caution: mommy at work

First Friday is coming up, so I took advantage of a little time alone this afternoon to do some sewing. My big seller last time was headbands, so I decided to restock those.

First off - tunes. I have to listen to Mortal while Lydia is gone, or she says snide things like "Is it… music??" Pfft. What do 4 year olds know about music? Might switch to watching Lord of the Rings in a bit, though, because this blog post got me to thinking of it….

I am often amused by the incongruous conglomeration of items that finds its way to my sewing table. There's the usual pins, scissors, measuring implements… and of course coffee… and glue… and a lantern, because it's storming outside and if the power goes out it's black as pitch in the basement… yeah, I need to tidy up a bit.

Tubes that will soon be headbands - I slide my wooden yardstick through them to press the seams… because I walk on the wild side.

And a pile of headbands ready to be pressed and put in the basket.

Okay, that's enough of a break. Back at it!

crazy night

I've taught the Rainbows (preschool) class at our church off and on (mostly on) for 8 years now. But this week, I quit. (Just like I quit after every Wednesday night that happens to be on or near a full moon.)

As the kids arrived, they started playing dress-up. At one point, I had Moses, a fireman, and two princesses beating each other with cheerleader pompoms.

On second thought, I think I'll stick around. Good entertainment is hard to find. ;)

friends in low places

One morning a few days ago, I was out on the steps attempting to remove the dried garden mud from my tennis shoes. (Happens a lot.) Lydia came out and joined me, gown, bed-head and all.

Our front yard is shady and cool, so snails like to hang out there. Lydia found a couple to watch, and named them Billy and Silly. She wanted to hold one - I believe this one is Silly.
Leave it to this one to find a friend first thing in the morning. :)

the difference a day makes

Every year, I do a post on the date of my uncle Ron's death. It's my way to mark the day, to remember and honor him. He died three years ago tomorrow.

But this year, I think I'll do it a little differently. Instead of posting on the day of his death, I'm posting on his birthday, which is today. Since he is my daddy's twin, it's daddy's birthday too; so I'm eating a piece of cake for Ron as well. It just seems more appropriate to me right now not to mark the day we lost him, but rather celebrate that the world was able to hold on to such an extraordinary person for nearly 60 years.

I miss you, Ronnie. And I'm glad you were born.

when you give...

The Bible says that when we give, we should not make a big deal of it; in fact, we should be so secretive that our right hand doesn't know what our left hand is doing. But how could I not call attention to such a sweet blog post?? Thanks, Amy! Amy has a baby boy on the way; since her first two were girls, I wanted to be sure she had lots of blue!

And the hat pattern can be found here, if you're interested.

I also wanted to apologize for the spotty posting of late; we're very busy wrapping up the school year right now. Hopefully soon I'll be able to visit more often - I haven't even shown you the garden yet!