Heather, it’s all here

Homeschool friend Heather traded our Japanese Girls Day dolls for this tent. I am including a not-so-good picture of it here because I want you to see 6’1″ Mr. GAIN near the tent in order to appreciate our trade. He can stand up inside. Heather was very concerned that we check to make sure all…

Storage control

I did an intervention on myself over the weekend by emptying my storage chest and organizing it for the first time ever. Yarn is now kept with its yarn wrapper, patterns are in a folder or binder, Christmas projects are separated from other projects in smaller storage containers, you get the idea. Yesterday, I found…

This blog is rated G

Mingle2 – Rate your blog I knew everyone would want to know if this blog was safe to read with children around, so I read from Heather’s blog (not the barterbus Heather) that I could have a rating if I visited Mingle. So there you have it — No bad words here. I have been…

Cool Fourth of July

I look at photography as a craft and art. Some times I will use my photos in scrapbooks, other times on our walls. Here the kids attempt to spell the word “cool” with their sparklers. The picture looks pretty cool. It’s was A’s idea. I changed the exposure value on my camera from 0 EV…

Coffee press cozy

I know this sounds weird with the 92 degree weather and all, but my coffee press cozy rocks. It works _really_ well. I am quite pleased with its performance. Before I had the cozy, I frequently would forget my coffee on the counter, or table, or stove top, then find it twelve minutes later and…