Haphazardly Hobbying

I have no idea if it’s just me or if many people are like this…but so much of my day is made up of half-formed lists running through my head. I’m a relatively organized person but I’m sloppily organized, if that makes any sense. I make to-do lists on the back of envelopes and post [...]

Just another night here at our house: Saffy and Homer (im)patiently waiting to be told they can start their dinner, Smudge  wolfing down his meal…. and just out of sight, Socs hopes I won’t notice that he’s stalking Smudge’s leftovers. Not pictured: Plato, The Anti-Social One.

Hello there, internets! Long time, no see. I know I’ve been missing from this blog for about four weeks, and I’m really sorry about that. Here’s a basic breakdown of what I’ve been doing: working, making travel plans, and quilting. Seriously, that’s it. On the day after Thanksgiving, I decided that I would make quilts [...]

I’m always getting prodding little emails from the friends and family who were around when I started this blog. “Christy,” they say, “we like the deals but we miss hearing about YOU. What’s going on over there?” Invariably I promise that there will be a ‘real’ post soon, filled with all the things that have [...]

Yard sales seem to be much like childbirth: It’s always a great idea at the beginning. It’s always WAY more work to get ready for than you first imagine. The time always comes when you’re not quite prepared. Also it’s so EARLY and you’re so tired and why did you think 7 am was a [...]

Hi all! I hope you’re enjoying your weekend – I know I am! We’ve had family visiting all weekend and we’ve had a great time so far! I’ve cleared all the deleted sweeps off the Current Sweepstakes page, but like the Post Office, Banks, and hopefully the company you work for, I’ve decided today is [...]

Sometimes it’s great to be a bargain hunter; did you hear about this deal? To follow the letter of the offer I got them & ‘gave them away’ to Matt, who then gave them back to me (hee – I think he just wanted to be able to say, “I got you flowers!!”) This spot [...]

The fabulous Margueritte left to head back home yesterday afternoon. It’s likely the last time I’ll see her before she leaves for London for a YEAR, and I’m bumming out – I’m going to miss her!! I spent most of the week trying to juggle work and hanging out with Mags and other life-y things, [...]

So you might have noticed at this point that my blog title is pretty fitting (if also a little hard to spell, according to my “I’m-not-a-good-speller!” mother). My blog is a virtual representation of my slightly-ADD personality: I get on a kick and it is, for example, EVERYTHING QUILTING ALL THE TIME!! What I’m saying [...]

Things I Missed While I Was Away: My fabulous hubby My sweet, cuddly animals My bed My office and all my stuff Being at home – there’s nothing like it Things I Did Not Miss At All While I Was Away: That interminable “what do you want for dinner?” conversation my (fabulous) hubby and I [...]

Mom, this is what happens when you’re gone this long. Please don’t go away again for a while, ok? The internets, do me a favor, will ya? Next time I decide I’m going on a two+ week trip, please to remind me that two + weeks is too long to be away from home. I [...]

Ahh, what a difficult life they lead So it’s been a busy few days – Matt is going to visit family & friends for the next week (I’m staying home to work and to keep the animals from starving to death/killing each other/etc) and we’ve been trying to get a bunch of stuff done before [...]

…..yeah, that right there kind of sums it up. It’s been a frustrating and stressful few days – the import over from Blogger has not gone quite as smoothly as I’d hoped, and I’ve got a 25-page research paper due, well, yesterday. So my apologies for this bland, boring excuse of a site and/or any [...]

I have so many little things to write about I’m going to mash them all together and call it an entry. First, Homer would like you to know that he is not at all spoiled: Nope, not spoiled at all. Now stop taking pictures  of me and go get me a treat, Mom. Second, I [...]

I’m going to steal a page from Maggie’s book (and Keane’s, for that matter) in order to title this post. It seems appropriate, after all: I certainly can’t call it “Sleeping In” or “Sleep Don’t Walk” or “Sleeping Satellite.” See where this is going? I’ve always been one of those people who falls asleep almost [...]