What a week. After a full 7 days of head and chest colds, a raging fever and general misery, I woke up Easter morning with an earache. Seriously?!? I didn't even know adults got ear infections. They're awful! So I missed out on all the egg hunting and marshmallowey, chocolatey goodness and spent Sunday in an urgent care clinic. Lame. I'm happy to report I'm on the (slow) mend. But it's been a whole lot of comfort food and Doctor Who around here.
I miss you all. I still haven't found a comfortable groove in our new surroundings that allows for much time to myself. If any. It's getting old. But the weather is shifting and the days are lengthening. How can I be anything but optimistic?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Ancestry

So far I haven't signed up for ancestry.com or the like, nor have I visited any archives (you know, in all my free time) to see any evidence first hand, but the internet IS AMAZING. Apparently I have some very adept and dogged researchers for cousins, distant though they may be, who have constructed long family trees and posted them online.
The details are not yet verified to my satisfaction. But what a fun ride I've been on. I HIGHLY recommend it. My whole life I've identified with my relatives who immigrated directly to the Seattle area post 1900, and here I may have discovered ancestors living in Massachusetts in the 1690s!!! They had epic colonial names like Mercy, Zedekiah and Remembrance, and get this... they were weavers!
Like I said, I'm not 100% positive that these records properly link all the way to me, but the threads are there. It's fascinating, to say the least.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Kids Clothes Week Challenge!
"It's one week (I'm sure you figured that out) where we commit to sew one hour a day for 7 days. Sewing clothes, of course, for our kids! Or other people's kids, but not your inner child and absolutely not your canine child." -Meg
Meg over at Elsie Marley is hosting the Kids Clothes Week Challenge again!!! It's the Spring edition, this go around. I loved participating last fall. While I don't count on being quite as prolific, at least I hope to get my sewing machine plugged in, for crying out loud. Besides, my little urchins could really use some Spring duds.
Meg over at Elsie Marley is hosting the Kids Clothes Week Challenge again!!! It's the Spring edition, this go around. I loved participating last fall. While I don't count on being quite as prolific, at least I hope to get my sewing machine plugged in, for crying out loud. Besides, my little urchins could really use some Spring duds.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Unlikely Source for Decor Items
Monday, April 11, 2011
Inspirado

Sunday, April 10, 2011
The Brother Room WIP
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
WPA Posters

In other news, I'm feeling like my dry spell is coming to an end. I bought some new fabric and my pile of thrift store findings is ever growing. I still don't have a place to work, and all of my supplies are in boxes, but I'm optimistic. First though I'd like to post the boy's room. It's not done, but I'm not sure it'll ever be. You know how that goes.
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