Monthly Archives: May 2009

daughters lost and found

May 30, 2009 – 2:21 pm

Happy Gotcha Day. On this day seven years ago my husband and I walked into a hotel room in Nanchang, China and met the 10-month old baby girl who would become our daughter. I had waited a lifetime to become a mom and this particular part of the journey had taken five years. The term [...]

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nibble tray

May 28, 2009 – 2:24 pm

me love cookie monster cupcake! your source for vintage sewing patterns does your Barbie need a knit mermaid tail?

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family sketching

May 26, 2009 – 8:36 pm

I can see you already shaking your heads at the title of this post. “I don’t know how to draw” or “My spouse/partner isn’t the artsy type” or “My kids don’t have the attention span to sit and draw.” I’m kind of the poster child for learning to draw later in life. I never, ever [...]

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do I get a badge for sewing on badges?

May 12, 2009 – 2:08 pm

OK. So I admit that trying to figure out how to permanently attach scout badges to garments is not one of the world’s most urgent problems, but if you’re looking at a pile of badges and your child is supposed to have his or her uniform ready for the local Memorial Day Parade, it becomes [...]

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mother’s day report card

May 10, 2009 – 2:37 pm

Undoubtedly my favorite gift each year is my Mother’s Day Report Card. Our 7-year-old daughter dictates to my husband Bill the “subjects” that she thinks I’ve been working on this year. It’s always a fascinating list to me and reminds me of why I wanted so much and endured such a long wait to become [...]

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