Rise of the Ukulele
Ah, the poor ukulele, relegated to the kid’s table at the musical reunion, along with the recorder and the tambourine. Still, it is capable of bringing focus to a song Continue Reading →
Disaster Planning
Last night, I was online when the quake hit Japan. I got the notice through Facebook and immediately switched to Twitter for real-time updates. We turned on TV for coverage Continue Reading →
Full of Potential
Sunday started with giggly, happy girls in the living room (awake early from Saturday evening’s “sleep-over”); outside we were greeted by an early morning rainbow. Later, the clouds cleared and Continue Reading →
If at first you don’t succeed
… make sure you have enough ingredients to try again! (Happily, I did.) As part of the preparation for Kiddo’s party, today was baking day. One of the things I Continue Reading →
Project Progress
It’s been two months since I kicked off my 11for11 challenge for myself and I thought it was time for an update. I was ridiculously pleased to cross off the Continue Reading →
Contest Fatigue
Over the past year, I’ve run (and entered) a fair number of blog-based give-away contests. Entering is often as simple as leaving a comment but frequently there are “extra chances” Continue Reading →
Info-bleed
In a span of roughly 6 months, I have received at least 5 email messages at my gmail account intended for someone else. It happens, right? But how would you Continue Reading →
Crafty Give-away
I got crafty today after I did some overdue mending including a pretty rough job of darning a couple of holes in the sleeves of my favourite sweater. First, I Continue Reading →
Yarnbombed!
By the end of the day on Wednesday, there was over 20 cm of snow on the deck. Yesterday was cold but buses were running and aside from ice and Continue Reading →
Freedom to Snow Day
While I did make an effort to get to work, there was ongoing trouble with transit buses all over the region including 4 tangled at the foot of the next Continue Reading →