Whatever is on my mind today

Today I'm starting on a new quilt. It's for a church raffle, and needs to be finished by September 13. Here are my fabrics: The bo...

We went to the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday, to see a band, eat lots of junk, and check out my stuff. This year I entered 4 items, and d...

On July 17, we found a caterpillar on our milkweed. We decided to take it in and feed it. About 10 minutes later, Calvin found a second ca...

Oh my, June has zipped by and we're almost halfway through July! Time to catch-up: Caleb built some alternative energy models for the H...

I've been working on an eighth grade graduation dress for the daughter of a friend. They asked me back in February if I would be able t...

Spring is definitely here in Wisconsin, which means I spend nearly every nice day working outside in the yard. Last year my big project was...

This past weekend we went up to Minneapolis, MN, for the Region 4 Gymnastics Championships ( region 4 consists of 6 states: IA, MN, NE, ND,...

I've been dreaming and planning my gardening projects for this summer. One of those projects is ripping out some grass and building 3 r...

This past weekend was the Wisconsin State Men's Gymnastics Championships. Calvin competed yesterday afternoon. He had been nervous abo...

Today Calvin had another gymnastics meet (I know! A whole month without a meet! He was supposed to have one 2 weeks ago, but it got cancel...

A friend of mine emailed last week that she was starting her "get my body back after baby" program, and was anyone interested in j...

This past weekend was spent in Iowa, for another gymnastics meet. As there was no school on Friday or Monday, we made it a little family va...

I've been getting a lot of knitting done while sitting at practices. A few weeks ago I finished a Baby Thorpe for my friend Jennifer, ...

Calvin had another meet today. This time, the format was different. Instead of warming up on all six events and then competing in rotation...

Lisa was right -- that patch certainly did look like something James T. Kirk would have. Tomorrow is the annual Music for Munchkins concer...

Just a quick peek on something I've been working on: I made it using lamé, steam-a-steam lite, interlock, and lots of satin stitching. ...

Calvin had another meet yesterday, and did quite well. His grandmother came all the way from Arizona to watch him compete, and thoroughly e...

I finshed a hat for Calvin yesterday at practice. This was such a fast hat to make! This was also my first experience with Malabrigo, and ...

Calvin had another meet this weekend. It was at our gym, which meant I had to help set up, tear down, and work a concessions shift. We bot...

Happy New Year everyone! I'm not going to bother with a review of 2008, as I seemed to really lose my sewing mojo, i completely lost tr...