I’m so excited. My Knit Picks blocking wires arrived today. I promptly dunked my Hanami stole into a vat of water, drained it and began threading the wires in. It wasn’t as easy as I had imagined, but still way WAY easier than trying to stretch out this stole with pins alone. Hooray for whoever… Continue reading Unripened Hanami, Nearly Ripe
Month: May 2009
Turning Into My Mother
After I waved the boys off this morning (“have fun storming the castle!”) I turned my attention to the garden, specifially my vegetable plot. I’ve been nursing some seedlings along for the past wee while. Sadly I lost the cucumbers (apparently they REALLY mean it when they say cucumbers don’t like to be transplanted) and… Continue reading Turning Into My Mother
Boys and Brains
Some hiccoughs in the Kindergartner’s progress recently have had my antennae tingling every time I come across any information about boys and schools and intelligence. I”ve discovered a few really interesting things recently. This podcast of a recent Voices In The Family radio show was quite fascinating. The guests were a writer who has gathered… Continue reading Boys and Brains
You Know You're A Stay At Home Mom When…
I love that I get to stay at home with my children, but there are, as in any career, downsides to the job. Sometimes they strike me as funny, so I’ve started compiling a list. You know you’re a Stay-At-Home-Mom (SAHM) when: …You really amuse yourself by writing both ‘ketchup’ and ‘catsup’ on the shopping… Continue reading You Know You're A Stay At Home Mom When…
Best Job In The World
The news is full of the guy who won the contest for the “Best Job In The World” – as a caretaker of a tropical island, which was a brilliant PR campaign by the Queensland Tourist Board, by the way. Talk of the Nation, on NPR, is doing a call-in show, asking people what their… Continue reading Best Job In The World