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old pants, new skirt

December 1st, 2008

Inspired by the refashion spirit at the Bazaar Bizarre, yesterday, I repurposed an ill-fitting pair of pants and a worn pair into a new skirt. Working around the back crotch area that wanted to swing in as opposed to across, I added a kick pleat. Next up on the sewing machine will probably be a […]

rebe

December 1st, 2008

The girls went shopping at Bazaar Bizarre – a crafty faire – in San Francisco, yesterday. In general, the crafty things were nice, but not exciting enough to coax cash from my pockets (except the tasty looking and tasting cupcakes). There was one non-baked star which came mighty close to freeing me of $175 – […]

big tow came to school

November 28th, 2008

It has been a while since I last posted. In the meantime, Big Tow came to school to show off his tow truck. After hoisting one of the trikes in the air, he towed the kids. All the teachers have a crush on Big Tow.

4 year olds, so profound

November 28th, 2008

We returned on Wednesday from a family vacation to Monterey. Lots of jogging, digging in the sand, running from waves, searching through tide pools, visiting the aquarium and sitting in the hot tub. Thank god for hot tubs. Someone seems to have replaced my happy-go-lucky 4 year-old with a teenager. Somehow I thought I had […]

Sylvie’s new party dress

November 26th, 2008

Thanks, Mom.

humbug

November 22nd, 2008

Whew! After an 8 hour day of elving, I’m officially all Christmas’d out. With the exception of an octopus that could use a pair of peepers and a shortage of proper shipping boxes, I’m ready to send out stocking stuffers to the swappers. Although there’s only one kid on the list old enough to surf […]

elvin’ around

November 22nd, 2008

Hard at work on stocking stuffers…

last minute Thanksgiving recipes

November 21st, 2008

Everytime you reload, a new recipe appears.

last india post, ever

November 16th, 2008

Our drive to the Taj Mahal. (First 100km, anyway.)

dreams

November 15th, 2008

I dreamt last night that my brother, Obama and I were moving back into the house my brother and I shared through college. The house was just as I left it – same colors, but clean and empty. In the dream, the boys were off playing while my dad and I went shopping for groceries […]

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