You Are an Apple You are strong, powerful, and even a bit stubborn at times. You have enough strength to help those around you in trouble. You are adventurous and charming. Many people are drawn to you. You love life, and you enjoy traveling the world. You enjoy fine food, art, and culture. People have [...]

Can’t get enough Mardi Gras? Join the revelry in a “French Quarter” atmosphere at The Bothwell Arts Center’s first annual New Orleans Bash, on Saturday, February 9, 2008. The party begins at 6:00 p.m. Party on “Bourbon Street” with Louisiana-style cooking, including gumbo, jambalaya, pralines and desserts. Sip on a Hurricane, Mint Julep, chicory coffee [...]

Pulguito and I were home alone, and he was begging to make another sock doll. I let him pick out what he wanted from Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves, and he chose the cat. This time, I did almost all the sewing on the sewing machine. I’m so [...]

We’re getting ready to go to bed, and Pulguito says to me, “We’re doing an eggsperiment.” Me: It’s “ex-speriment”. Pulguito: Eggsperiment. Me: Ex-ex-ex-speriment. Pulguito: EX-speriment. We walk into daycare, and there on a table are three bottles with eggs in them. They are indeed doing an eggsperiment.

We had a party for Pulguito and his friends at Parti Palooza. It’s a wonderful place for kids to run wild. Click on any image to see a larger version, but the photos aren’t very good. The lighting was terrible, the kids were in overdrive, and the surface that I was standing on was unstable. [...]

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Gosh, I love this. I’ve always been a sucker for crochet in the style of Irish or Clones crochet. They have free patterns on their site, too. Hm, they aren’t really patterns, but they are very interesting stitches/stitch guides/motifs.

I really like maxi-lock thread for my serger. Once, I bought a cone where the thread was cut every 18 inches or so. If you call them, the number should be one the tag on the inside of the cone, they will instruct you to mail them the cone, and they will send you back [...]

Today is Winnie the Pooh Day, celebrating the birthday of A. A. Milne. Celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day by reading some storybooks about the adventures of Winnie and his friends. Don’t read them alone. Read them with young children. Winnie-the-Pooh Funology A Poohish Site Pooh Corner sanctioned by the Pooh Properties Trust