I last posted two days before the arrival I was so busy anticipating – our baby is here! (If you follow on Instagram or Facebook, this is old news. But new details and some new photos below.) That Sunday around lunch time I started feeling waves of contractions. Because I’d had a whole lot of…
Baby #6: Boy? Girl? Answered!
I wrote last week that the time was coming to reveal what crafterhours baby #6 (my own third birth, but between Adrianna and I, sixth) will be. If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, you already know the answer. About 75% of the folks who kindly played along with the poll thought it’d be a boy. ‘Cause what are…
I’m Craftiest When I’m Not Crafty
There’s this thing that happens when I wait a loooong time to post. Partly an out-of-the-habit “maybe I can’t do it anymore” feeling, and partly a list of things I want to share that feels so overwhelming that I couldn’t possibly distill what I want and need to say. Having been in that place for…
Oh Happy Day! Instagram Is For Everyone!
I’m so so so very happy that it’s finally election day. So very happy that the ads are almost over. I wasn’t planning on posting today because we’re having a red, white and blue party with friends while we wait for the returns. It’s an exciting, fun, nail-biting sort of day. But I had to…
As Seen In “Parenting” Magazine: Me. Sort of.
In my mailbox today: Yes, there’s a boob wars article and costume ideas, but that’s not the part I’m most excited about. On page 35– those are I-know-where-it-goes Drawer Stickers! Parenting wrote to me in July asking for “one of every color, and can you get them here by Tuesday?” Ummm– sure! I really did…