Last October, I had to make the horrible decision that I could no longer take care of Sky, as she needed, due to how far my health has fallen.  I had hoped someone else in my family would stand up and take her in, but that did not come to fruition ( Read more... )

-We had a house full with the Kit home from college and her boyfriend staying with her for the Spring break and Lizze coming over for a bit.  It was really cool to have everyone together!  The guys did an all nighter with the Xbox, and we grown ups got good, quality sleep and Scrabble time!  I made up a batch of homemade cinnamon rolls with an ( Read more... )

-Well now, today was a bit of a roller coaster.  I had a doc appt in the afternoon, so after seeing The Guy out the door for work, I slept in a bit and then did all my schoolwork for the day.  The doc appt went okay; she is having some blood work done to rule out a few things and to verify the hypoglycemia.  She said I am already treating it the ( Read more... )

-Being surrounded by friends and family who love, respect and care about you.  What more can anyone ask for ( Read more... )

-Friday, I got my conditional acceptance to the new college.  I was elated.

-Saturday, Max's acceptance to Alfred University came.  I cried!  It was the only program she applied for, and their art school is extremely competitive.  She does not have the experience that most first year art students have, so I was a bit worried that they would not ( Read more... )

Last weekend was absolutely wonderful.  We did not go to the water park.  We *did* get all dressed up and went out for a fancy dinner.  The rest of the weekend was spent just having quality time together.  (Oh, and some fabric shopping.  I got a bolt of 100% wool for prices that should have been illegal ( Read more... )

-This weekend, we are looking at going out of town to an indoor water park/hotel.  Yikes!  This means a bathing suit.  The one I bought a few years ago, disappeared in Pittsburgh.  The stores don't seem to have them out, yet, either.  I'd buy one off of Amazon, but I'd rather be able to make certain it fits, you know ( Read more... )

-Some days, there is nothing left to do but shop for shoes : )

-I have had the Venetian gown pretty close to finished for months now, but have been wracking my brain as to what to use for the lacing strips.  In order to get the ladder lacing to stay straight, many seamstresses have used two rows of strips down the inside of the bodice edges, so that ( Read more... )

-I am sad to see the weekend end.  It was a great weekend, where we didn't press ourselves to get anything done or to do anything in particular.  I did some baking for practice and made some cupcakes for Max to take to Chris.  Other than that, we vegged, watched a few movies and played Scrabble.  We also slept in ( Read more... )

-The last few weeks have been a blur, to be honest.  So much done, so much planned, so much yet to do...

-Two of my confection adventures were featured favorites on Cake Central!  Here are a couple of pics of things I made for 12th Night:


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