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Progress Report

2012-01-29T19:38:00.007-05:00

Well, my goal of sewing those 8 items over the winter may actually come true. Well, it might if I can ever get out of my truly rotten habit of finishing everything but the handsewing on a project and then leaving it in my closet unfinished forever-ish.Where I'm at:Vogue 8594 Made the muslin (ie the lining) and it needs to be re-fitted- annoying. Vogue 8685 This one is almost done- but it is

Best of 2011

2012-01-15T22:51:00.004-05:00

For a variety of reasons, I would probably qualify 2011 as the worst year of my life. However, I would like to try to focus on the positive and make a list of things about 2011 that were actually good rather than lament the many things that were truly terrible.1. Hands down, my discovery of the BBC show Top Gear. I love cars and I love British humour. What could be better? I could (and do)

Can I do it?

2011-11-13T10:15:00.007-05:00

I have a lot of projects in my sewing queue- way too many really. It's time to start sewing them and instead of hoarding patterns and fabric. I'm hoping to get these 8 done over the winter.Vogue 8685I have a very pretty dark blue knit with pink, purple and aqua flowers for this one. I'm definitely making the short, straight skirt and then I'll see what sleeve length I can eek out.Vogue

Lisa's Wedding!

2011-10-03T13:46:00.012-04:00

Here are some pictures from my sister's big day.The room, beautifully decorated.The unity sand beforeThe unity sand afterThe tablesThe cakeShoesGetting readyReady and waitingLisa and EmmaFiona the flower girl, Mom and Lisa Lisa and Kevin taking a breather outsideHappy coupleCutting the cakeEating the cakeThe dessert tableMe and Janda with LisaOne more of Emma

What have we been up to?

2011-08-22T17:43:00.006-04:00

Birthday cake Picking a million tomatoes- what you see there is just the beginning The Gloucester Tri Giving 3rd place finisher Karen Smyers her award Bad haircuts

Dinner from the garden

2011-08-05T15:08:00.006-04:00

Yesterday I was trying to decide what to whip up for dinner after a long and busy day and this comment from the blog inspired me: "Don't you just love this time of year when you can walk out to the garden to rustle up some dinner?" -Chiot's Run.So that's what I ended up doing. I grabbed some tomatoes and basil to go with my baguette and mozzarella and in 10 minutes, dinner was done- and

The Harvest Keeps Growing

2011-07-28T17:58:00.007-04:00

The garden has gone crazy and I've been picking a lot of vegetables lately: green beans, purple green beans, sugar snap peas, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli, pepperoncini, and for the first time on Tuesday- tomatoes!So far we've tasted 3 of the 10 varieties that I planted and 4 more have almost ripe fruit on the vines! I've been practicing canning with the peppers and can't wait to try tomatoes.

My Husband is famous (sort of)

2011-07-28T08:43:00.004-04:00

Check out this video of the new Parlee bike that features brain controlled shifting. Recognize that handsome guy???If you only want to see Janda, start at about 2:15 in.

Lake Placid 2011

2011-07-26T11:02:00.006-04:00

Janda and I headed up to Lake Placid this past weekend to have our first mini-vacation of the summer, which of course doubled as triathlon spectating. Janda had a couple of athletes racing, so on Saturday morning, we took off on a 5.5 hour roadtrip.We headed north to New Hampshire and then west into Vermont. Once we got into Vermont, we were on country highways more so than true highways. That

Day 6 - July 4 : Versailles

2011-07-11T11:16:00.011-04:00

On our last full day in France, we woke up in Vitré