Mind Flush

Packed Monday, Tuesday; loaded Wednesday then drove to Cleveland; cleaned and shelf-papered and painted and fixed Thursday; unloaded and got...

That's the little box at the bottom left of my page that shows how many visitors the site has had since I started tracking it. This eve...

Saturday was the first time in weeks it was warm enough to be outside in shirtsleeves, so we busted out the sunscreen, hats and shades and w...

I told myself I wasn't going to cut Liza's bangs again until she showed signs of being annoyed by having the hair in her face. Well,...

We close on the new house on Thursday, title transfers on Friday, and we get possession a week from today. The closing company already has ...

From Knitted Toys by Fiona McTague, made using cheapo acrylic yarn I bought years ago (before I knew better). It looks better in the phot...

Two 'quitters' down, with enough yarn left to make a third (and possibly fourth) sock. The short row heels are a little holey, but...

"Okay, fine. If you won't take a nap at a reasonable hour, you can just run around like a maniac until you pass out in some random ...

Sometimes you don't realize how lucky you've been until you have to do things the regular way. Case in point: toddler childcare. Whe...

"Okay, so if I hold one in each hand, I can't spin myself. Maybe if I put Mingo in between my feet, and stuffed Bunny in my armpi...

Give the kid a $1.50 feather boa from JoAnn Fabrics, and this is what happens: Tiffany's Escort and Adult Entertainment Academy, here s...

I read through the employment section of the newspaper today, more to get a feel for how it's laid out than because I want to find a job...

With all the travel I've done, you'd think I would have participated in more hotel fire drills, but so far I've only been in two...

My parents bought Liza some of those Aqua Doodle mini mat books - you know, you color with a "pen" filled with water, and it revea...

My first attempt at knitted socks, complete with short-row heels and built-in slouchiness. I'm hoping to finish this first one tonight,...

It's the scene every mother of a potty-training 2-year-old dreads: Stark naked in a changing room at the mall, I hear Liza say, "M...

Approximate number of times I've said the word "potty" today: 1,856,429 Approximate number of times Liza has actually peed in ...

Here are the photos from our Easter vacation at my in-laws' house: http://www.flickr.com/gp/58932732@N00/oF9K18 If I have to spend one m...

They'll look best if you click on them and open them in a new window - there should be three photos per jpg file.

Pattern from http://www.magknits.com/warm04/patterns/sophie.htm Yarn: kureyon by Noro , colorway 150 or possibly 164, I can't tell onl...