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…
It turns out that a twin quilt is substantially larger than a baby or toddler quilt. It also turns out that quilting every half inch or so is a lot of quilting. Because the twin quilt is so large, I had to roll both sides and then roll in lengthwise for almost every seam. There’s…
My foot has been bothering me, so I went swimming last weekend. It was the first time I’ve swum laps when not pregnant in easily a decade. At first, it felt so good! I just felt so tiny and lithe, undoubtedly since the last time I went swimming I was close to 9 months pregnant….
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)…
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…
I’ve been contemplating taking on the farmer’s wife quilt for a while now, and I’ve decided to take the plunge. The quilt is described in this book. The contains a series of letters in response to the question, Would you recommend to your daughter that she marry a farmer? The letters are written by farmers’…
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…
