Monday, February 7, 2011. We had a good week this time. Eating out one less time on the weekend makes a big difference. However, we have been eating out on Thursday evenings after we take Ian to open play at a local venue. I am pretty excited that I made my coffee goal this week. I did not include this in my grand total. It will come out weekly as we use it.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Steals and Deals on Craigslist.

My new blogs address is homeworkbinder. See you there and enjoy! Welcome to my online pattern book and journal of creative home projects. I will be sharing arts, crafts, house-holding ideas, family traditions, urban farming and inspirations from nature.

My dad built two go-carts out of scrap metal and lawn mower motors. And me, my brothers and sister would drive them up and down our long driveway. And it was totally safe as you can see in the photo above. When my parents built an addition to their house, the carpenters cut a bunch of 2x1s in to small blocks for me and my brother. I used to create these elaborate domino-style spectacles all over the house.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016. You probably noticed that updates to this place dwindled and then stopped rather suddenly a while back. Sorry for leaving you hanging, but my father suffered a rather severe stroke and my workplace has been dealing with, essentially, one continuous series of disasters for the last couple years. It has been a trying time, but I hope that we will pull through. Monday, February 16, 2015.