chargirlgenius: (Default)
I'm officially old. My little* sister turns 30 today! Happy birthday [livejournal.com profile] karolines!

*By little, I mean younger. She's only three inches taller than me. :-D
chargirlgenius: (Default)
Ok, I admit, one of the reasons I'm not working on Twelfth Night stuff right now is that I'm...

I'm...

I'm...

Crafting. There. I said it.

If you'd asked anybody in high school if I'd ever be known for sewing, they'd have laughed in your face. Now, I sew, but it's all serious historical stuff. (Right? Stop laughing.)

But for Christmas, my mom requested aprons. I figured, I can do aprons!

Do I make a simple apron? No. It's never that easy. I make a fully reversible apron, with pockets of the contrasting fabric on the opposite sides (which, by the way, is a much easier feat when hand-sewing). And THEN I decide that I have enough extra fabric to make a matching one for my niece, so my mom and her only granddaughter can be all cute together. Only, the matching one for my niece has a ruffle around the pocket.

I know. I can hardly stand the 'twee. Oh. And they're pink. (Well, a small turkey red pattern on white, but the overall effect is pink.)

Aw. How precious. )

That's ok. Even if I weren't working on this (and making more Christmas cookies because we ate the first ones) I STILL wouldn't be working on Twelfth Night clothes. I made a New Year's resolution a couple of years ago that I'd like to finish up soon. Hopefully more about that will be forthcoming...
chargirlgenius: (Char by Henry)
We're on our way to [livejournal.com profile] azpapillion and J-sans-LJ's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Needless to say, the most imporant things in my life are in this car with me, Jeff, my two funny boys, and Luana counts too. :-)

We stopped at a gas station, and Henry begged to come in with me to buy water.

Henry: "I want to come in!"
Me: "No, you have to wait here"
Henry: "Stop bossing me around!"
Jeff: "It's our job to boss you around."
Me: "We wouldn't be good parents if we didn't boss you around."
Henry: "But you ARE good parents."

Awwww.

This morning he helped me make pie, while Luana played with Eddie, and Jeff worked in the basement. It summed up quite a bit of what I'm thankful for: my family, an au pair who is part of it, a good roof over my head, and the fact that we have the luxury of spending time playing at totally frivolous hobbies. We're all healthy (knock on wood), our family is well, and we have good jobs.

I'm also thankful for all of YOU. Some of you are very dear friends, some of you are becoming that way, and some of you I'm grateful to know even if it's only because the internet makes it possible. My life is richer for all of you.

Happy Turkey Day. :-D

Profile

chargirlgenius: (Default)
chargirlgenius

October 2011

S M T W T F S
      1
2345 678
9101112131415
1617181920 2122
23242526272829
3031     

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios