Entries from November 2006

November 30, 2006

Candy cane visions.

Okay, so you remember when I told you about the candy canes in my front lawn? Remember when I told you that I had bought more for the yard, bringing the candy cane count up to 20?
Well, I had a definite vision about where exactly to place those extra 10 candy canes. They would (of [...]

November 29, 2006

There are some things money can’t buy.

Four patches for my son’s Tae Kwon Do uniform: $8.00
Specialty sewing kit (because I can’t find the needle and thread I already own): $5.00
Bandaids: $2.00 (for the sewing related injury)
Look of pure joy on my son’s face when he saw that I had finally sewn on his patches: priceless

November 29, 2006

I’m hating the sewing, but liking the lights.

I’m taking a break from sewing my son’s patches onto his Tae Kwon Do uniform. For the record, I can’t sew, and I dislike it very much. Also, I dislike it very much. Ooops, did I say that twice? That just goes to show how much I dislike sewing. And [...]

November 28, 2006

What’s happened during your day?

My day so far…

We left the van door open last night. All night. And not only was there frost on the outside of the glass, but also on the inside. And a weird smell. I’m thankful that we live in a fairly safe neighborhood and that the van was still out [...]

November 27, 2006

Who knew - spending money makes me happy.

Yesterday made me so happy. So, so happy.
What did we do yesterday? We went shopping and bought our children’s Christmas presents.
Every year I get stressed about what to buy them (and what to recommend to Santa) and we usually end up waiting until mid-December and have to run all over town to find [...]