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12.28.2010
12.17.2010
basement, boom-box, and labor pain
When we bought our home we knew we would need to do something about the eyesore of a basement it had, but it was put on the back burner until all the plumbing issues arose (see previous post)...
before: gross!
after: ahh...much better :)
ps: stay tuned for an "after after" of that monstrosity of an entertainment center I am turning into a playhouse as a Christmas present to Abby and Hannah...shh
Remember back in the day when music didn't fit in a 1" x 2" device and people lunged huge boom-boxes on their shoulders? Hannah loves to rock out "boom-box style" to the alphabet song
For the most part, I'm a self-taught sewer and had made a couple "quilts" (pathetic imitations posing as quilts) but I jumped at the chance to learn how to do it correctly. A friend of mine, and experienced quilter, organized and taught a group of us the craft...crazy nice, huh?! I consider this my first real quilt. It turned out better than I expected since at one point the rows formed more of rainbow shape rather than the grid it should have been! FYI: doing it the right way is way more work than doing it the wrong way...
I've decided quilting is like labor and delivery. When it is finally over you swear you will never do it again... over time amnesia sets in and before you know it you're back at the hospital with contractions... I am now in the "just-delivered-never-doing-this-again" phase...
but the girls are going to need matching bedspreads once Hannah's out of her crib... ;)
11.29.2010
dSLR love
10.15.2010
Never rains when it pours...
...either way, I'm developing a sincere hatred for water.
Monday is laundry day. It was only after 4 loads of laundry that I went down stair to find all the water I used covering most of our basement floor! Much as been done (aka: many bills incurred) and as I write this, the problem still isn't fixed. Joy.
Also on Monday: Hannah fell down our stairs...the full flight...the stairs that have not been finished yet and are still raw cut subfloor. Joy 2.
9.21.2010
Tame the Mane
Because Abby was basically bald until she was 2, I was so excited when Hannah came out with a head full of hair...
...then it turned blond and has been a party animal ever since
After a bath I won't dry it at all. I just mat it down to her head to air dry that way
It stays down only until someone breaths in her direction and then it will pop right back up
I've tried the "single-ponytail-sticking staight up-thing" (Ryan calls this "The Antenna") and two little pig tails (Ryan calls this "The Devil Horns") but I can never get all the strands of hair, so in addition to the do, she ends up with tons of "sticky-uppie" hairs
I've never been good at hair. I was "anti-product" but Hannah's mane is changing my opinion. What should I use? and how?...seeing as I've never used anything before :)
Help!
9.15.2010
q-tips
What is it about one year olds and a new, barely used, neatly stacked box of q-tips?
Maybe it's a primal instinct to turn order into chaos.
Abby suffered from the syndrome when she was one (the episode cost us 2 boxes)
Hannah has taken her lead, only now there are two bathrooms, each equipped with its own box of tantalizing cotton balls on a stick.
After covering my bathroom with almost an entire box worth (and being sternly scolded), she made a b-line for her bathroom and did the exact same thing.
Oh well, at least Hannah has moved on from the "eating trash out of the trash can" phase
9.10.2010
Super-Jumpers and Duct tape
I have the greatest Dad. He is always happy and optimistic. He is the kind of person you want to be around all the time. His only fault is that he doesn't visit often enough. He did visit this Labor Day weekend.
Two factoids about my Dad:
- - - - -
One - He makes up names for people and things that would otherwise remain nameless
Examples:
-The guy who buys one soda at Wendy's and gets 6 refills over the course of 8 hours - "Get-a-life-guy"
-The artistic funnel that changes colors on top of the Science Center - "Phlanosphere"
-That extra big push on the swing using momentum from the pushers body - "Super-Jumper!!"
I can still remember the tick in the tummy brought on by one of Dad's super-jumpers
Two - Duct tape can fix anything
except for a crack in a sink - for that you need "Amazing Goo" (no, Dad didn't name it!)
9.08.2010
Before and After
Blogger won't let me load more than a few pictures at a time...
...so I've created an album on my facebook page that has all the before and afters
People often ask, "would you do it again?" I very quickly respond no...
...at least not with 2 kids - one not walking yet.
I can't begin to describe the work involved (so much more than I anticipated). Everything took twice as much money as planned and 4 times as much time.
We ate nothing buy TV dinners for 2 months.
It is super rewarding! Neither Ryan or I had ever done anything "handy" before so it was neat to see that we could teach ourselves and create something fairly nice.
9.05.2010
Two Art Museums
9.01.2010
Milwaukee
My dad is quite the sentimentalist and has developed an odd love affair for the city of Milwaukee.
Not so recently he took me there and now I have a growing love for this city too
Check it out...
this photo's not even edited!
just lovely
that is a sunrise, not sunset - a trip to Milwaukee "Dad-style" requires early morning walks
sailboats are so pretty
hundred year old water tower...why don't we make these beautiful anymore?
...to Milwaukee, with love :)
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