nine years
happy anniversary to us! nine years ago today, we pledged our love and our lives to eachother, little knowing what we were getting ourselves into. it’s been much much better, yet harder, than expected.
so I want to thank Michelle for her patience, kindness and love for me these nine years. I’m slowly realizing how little [...]
| 1st day
today’s a big day for Caleb: first day of preschool! although the last thing he told me before bed was “I dont want to go to preschool”, this morning he woke up with a big smile, declaring that he was ready to go, and excited about taking his baseball lunchbox. he apparently did very well [...]
| health
health is always on our mind at our house. sometimes we’re very thankful for so many improvements over the years. sometimes we’re frustrated at hard times. often it’s both at once. and now and then things change dramatically and it gets crazy. like now.
Michelle’s been doing a strict no-carb diet for her fibromyalgia for over [...]
| hugs
sometimes they fight. sometimes they hug. hugs are better. sometimes hugs turn into quasi-wrestling fun.
Caleb was so excited about hugs he was jumping up and down saying “I LOVE Alice” other family fun here.
| vacation pics
here are some pics of our adventures from last month
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1939 Electric White Rotary Machine
While we were in Vermont my mother-in-law asked if I’d make her some curtains for the guest room (the room we stay in). So I spent some time sewing over vacation, pretty fun. But I’ve never sewn on a machine quite like this. This machine was Bob’s grandma’s that she apparently received in December 1939 [...]
| Happy 4th Birthday Caleb!
Caleb is 4 tomorrow so we celebrated this past weekend. We had a great time and I had so much fun making his cake! The kids enjoyed the process too, as you can see below. I made a small sheet cake in a lasagna pan and borrowed a friends ball cake pan and made half [...]
| Grandma Alice’s Quilt
This quilt was a gift made for my grandma Alice by a dear friend of hers. I think it might have been a wedding gift. It used to lay on this same bed because I also received their guest room bedroom set. I’m so thankful to have such a cherished possession of Alice’s. [...]
| VBS Fun
We just finished up a great week of Vacation Bible School this afternoon. Caleb was hesitant to leave me in the beginning of the week and was absolutely loving it, in his quiet way, by the end. He loved all the crafts he got to make and the different activities. Alice [...]
| Casey’s Doll Quilt
I’ve been pretty much of a slacker in posting on my blog lately, as you may have noticed. So I need to play catch up in recording some things I’ve made in the last few months. I’ve not been up to a whole lot sewing wise but I did manage to make my niece [...]
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funny
Josh and Joel stopped by at random last night, while I was recording a little for the new collection. Michelle was out, so we ended up hanging out, mostly improving silly, stupid songs. those guys are dang funny. I havent laughed like that in a long, long time.
| We Had Love
so there’s a talent show here at work, and I figured I might try one of my songs. then they said it was 70s-themed, and I reconsidered. but then I was “inspired” to write a goofy song about the 70s here in Chattanooga, so here’s the result. I doubt I’ll get far in the talent [...]
| getting back into it
preparation for travels, travels, and post-travels definitely slowed down the music stuff for me this summer. and I miss it badly. I’m finally getting back into stuff. I even wrote a goofy song for a talent show here at work, which I’ll post soon. anyway, I really really want to get work on my next [...]
| walk in the woods
I wrote a little song about walking in the woods with the kids (which you can read about here). the tune (so far) is a straight-up rip-off from a tune Death Cab’s new ablum (which I just got and enjoy). so here goes:
walk in the woods (tune: death cab’s Grapevine Fires)
(Am) last day of (C) [...]
| Ben Gibbard on songwriting and such
I’m not qute a fan (yet) of Ben Gibbard and DCFC, since I havent heard much yet. but I think I’ll like it once I get a chance to check his stuff out. he had a good quote about songwriting that brings out what I’ve felt about writing songs. it seems like there’s an unwritten [...]
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