The 4 B’s

Turns out blogging, beer, baking and BBQ don’t go hand in hand.

Past the Eleventh Hour

Well it was seriously down to the wire and well past the eleventh hour. Literally it was past midnight when I finished up the

Old Things Garden

I have a vision but I’m not exactly sure I have the skills to carry it off.  As ascertained yesterday I know veggies and grow them well. Flowers, well not so much. 

Garden Variety Nurse

It might seem a stretch to connect nurses week with gardening but trust me that there is a correlation.

One must travel back in time to see the connection. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I started

Arts and Crafts Time

The weather outside has been a bit frightful today so it seemed like a great day for project time.

We took it down a notch though and just did fun

Finish It Friday (on Tuesday)

Finishing work is only 10 % of most projects but takes 90% of the time. It’s easy to lose momentum and not get to those little details. 

I’m pleased to report that I have finally completed the main baby quilt. I had the piecing and quilting done before the baby was born a month ago today. It has taken me this long to get label completed. 

First I learnt a thing or two about monograms which my daughter taught me. Then I mastered my fancy machine and learnt to use the memory keys and played with different sizes and styles.  

                      A B C

                  Feb 7 2017 

BUT, although my test patch was perfect, my end result was ugly. Like really ugly. Like no pictures exists because I may have had tears in my eyes. Lots of skipped stitches. Retrospectively found out a few things I didn’t do. Meanwhile we painstakingly ripped it out. 

Then decided to go rustic. My daughter liked that I always put hearts in my free motion quilting so wanted a heart. That was overly easy compared to the satin stitch monogram. Loads of ripping out and going back a few stitches to start over. Then I tried French knots for the a and c which are little. Then I ripped that out and went back to satin stitches. Not super happy with the size variations as the B is supposed to read bigger and somehow that C ended up too big but Grampa said that Baby A won’t care. 

I used some “vintage” labels I found while cleaning out my sewing drawers. Circa 1992 when my daughter was small and I did lots of sewing for her. 

 It’s not perfect that’s for sure but it’s #madewithlove and now it’s finally complete! 

Bernie 

Bundle of Joy with back pain.

The next bundle of joy arrived last week but it came with a significant amount of back pain. Plus the worst of that may not be over yet. There will be significant more energy expended on this particular bundle in the weeks to come. After that, unlike children, it will then become low maintainance. 

Why Math Matters

Or why to stay in school and pay attention. 

Despite a less than stellar math teacher I made it through high school because my best friend grew up to be a math teacher. So she’s brilliant that she could teach me then. 

My husband is also smart like that. His helping the kids with math and my helping them was like night and day. His math skills now get used in different ways but they still rock. 

Here is a practical application of math. That sadly is beyond my math skills but man I’m a good painter.

Voila — one basinett stand created by grandpa and painted by gram. 

Bernie 

Bundle of Joy

We finally have the bundle of joy we’ve been waiting for. Such delight. Arriving exactly when promised and in perfect condition.  

Full Pantry of Life

This seems like the easiest thing to do. One that I used to do regularly when the