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Because I need more projects like I need another hole in the head, it’s almost November. And November is National Novel Writing Month! Write 50,000 words in 30 days and drive yourself and your loved ones crazy! Or crazier…
So every year since 2002 it’s not been a question if I’m doing it or not. I [...]
Um right, Halloween is now days away and the kids’ costumes are…
a. Store bought
b. Done!
c. Halloween?
d. A bunch of fabric sitting in a pile waiting to be cut and sewn.
And the correct answer is ‘d’! Because over achieving and procrastination go so well hand in hand.
Let’s see, this year Zach’s a cereal killer (read [...]
So I don’t have classes today and tomorrow, it’s Fall Break! Course I have a terribly exciting two days planned…
Today: grocery store, home improvement store, office store, electronics store, 2 phone calls, and sewing
Tomorrow: Girl Scout stuff, homework, knitting group, lunch out, and sewing
Tuesday looks a little more fun, doesn’t it?
Quote of the Day: [...]
Lately I’ve been thinking that I desperately need more hours in the day. Seriously a 27 hour day would be awesome. But I’m realizing that maybe it’s not that I need more time, it’s that I need to do less. (And then everyone yells at their monitor, “well duh!”)
I’m sure most people [...]
Katie …
… is not awake.
… is annoyed by PTO fundraisers. (Anyone want frozen cookie dough, Entertainment Books, or wrapping paper?)
… needs to sew like 200 items in the next 12 days.
… doesn’t think that’s quite possible unless she gives up school, housework, kids’ activities, cooking, eating, and personal hygiene.
… wants to go to knitting group.
… [...]
I was really hoping to ‘take today off’ from running around like a crazy person (trying to use up those precious kid-free hours during the school day) and just sew* but I think I still need to spend at least an hour today running around like a crazy person.
Today’s errand list includes trips to the [...]
So the kids’ first day of school went well. The second day went alright too even though one of the twins has already ‘misplaced’ her lunchbox. That is one of my least favorite parenting tasks, finding lost things that should have been put away but weren’t and now no one knows where they [...]