Better Late?

The family of my BFF Heather threw her a baby shower back in February--I wish I could have been there, but no luck finding room in the budget for a plane ticket to California while planning a wedding! I busted my knitting needles (and tapestry needle and sewing needle) getting these two bibs finished in time to mail them without having to overnight the package. But the USPS failed me, and the package didn't arrive till the week after the shower. However, she and her husband loved the set!

I vowed to do better finishing the coordinating burp cloths... but I didn't. I actually finished the second one the day baby Faith was born, March 1st. It took me a week to sit down and finish weaving in all of the loose ends (my least favorite part), and I was so thrilled that I could finally hand wash them and get them in the mail!!! Then I noticed something...

Even at an angle, you can tell that one is not the same size as the other. Dave would give me a great big "DOH!" for this... and my perfectionist self is already planning a Hobby Lobby run to buy more yarn and correct the problem.

Crafting Opinion

I already know that I will never be able to ask Dave about yarn choices or floss colors...

Flip the Birds

I just discovered a website for Georgians committed to changing our state bird from the Brown Thrasher to a chicken. They make some decent arguments in favor of the change, but seriously--a chicken??? It's bad enough that I live just south of the chicken capital of the world and occasionally get stuck behind nasty chicken trucks on 2-lane roads...

Friday Funny

If you've met my parents' dog, you understand...

Friday Funny

In honor of last week's snowstorm
(which I missed because I was on the beach in Mexico--darn)

Mexico: Leaving on a Jet Plane

The governor of Quintana Roo just happens to be an alumnus of the school where I work. He and all of his alumni friends invited us out to the island of Cozumel for dinner our last night in Mexico. To get there, the governor sent his private jet...

This business trip turned out to be quite an adventure--I'm ready for next year's reunion!

Mexico: A Room With A View

Most of my readers know that I went on a business trip to Mexico this past weekend. We were hosting a reunion of Mexican alumni at a beach resort just south of Cancun. From the moment we walked into the resort, Tres Rios, we all were in awe...

Needless to say, my Mexico excursion was more of a vacation than a business trip, if you couldn't tell by the view from my second-floor room...