We made it to Seattle in one piece.  It was a hectic move - very quick and very stressful.  Our mover/truck driver was awesome - did a great job.  The flight was very stressful - getting through airport security with a cat and a toddler with all the stuff that goes with them was a nightmare.  And, to top it all off Dominic wasn't feeling well ( Read more... )

Carbon footprint is a term that you hear and read all the time - especially when people are talking about the "green" movement.  It's how much carbon you need to sustain your lifestyle.  Carbon is at the base of everything we do on our planet - energy all comes from carbon whether it's in the form of food or energy.

I like to think that I have a ( Read more... )

I finished the top to my Spider Web Quilt.  I'm mostly happy with it - I may no longer gift it but I'm going to finish it for sure.


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I finished my first 2010 Project of the Month!  I machine quilted this Peter Rabbit panel for Dominic.  The quilting is my attempt at stippling and it was very difficult.  I used white thread so it doesn't really show up much in the photos.  I have a lot of room for improvement - mostly that I need to feed the fabric through at a more even speed ( Read more... )

January is here and it's time for me to work on my Project of the Month.  Since I have a new sewing machine I must sew this month!  I have a Peter Rabbit panel that I bought to make a small whole-cloth quilt for Dominic before he was even born but since I wanted to try to machine quilt it I put it off forever.  I want to actually machine quilt it ( Read more... )

I came across an item that seemed really interesting and good that I thought I'd share with you all.  I haven't tried it myself but I plan to in the near future.  Physician's Formula Organic Wear Makeup Remover - available at drugstores for around $10.  What's great is that it is free of synthetic colors, fragrances, sulfates, and petrochemicals.  ( Read more... )

I've been working on a spider web quilt off and on for several months now and the top is almost complete!  I want to get the top finished as part of my January Project of the Month goals - none of the half hexagons are sewn together yet and I still have to finish the last three of them but I feel like it'll go quickly.  It will have a special home ( Read more... )

This article from NASA is just amazing.  It astounds me just how far our science has come in the past few years.

Happy First Birthday Dominic!!!

1) Sew more. 
2) Read lots of books.
3) Be more organized with my office files.
4) Spend less time on the computer "wasting time".
5) Take a photo everyday.

2010 should be a good year and I think my resolutions will help me ensure that.  #1 is obvious - I did a lot of sewing in 2009 after doing hardly any in 2008 and it is very enjoyable so I want to ( Read more... )