Category Archives: family

makedo+fort cozy=backyard overnight adventure

September 6, 2011 – 1:14 am

Some readers might remember my post on fort cozies that I wrote in 2009. Our fort cozies got a new life with the addition of Makedo components from Australia. I stumbled upon them at our local toy store Geppetto’s Toy Box. They are wonderful little components that provide ways to attach, for example cardboard boxes [...]

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campers’ delight

August 5, 2011 – 5:06 pm

The lovely ladies at the Flying Needle Quilt Guild in Calgary hosted Bill for a workshop in May. At the end of the workshop they generously gave him camp towels with each of our names embroidered on them along with a maple leaf so we would remember our Canadian friends. We were so thrilled to [...]

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allow me to gush: a review of Action Pack

June 16, 2011 – 7:53 pm

[disclaimer: The review below is for a digital magazine edited by Kathreen Ricketson, the founder of Whipup.net. Many years ago I was a contributor to Whipup.net. Kathreen provided me with a copy of this issue to review free of charge.] Long-time readers of this blog know that I had to wait a long time to [...]

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homemade adoption announcements

May 24, 2011 – 9:10 pm

May 30 is Gotcha Day in our family. Nine years ago, we held our daughter for the first time (thus the term “Gotcha Day” in the adoption community) and we became a family. Like most adoptive moms, I had always expected to have children the way most people do. There’s a pregnancy that lasts 40 [...]

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easter egg graffiti

April 24, 2011 – 12:17 am

In the category of “better late than never,” we dyed our Easter eggs this morning. Every year we try different techniques, some successful, some not. Today I had a contract to get out, some pansies screaming to be put in pots, lettuce and spinach seeds to sow (another entry in the “better late…” journal), two [...]

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