Fine and Dandy

Early, early, early this summer, I got a wild hare  (Is it ‘hare’ or ‘hair’?  It’s one of those things my mom says . . . ) after seeing a blog post about dying fabric.  I can’t remember now exactly where it was, but they used...

Montage Monday Final Fling

I don’t really know where it went, but the summer has gone.  Well, nearly anyway. So, with this being the last week of summer (or so they say), I thought I’d spend the week sharing some of our memories from the last 3 months. No really, how is August over?...

Sugar and Spice

What are little girls made of? Sugar and Spice and everything nice, THAT’S what little girls are made of. So, I’ve alluded to Ellie’s recent change of , er, personality. Somewhere, somehow she has lost all of her sugar and has been nothing but spice...

Not Today

Today was the first day of school for St. Thomas More and St. Elizabeth Seton.  We’ve spent the last couple of days hanging out with the cousins and running around helping them prepare for their big day. It was not a big day for us. It was not the first day of...

Disciplined

After our  trying week, I sat down on Friday to accomplish some sewing.  What should have been – and really was – a simple project turned into a disaster.  The machine seemed to be acting cantankerously so I cajoled, begged and pleaded with it to...