Merry Christmas

If you are reading this, there is a good chance we miss you very much right now.  I wish Christmas was a portal that lead you to a place where all the people you love are.  Like Quantum Leap, but different.  Actually, nothing like Quantum Leap.  That would be awful.
Wish you were here & tons [...]

Pack It Up

She is cute, right.  I mean, come on.  I’m her mom, I might not be objective about her all the time, but she is way cute.
Her poo smells.  I mean bad.  Like, ‘Why did I not even try elimination communication!?!’ bad.  What can I do (other than hand her over to Skylar)?  Is there some magic make my [...]

Kippy Christmas

Skylar’s office holiday party was at Dave and Busters this year.  I have not played arcade games since I was a kid, and can I just say, I have gotten way better.  With a few ticket donations from our friends, we were able to win this classy Care Bear for Harper.  Her Kippy Christmas could [...]

Harper’s First Snow

Oh, I can’t tell you how beautiful the first snow of the season is, or can I even attempt to show you in a snapshot.  Before moving to Chicago last year, I had only lived in Texas and California.  You can imagine my shock at winter.  Last year there was snow on the ground from [...]

Christmas Craft Conundrum

Awe, last year’s tree.
I am not crafty by nature, but the time has come for me to break out a glue gun of some sort and figure out solutions to these problems:
1) Is there a way to craft an attractive and sturdy dog toy?
*I did find this recipe for doggy donuts that I think will [...]

Shout Out to Skylar & Buy my Cookies

Skylar’s crazy busy time at work is over, so he took over tending to Harper for me this weekend.  A saint, I tell you, the man is a saint.  I am a lucky lady.  
I took the time to turn his ‘office’ into my craft room.  He is just finding this out as he reads [...]

Happy Holidays!

Skylar worked late tonight, so Harper and I played ‘Holiday Photo’ to pass the time.  I dressed her up in my Christmas jumper from when I was a baby,  rubbed warm water though her hair & dried it in an effort to tame her perpetual bedhead, sat her in front of the curtains of my dreams, [...]

GPS for Cats

We have decided to do homemade presents for Kippy Christmas this year.
 What is Kippy Christmas?  Why, it is Christmas for kitties and puppies.  It is a big deal in our house.  It even has it’s own song.
I’ve been looking forward to sewing some plush toys for the pets that coordinate with our decor and that [...]