What She Shovels

Pegged

Trina — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:58:39 +0000

Gosling got to pick the jam flavor some months back and choose orange marmalade. Turns out he (nor anyone else) likes orange marmalade, so in the fridge it sits.

I only buy or make plain yogurt and we add our own jam or fruit or granola to it as it suits us.

Today he decided to give the orange marmalade a second shot, but deemed it still too much tasting of orange peel. This afternoon, while preparing a snack, he decided to get the strainer for the electric juicer out and strain the peel out of the yogurt/ marmalade concoction he had mixed up to improve the flavor.

Sadly, it still treated of orange peel. When his dad found him hand washing all the dishes, he complimented Gosling on his attempt to work through the problem.

“You can tossle my hair now, if you want, Daddy.”

10 years

Trina — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:49:19 +0000

The highlight of my day.

Back in the Saddle

Trina — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:53:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve been in front of a class teaching, as I’ve had tutoring students for the past long while. It’s a different beast being up front, but the power that comes from wielding the whiteboard markers is intoxicating. Or maybe that’s the markers…

New ‘do

Trina — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:53:09 +0000

These are the days

Trina — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:40:24 +0000

that require wine, chocolate, an awesome community, and frozen dinners.

“They” say kids grow up too fast and you miss this stuff. I will never miss today. I will never miss seeing the side of my kids that makes me wonder, deep down where I’m afraid to go, if they’ll grow up to be Good People or if … the alternative.

Making Waves

Trina — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:07:24 +0000

I started this quilt over 2 years ago and it’s been languishing on my sewing table while I thought about how I wanted to finish it. Now I’m almost done with it!

Teaching

Trina — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:54:00 +0000

“I’m teaching Bob how to build Legos!”

I’m pretty sure the cat is cursing her lack of opposable thumbs.

Getting There

Trina — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:55:45 +0000

After another 6 hours of practice, I have improved my free motion skills a bit more,

and tried trapunto.

The cat appreciates my efforts.

I Spy

Trina — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:54:00 +0000

It’s hardly visible, but there’s a tiny burr on the needle plate that only became apparent when trying to do something other than straight stitch. Much troubleshooting and frustration preceded this discovery, but I managed to catch up and learn a few things in my free motion quilting class today.

More tomorrow!

Caught Red-Handed

Trina — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:20:44 +0000

I was having a near perfect day. Great coffee, a few errands, a couple of chores, lunch with a friend, finished the prework for a quilt class I’m taking this weekend, kids both had outstanding days at school, they cleaned the bathroom when we got home, we had a snack, watched part of a movie, read books, did a little rough housing, had dinner on the stove when Mike walked in, was doing the 2 minute update and hand off to Mike before leaving to the last tutoring session with my favorite student, when my 4 yo strode into the kitchen nonchalantly with blood red hands.

Suffice it to say, red tie dye is not finger paint, no matter what you call it or how you use it, and I was late for work.