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Category Archives: Personal

Call Me Lady Luck

Call Me Lady Luck

{Some of} the blogging community seems to despise sweepers because it seems they only come around for the giveaways, but some of them do stick around for other content. I have a few who do and I appreciate them. Turning the tables around, I can see why sweepers… sweep. I can’t turn my nose upContinue Reading

DIY Valentine Heart Crayons!

DIY Valentine Heart Crayons!

Jayden’s class is having a Valentine’s Day party next Wednesday so I thought it’d be great to give them a creative and inexpensive gift that they’d enjoy using. We don’t throw away broken crayons round these parts, we recycle them. Since we had a big ol’ bag of broken crayons accumulating, I decided to makeContinue Reading

Spit Happens

Spit Happens

I was testing my new camera in low light situations and this happened! Bwahahaha!Continue Reading

Jayden’s Baby

Jayden’s Baby

Jayden spent the weekend with his Nana (great grandma) and he started to miss baby. – – – “Jayden was looking at pictures on the computer and when I looked at him he had tears in his eyes. I asked him what was wrong and he said he was looking at his baby. He saidContinue Reading

Fair Isle, Four Down

Fair Isle, Four Down

Sophistishe has gone Fair Isle! Come on over if you’re reading through the feed. I wanted to redesign for the holiday, but ran out of time, so I went with something more appropriate for the Winter season. Most of my designs are inspired by textiles, this time by a new sweater and leggings, both FairContinue Reading

Life with a newborn… again.

Life with a newborn… again.

Where do I begin? I guess I should start with… myself. Postpartum me. It’s been three weeks and physically I feel fine. The first week I found myself trying to do too much. There’s a reason you’re supposed to rest that 1st week :-/. Between my weakened back and uterine cramps (they worsen after each subsequentContinue Reading

Got Milk?

Got Milk?

For two days in a row I’ve felt like I wasn’t making enough milk through the late night – early morning. The night before I had been up chain nursing Jaxon until my boobs were dry and he.kept.demanding.MORE. Up until then, I had been a milk makin’ machine so maybe I ate something or didn’tContinue Reading

Jaxon Marley’s Birth Story

Jaxon Marley’s Birth Story

Jaxon Marley November 8th 2012 / 7lbs 6oz. 20 ¾ in On November 6th, I had an appointment at the OB office. I had dilated to 2 1/2 cm, only 1/2 cm more than the week before. The OB (the female doc) predicted I’d still be pregnant a week later. I thought so too… butContinue Reading


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