I’ve just added a tutorial over at my other blog, about how to make these cookie-ingredient stuffed bags for $0.50 a piece. Knot Knitting, so you know, Knot Here.
Category: Passions
All my posts about things-about-which-I-am-passionate-other-than-writing: you’ll find posts here on parenting, knitting, cooking, frugality, the environment, gardening and whatever else catches my eye this week.
Frugal Friday – Gift Bags
My kids have a lot of classmates. 41. Plus three teachers. I’d like to give them all a little something, but I don’t want to buy more plastic cr*p, litter the world with wrapping paper, or spend a fortune. Or shop. So I decided to make gifts.
Better Breakfasts – Perfect Oatmeal
My Better Breakfast quest continues – with Oatmeal! Mr Kellog may have had a point (we do need more fiber in our diets) but his refined cereals just don’t cut it as a morning meal for me. The carbs burn off and leave me hungry. The sugar makes me sluggish. I need protein! I need… Continue reading Better Breakfasts – Perfect Oatmeal
Working Mother
So my call came; we did the preliminary catching up and had just started on the business at hand when my cell phone started bleating. I knew, of course, straight away. I didn’t even have to check the number to know it was the school…
Incompetence
…I had resolved to be totally on top of things this time, and here I am blotting my copybook before school even starts!…
Jaywalker Bag
I failed to get a birthday present to my sister this summer. When I called (on her birthday) to ask what she wanted, she had just seen pics of my knitted Twiggy Tweedish bag and said she wated one of them, please. I asked what colours, and she said she liked my Jaywalker socks on… Continue reading Jaywalker Bag
Millennial Mom Mondays – Summer Review
t’s Back To School time and I’m taking a minute to review this summer (before I forget) to see what I did right, what I failed to do, and what I”d like to remember to do next year…
Millennial Mom Monday — Gadgets
Mondays are for the Millennial Mothers (and dads too. And aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends. It’s just more alliterative this way…) Post a reply in the comments. Or write in your own blog and leave a link in the comments. Invite your friends to join in. This weeks’s theme: Gadgets A while back, I… Continue reading Millennial Mom Monday — Gadgets
Unripened Hanami Stole beaded cast on, without flash
Unripened Hanami Stole beaded cast on, without flash, originally uploaded by jwordsmith. This is just a quick picture post to confirm that the Hanami Stole did survive past the first few torturous rows and that I’m quite enjoying it now. There are mistakes, sure, but nothing crippling. Yet. Must be time for a lifeline…
Millennial Mom Monday — Things I Never Thought I Would Say
Mondays are for the Millennial Mothers (and dads too. And aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends. It’s just more alliterative this way…) Post a reply in the comments. Or write in your own blog and leave a link in the comments. Invite your friends to join in. This Weeks’ Theme: Things I Never Thought I… Continue reading Millennial Mom Monday — Things I Never Thought I Would Say