a.m.

Mornings are good aren't they?  Saturday mornings are even better.  I have always been a morning person.  After about 8pm I am not worth very much- things start to go down hill.  Usually I have to ask, "so how did that movie end last night?" I get this trait from my father.  We have no need for alarm clocks.  For the most part we seem to just wake up when we are supposed to.  Setting an alarm makes me nervous.  It is typical that I wake up at 15 minute intervals before the set time waiting for the "beep".  Even though I am not much of a sleeper-inner, just knowing I could if I wanted to makes Saturdays something to look foreword to. 

So, this Saturday morning we indulged in puffed oven pancakes.

Growing up we always had a "real" breakfast on Saturdays in place of our cereal on weekdays.  I always looked forward to watching cartoons.  (Whatever happened to Looney Toones?  Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Coyote and Road Runner were the best!)

Some of us ate our pancakes with orange marmalade, which we pronounce "marm-a-lawd" in our best English accents. Others opted to eat their pancakes bare.

I have been doing some sewing the last few days.  I was feeling a bit sheepish after such a kind feature over at Sew Mama Sew.  Thank you to all the people who visited!!  It was fun to read all of your comments.  I do hope you come back often!  Anyways, I really haven't sewn very much as of late.  I have been on more of a crochet kick these days.  Hannah is hurting for clothes.  I hate to buy anything for her knowing that spring will soon be here.  So, I whipped out a few skirts for her. (that is all that she will wear)

This is the twirly skirt from houseonhillroad.  I used a light-weight denim and some vintage trim I have been saving.  I love this pattern.  It is so easy.  I especially love that it doesn't require a double fold hem- those are the worst.  I will do almost anything to avoid them.  Like sew ribbon on the edge as you would bias tape.

Not the greatest picture, but a super easy pattern from the Autumn 2005 issue of Ottobre. And yes, I finished the edge with ribbon.  I have had this fine-wale corduroy since October.  Better late than never I guess.  I made it a tad big so that she can wear it again next fall.

I took Mama K's advice and turned one of the thrifted sweaters into longies for Laurel.  They work great over cloth diapers.  Wool absorbs wetness especially when it is lanolized (I use this and this).  Normally I would use the sleeves and make pants using this technique...but I wasn't sure that they were long enough so I used the britches and bloomers pattern again.  Whew! That was pretty linky.

Hope you are enjoying your Saturday morning!

stayin' alive (barely)

The germs are still here.  They attacked me too.  There was a moment yesterday when I was sure that someone stuffed 50 bricks up my nose while I wasn't looking.  Thankfully Sutafed came to my rescue.  I tried every natural remedy in the book...

(carrot apple ginger juice, thank you Jack Lalanne for your wonderful machine)

Sometimes drugs are necessary.  My husband said, "Whoa, you must really be sick if you are taking that stuff!"  He was right.  Little Hannah is still on the mend.  Thank you for all your well wishes.

I made her new slippys this afternoon.  I found the pattern tucked in an old crochet book of my Grandmother-in-Law's.   I used organic cotton yarn, which is super soft.  She liked them and it made her smile- even though they weren't pink or sparkly.

Now...for the winner.  There were 18 comments left on my 100th post.  I asked Emma to pick a number between 1-18 and she picked 10.  So, Haley is the winner.  I will craft something up for you as soon as we are all well.  Thank you to everyone who participated.  Lovely to see some new names and visit your blogs.  Yeah it is the weekend!!

one and two zeros

The high temperature today was 26 degrees.  We have been finding many ways to keep warm (besides turning the thermostat up...I broke down.  It now hovers at 72)

snuggly sling naps,

and warm toasty scones with honey (lots of honey if you are under the age of 6).

Also sharing the warmth with cozy crochet birthday gifts.

**note to self: in the future, do not expect 7 year old boys to jump for joy over handmade yarn items- especially when the gift opened just prior to yours was a set of pro-wrestling action figures!

In other news, this little blog is now home to 100 posts.  When I started it back in August of last year I wasn't sure where it might go. I find it hard to believe that I have had 100 things to talk about (fairly certain that my husband will disagree here).  Writing it has caused me to look intently for the smallest significant moments in each day. I am glad to have record of them here. Thank you for sharing those snipits of time with me, and for leaving your thoughts as well.

To show my gratitude I would like to host a "give away".  I have a couple of projects in the works right now that I would just love to share with you! Leave comment and I will choose a winner on Friday.