Archive for 2009
Rape is a hate crime. I mean, I know that but I hadn’t quite put it in that category in my head. Pure and simple it’s a hate crime, “a hostile act against a person based on perceived membership to a specific social group”. Every time a woman is raped it’s a crime against all [...]
Witness one pair of cute slingback sketchers from several years ago. boooring but cute. I swear to god the first time I looked at the label for these it was leather upper but no, synthetic, which seems more likely for a pair of 30.00 shoes. Despite that I trundled forward and used leather dye on [...]
MONSTER GIRLS FUNDRAISER @ Drunken Monkey w/The Bros. Comatose. ——————– Subject: Tomorrow Nite! Raffle Prizes , Monkey Business, Monsters oh my… Don’t forget! Tomorrow Nite be at Annie’s FOR THE HSMG FUNDRAISER…all the kids are doin’ it. Get your raffle tix at the door or from one of the monster girls! RAFFLE PRIZES TO INCLUDE: [...]
This weekend I went to a millinery garage sale with a friend. So much fun stuff they had! The really sad thing is that they are stopping their beautiful hat making business in favor of a gift basket making business… I hate gift baskets. I got a bunch of fun netting. Two greens, black with [...]
Title: CAFE DE OLLA (MEXICAN SPICED COFFEE) Categories: Mexican, Beverages Yield: 6 servings 3/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed 3 x Cinnamon sticks 6 x Cloves 6 tb Coffee (NOT instant) 6 x Julienne slices orange zest In a large saucepan, heat 6 cups of water with the brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves over [...]
Today I took Mr. Pants to a home daycare that a friends baby goes to. He loved it. He dove right in and played, had a snack and really liked walking to the park. The Woman running it was super nice and I could tell her dealing with toddler ideas were in line with my [...]
Loud music at 12:00am on a Monday and now I have to listen to them fucking? omfg.
If we buy a house with a massive mortgage we will have to start budgeting more closely. Right now we are all over the map and don’t really track how much goes where. I always feel a niggling worry in the back of my head like I should be carefully budgeting. Does anyone else think [...]
One day my mom brought home a book from the public library that was filled with paintings of cats in elizabethan dress with olives on their heads. Who painted them?! Why have i never been able to find it? I want a portrait of my cat and Vim’s cat in this fashion. I guess I [...]
So Holy Shit. We bid on a house like a month or more ago and now our offer has maybe been accepted which, everyone tells me means NOTHING on a short sale. It’s all dire predictions and projected hassle. But WHAT ISN’T? I ask you…. The house is OLD. The bathrooms are a bit weird. [...]
Traveling alone with a 2 year old… It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be either. Vim was off at a conference and so Mr. Pants and I headed down to Santa Cruz for a few days of loafing by the beach. [...]
I’ll be needing this one. screw making my own ugly ass chicken coop.
Full Moon Buy Night Date: Thursday, October 1 Time: 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM Location: Jack London Square, Oakland (Broadway at Embarcadero) Cost: Free and Open to the Public On the evening of October 1st, Jack London Square will host Full Moon Buy Night, a night market in the festive tradition of Italian village fairs, [...]
Things I could do today: – sweep the front porch – stress about our 5,000$ LESS than the other bidder bid on the house that is adorable, huge, has cute period details and a SECRET PASSAGE. – work on cleaning the craft room (endless project that will never be done because it has me totally [...]
Jack had those super crappy days last week but then went back to his most cheerful normal self. Although he still freaks out that Vim was getting him milk and not me. The house we bid on got another offer that is supposedly better than ours but still the bank hasn’t appointed anyone to look [...]
So yesterday was the worst day ever and then I had some wine and a margarita and it was still the worst day ever. Next time I am totally doing the mascara trick. Brilliant. Today is better but there is no nap happening and it’s making me squirrely and making me feel incompetent. Should I [...]
Today is not a good day. In fact there have been quite a few not good days around here recently. I’m tetchy and a bit depressed. I’m soldiering on but I’m sure I am no joy to hang around with. Jack is heinous right now. He’s getting some back molars and is just generally 2.5 [...]
A surefire way to get Jack to quietly play by himself is for me to need to go somewhere. I’ve been planning a trip to the grocery store all damn day and now it is 4pm. He’s over there playing legos very peacefully. FAIL/WIN Another good thing to do is act like you absolutely must [...]
gray hair Originally uploaded by Minnibird My hair is on a horrible stage of being grown out. I do not know why I have been in a snit about seeing my natural color. I know I hate it, why must I torment myself? But I can see a bunch of grey coming out and I [...]
This is the dress I would like to make, the variation with sleeves. I’m looking a bit angry in this photo. Pay it no mind. So the pattern calls for lt.wt crepe, lt wt pique, or lt wt linen. I found a gorgeous purple silk chiffon that I want to use instead. can I use [...]
