My darling girls in costume for a dance recital. I wish I could be there.

Here are a few photos from my trip to Florida. You can click through to read more descriptions or see more. Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

On deck for tonight - pajama party, popcorn, Enchanted on DVD.

I’m in Florida! With wireless! And sun! I wasn’t here for ten minutes before my sister slapped a blood-filled mosquito off my shoulder.

This weekend I made two more felted bowls.

They are made with yarn from Dyed in the Wool Handmade. Both bowls came out a bit flimsy, which is my own fault — I should have double-stranded the yarn but I wanted to see how they would stand up with a single strand. And now I know. The small one would be excellent for something like cotton balls or paper clips, etc.

Saturday we had dinner with my parents and brother, which was nice. My dad made these delicious scallops that involved Grand Marnier…seriously yum. We also played two rounds of Trivial Pursuit - the first time was FreakDad/Geekboy against FreakMom/Freakgirl. The second round was Geekboy/Freakgirl against FreakDad/FreakMom. Here’s how that turned out:

Yesterday the geekboy and I went over to the Sugarloaf Craft Festival, which was more fun that I thought it might be. We picked up some rustic pottery soup bowls, a great selection of soup, a couple gifts, and met some really interesting artists.

And you?

It’s our little lady’s birthday today. I love you, sweetie, and I hope to see you and your sister soon!

Today is my mom’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mom!) and Wednesday is my brother’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ken!). Saturday night we all went out to dinner to celebrate, and came back to my parents’ house for cake, wine and Scrabble. It’s become a tradition that I make my mom her birthday cake. This year I took a recipe from The Whimsical Bakehouse, and here it is: Read the rest of this entry »

If everything goes according to plan, I’ll see my sister and Freakniece #2 in two hours! Woot!

Happy 2008, ya’ll! We’re now officially into Bush’s last year in office, and it feels so good. Let’s hope that next year we’re not sitting here crying about President Huckabee. I’ll be halfway to Canada before you can blink, people. Anyway, as usual, I started off the new year with a hangover. Read the rest of this entry »

…from the freaknieces

It’s my brother-in-law’s birthday today. Happy Birthday, Pete!

In about an hour, my cousin Kelly will be having a C-section and delivering her third child (and first girl, yay!). Please send your best wishes and healthy thoughts to my family. I hope to visit Baby Girl tonight!

UPDATE: Welcome to the world, Baby Alice! Sorry you had to be born into this goofy family of ours.

Happy Birthday, FreakDad!