Okay, I'm back

Instead of posting a bunch of individual entries for all my missing pics, I'll just give you an overview of the past week.

I spent most of my time working the graveyard shift (here's some recent pictures of the construction, obviously not taken during the graveyard shift):





recuperating from said graveyard shifts (aside...I made all three quilts on my bed):



and writing:



But there were some other things going on as well. My daughter had a sleepover that left the house a complete wreck:



With careful recycling, we usually average only 2 bags of garbage each week for a family of four. I cheated and bought paper plates/cups for the sleepover. Two bags of trash in just 16 hours:



One of the mom's brought me ten yards of this funky material when she came to pick up her daughter. Whoo-hoo!



I spent some time in my garden, too. The blueberries are really starting to ripen:



Once "God of Speed" arrived from Australia on Saturday morning...



...I spent the rest of my weekend reading in my garden:

Some assembly required

Shrinkage

I bought myself a Jack Bauer/24 shirt at the International Spy Museum. It shrunk. Now my daughter wears it proudly.

Bouquet

My kids picked this for me today.

Lots of limts

We found this buried out back behind the shed over the weekend. My son wants to hang it in his room. I wonder how much scrubbing with bleach it will take until I'm comfortable with that?

Subliminal advertising

I rarely pay attention to commercials, but my son noticed something odd in this chicken sandwich this afternoon. There's a dollar bill hidden in the lettuce.

The future's so bright...

This is a cheat pic, taken last summer, but it's really cool so I'm sure you'll forgive me. (Yep, that's right...my camera batteries died again. You'd think I'd invest in some rechargeables.)

Generation gap

My daughter didn't like the fabric I bought for her bedroom curtains. This is what she chose instead. That's right...FOUR different fabrics, one for each panel. I think it's gonna be kinda cool.

Waiting for Summer

My daughter made this skateboard at school. Right now it's like an unpopped kernel of popcorn.

(I cropped this picture, then adjusted the contrast, so that my daughter remains anonymous.)

We are not amused

My humanitarian daughter apparently has no problem with torturing living animals with doll clothes.

Matters of Conscience

My 11-year-old daughter is a big anti-fur girl. Her reasoning: there are plenty of other natural and synthetic materials available for clothing in this day and age, so why kill an animal for no good reason?

Imagine her dismay when, just this morning, she discovered that the kitten knick-knack her best friend recently gave to her is covered with [not faux] rabbit fur.

January Thaw

My daughter found this stem of [insert name of currently unidentified flower/plant here] on our lawn this afternoon, in a puddle of melting snow.

UPDATE:

According to Keni, "It's called 'Honesty.' It's also known as 'Money Plant.'"

Thanks a bunch!!!!

Potential...

This bolt of cloth will (hopefully soon) be a new pair of curtains for my daughter's room.

"Change is the law of life..."

--John F. Kennedy



My daughter once spent most of her free time playing with her Barbie dolls. Now my cat plays with them.