fear of failure

I was sorry to see the SpaceX failure today.  Obviously.  One thing that I like about the space community is that generally speaking, engineers pull for each other, whether they be American, commercial, Russian, other foreign, or government or whatever.  OK, I don’t know any Russians, but I assume they also like to see successful…

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summer days

I looked into all manner of summer activities for L, but I haven’t signed her up for any of them.  Dance class, introduction to sports, Suzuki preschool, soccer.  The thing is, we are pretty content right now.  We walk to the local park or drive ten minutes to the nearest beach park (on the lake)…

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sunrise twin quilt

I decided to make a twin quilt for L using the Kona sunrise jelly roll.  In order to do this, I needed fabric on either side to make the quilt a bit wider, and I also purchased some “wideback” backing fabric so I wouldn’t have to piece the back.  All the fabric finally arrived last…

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fingerpainting

I think B’s first experience with fingerpaints is best shown in pictures.  It actually went pretty well.  When I first gave L fingerpaints, she was about 12 months old, and it was completely impossible to keep her hands out of her mouth.  B, for whatever reason, didn’t really try to eat the paint, which made…