. If I left out any steps or if anything is unclear, please let me know so I can make this tutorial better…it’s my first one so there’s lots of room for improvement. And … Read more
Click here to read an update on this post. I got a forward about how to save money on gas – I don’t know how much these things actually help, but with the prices of gas up so high, I’m willing to try anything. The national average is at $3.29 per gallon for regular and … Read more
The tutorial will finally be posted tomorrow!
So I’m not going to be able to finish my pillowcase tutorial today…sorry. I hope to have it up tomorrow. BUT, I finished another sewing project yesterday! More quilts!!! I finished the last of the 10 I had been working on last night and so now it’s time to pack them up and ship them … Read more
I’m working on my very first tutorial – how to make a banded pillowcase! I’m not quite finished yet but will be sometime today, so check back and let me know how I did. Thanks!!!
Here’s a great April fools’ trick from marthastewart.com. Tie a rubber band around the kitchen sprayer to give your kids and husband a surprise shower when they turn on the faucet! APRIL FOOLS!!! Here’s another good one…color milk with food coloring. Yum-yum! One time we asked my Grandma to make green macaroni and cheese. She … Read more
At my book club last week, conversation rolled around to Disney movies. One of the girls there said that Disney has a lifetime guarantee on all their movies, so if one of your Disney DVDs gets scratched or broken you can mail it in and they’ll send you a brand new one, even if the … Read more