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Entries from July 2006

Role Play & History Lessons

July 31st, 2006 · 2 Comments

WARNING- These are my thoughts and emotions while processing. Some of my feelings and thoughts are incomplete. I have long studied and engaged in long debates about the middle east and our middle eastern policy and frankly a lot of my thoughts are in flux. I’m more than happy if people want [...]

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so you think you can dance

July 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Alison got robbed. That is all for now.

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The Baptismal *dress*

July 27th, 2006 · 4 Comments

And I stress, this is merely a dress. Here you have Magdalena choosing fabric.

Helping me trace and cut…

The finished product, unpressed so the hem is all wonky. Actually the hem is all wonky because apparently linen stretches more than the other fabric I used, but pressing it fixes it.

And finally modeling [...]

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My baby is cute

July 26th, 2006 · 5 Comments

and I say stupid sappy things to make her smile.  Deal.

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Politics

July 26th, 2006 · No Comments

Apparently the Dems would prefer the Iraqis to be headed by a puppet regime afterall.

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Numbers

July 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Thaddeus has started to enjoy the game of hide and seek.  His number skills are obviously as good as mine as his counting is “2,3,2,3, tenteen”.  Here he is exploring four and five.  I love how he does an obligatory run around the couch before he sets off to find her…I must point out that Steph [...]

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Hygeine Deficiency

July 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment

If your toe-nails are long enough, you can use them while sweeping, to scrape the dried spaghetti off of the floor.

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Last post today, I swear.

July 14th, 2006 · No Comments

But on “So You Think You Can Dance”, Donyelle needs to get that toe of hers working, because although I’ll take Allison, I’m really rooting for Donyelle. Ivan is great but I think my loyalty is with Benji. And don’t get me started on Mary Murphy. OMG. I literally get stomach aches [...]

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Just now…

July 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Well, a little rambling back story as always. Lately when Thaddeus nurses, the extraneous “not really hungry but need your attention 25 times a day” kind of nursing, I count to 10 after he’s latched on, and when I say 10 we’re done nursing. He just came up to me, laid his hand [...]

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The Studio (with about 2 dozen pics…sorry CK), otherwise known as the longest post ever.

July 14th, 2006 · 3 Comments

First. It’s called the studio because 1) It will function much like a studio apartment when done. It will have a kitchen and a bed and living areas. It will only lack the bathroom which is on the other side of what we’ll be calling “stephs room”. 2) When the idea [...]

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