This is so cheesy, but makes me so freaking happy. My Grandma was a champ of “stuff”. She is the comfy cozy Grandma. She had these plastic mesh and yarn things all over the house – and had us making them too. Everytime we went to see her, we could pick up where we left off. The one(s) I made before were out of acrylic, but since I’m Miz Yarn.. Read More
(Passed Away) in infancy.
(Reprinted and verb edited for Heather, because I love her more than I don’t like the phrase “passed away”. and because now that I have sat on my couch and screamed over the loss of the fabulous Madeline, I know even more that the small life mattered so much more than a little phrase. ) I do genealogy work. I’ve seen the phrase “(passed away) in infancy” for years. I.. Read More
Protected: Random thoughts on housekeeping
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Pre BlogHer Lunch
From AmyInOhio The Pre-Blogher luncheon is planned. FB page (my first, feel the coolness) will be the go-to place for RSVPs and details.?Ǭ† No invitation needed, all are welcome for a little Pre-Blogher mingling so tell all your friends – especially the ones prone to buying a round for the rest of us, cause dooode it’s on like donkey kong: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=85582328374 RSVP so I can give the restaurant a rough.. Read More
Mommy Blogging Marketing
When I was in grad school, I was the Recruitment Adviser for my sorority. They were in a rough patch and they decided the way to air their feelings was through one of those fishbowl activities where they sat in a circle and tossed a bear around – whoever had the bear got to talk. Some members were feeling excluded, overlooked, unimportant. It happens. One of the seniors, who really,.. Read More
Fiber Arts Friday – Alpaca edition
Alex is two. Which means that in between the whine and the scream of frustration because I won’t let him do everything himself, are these perfect moments where I smile and laugh more than I ever have before and I’m pretty sure rainbows and unicorns litter my backyard. For his birthday, mah friend the West Texas book blogger and quilter – TexasRed made him his very own alpaca. (Adopting a.. Read More
Air travel with a toddler – some friendly advice
This is one of those times where I will work a nerve, along with giving some common sense advice to those unfortunate passengers who have the bad luck to have to sit near that demon of air travel – the active toddler. Rest assured that I am doing my best to keep the active toddler still quiet happy safe out of your personal space all while keeping up with ever.. Read More
Lady Bidness
Heather Spohr gained my sympathy with this tweet today: My car registration expired yesterday. If the DMV gives me a hard time, I’m going to RUIN someone’s day. and made me laugh out loud as I read her next tweet to TexasRed: Oh, and I’m getting a lady bidness exam today. Seriously, my life is just totally awesome right now. So for Miz Mamaspohr – the Woomba
evolution of a blog
… or, this blog. This was going to be a private, password protected, blogspot blog all about Alex. Then it grew, and changed. There’s the new name now. Kaiser Mommy. Rebranding is a bit of bitch (or bitca for you BtVS fans) and feels like it might just take forever. There’s that new tagline. It started out when I saw it as a piece of LawyerMama‘s flair on Facebook. (How’s.. Read More
Fiber Arts Friday – Wedding Wisp
Ah the wrap for Texas Red, I made this for her wedding last year. Full details about the needles and the yarn and the pattern are at Ravelry. It looks much better on my Texas book reviewer girl than on my bathroom sink. For more Fiber Arts Friday – see Alpaca Farmgirl.
Don’t say anything about merchant ships please …
So along with musing about living in a smaller house, I think off all the things my grandma did that I don’t. She kept a clean house. (A little fanatically, yes, but my memories of it are okay now. Twitch. Twitch.) She kept to a schedule. (Which had a lot to do with my Grandpa being diabetic and needing that schedule.) She cooked meals. (See above. But we also had.. Read More
Protected: White Sheets
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Fiber Arts Friday
I have a not at all secret mental image of being an alpaca farmer. So clearly I’m all about the pink and white polka dotted Alpaca Farm Girl. As our HOA won’t even let us build a detached shed in our backyard to keep tools and a lawnmower in, I am positive they would frown on a pair of pacas out back. So until we move to the sticks and.. Read More