Seven months ago, the Businessman booked us a trip to Hawaii. We leave early November. I might have mentioned to him that nine months seemed...

Hand sewing sucks. Completed Vestes I would rather clean the kitchen, scrub toilets, and watch my husband pick at his softball sliding wound...

I'm trying to do some market research. Which means this post will sound suspiciously like some creepy spam mail. I'm not a spammer,...

The August 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonfulof Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the sp...

You know how you see a wildly successful business with a really simple idea and you wish you had thought of it? I had one of those ideas yes...

My deck looks lovely. It really does. The Businessman did a great job. Look! Water beads on the newly finished surface! But... Okay, just on...

Now that I've messed around with color schemes (and avoided a trip to the fabric store for a zipper for the Vestes) I'm gauge swatc...

The knitting on Vestes is done. The deck is done. The baby sweater is trekking along... I have a little time for color play. Fair Isle can b...

Well, the Vestes is almost done. Possibly today, possibly Friday. I took a quick pic while it was wearable: The seams are sewn, the colla...

It took the Vestes three days to dry while it was blocking. Seriously. I got desperate and put it out on the deck all the while promising m...

In fifth grade, I started going out with a boy. Going out entailed...well...nothing really. It was fifth grade and we were still mostly in...

So. I'm blocking. I wet the pieces, pinned them to their proper size and shape and now I could twiddle my thumbs while they dry, which w...

Day 10 of the Vestes: Also note the huge holes in the deck. I had a rare day of no kiddos. Fortunately it resulted in a decent chunk of kn...

Estes Vest, Est Vestes, Vestes; Day 10? I think that's right. This monogamous knitting could drive me batty. Thank you, voting populace...

Here's how it goes. You start a garden and you're very excited. You get the kids in on the action. Everyone tells you that radish...

First the knitting. Day 6: Day 7 (not much done today): Day 8, Now the back and left side are finished--A direct result of getting to spend ...