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Author: Amber

  • Yesterday was Bj’s 29th birthday, happy, happy! I love a stack of presents, don’t you? Too bad I always wait until the last minute to wrap them so we only get to see them for about a day. I am really trying not to buy any more wrapping paper. The black bag has been in rotation for a while (mainly between Sciarrino and I), the white box is a nike box, with a well placed tag, the brown package is a bag from a Studio Calico kit, and the robots are fabric from a blanket I…

  • Oh the sun is starting to make regular appearances around here and it is so lovely. The rain has made everything very green (even if the gloom has also made it very late to leaf and flower). I’m so glad we did this nice neighbor fence on this side. Tuesday loves to chat with Tracy and spy on her garden, I don’t think Tracy minds too much. I set about picking every weed in the yard this weekend; call me crazy but I love it! It is the most satisfying thing to me. Tuesday loves it…

  • Our favorite twins turned two this week and we celebrated in style. I wanted to do something fun for their presents and decided to go with matching (well coordinating) tee shirts. Carmen’s husband came up with the idea to flip flop the colors for each twin and they came out great. The cow thing isn’t just totally random and out of the blue; my friend Karen (their mom) comes for a line of dairy farmers and works in the industry. I never showed the creations Carmen and I made when she was visiting, but I am…

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