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toots!: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. 2 file folder games. Upper and lower case letter matching. I used: a file folder, printer paper, crayons, a sharpie, packing tape. I realized after i taped it down that i should have laid the letters straight across instead of like pages. oh well. you can learn from my mistake. Thursday, July 23, 2009. I think they are called Italian wrap diapers. Maybe Italian tie diapers. They are Italian and diapers. *shrug*. At any rate, this is how you make one from flannel. I forgot to take a...
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toots!: letter embroidering
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Monday, February 8, 2010. Write your letters out in pencil. Chose your string. they usually look like either of these at the craft store. Does anyone else still have one of these from making friendship bracelets in grade school? Cut off a length and pull 2 strains off. thread your needle and put a knot on the end. Start at the beginning. Make your stitches about 1/8" long. Come up from the back. 1/8" stitch. Come back down and fill in the gap. Come front again in the same hole. All done. front.
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toots!: December 2009
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Thursday, December 10, 2009. I've been meaning to do this one for a while. I made a couple for christmas gifts (which is why the fabric keeps changing :p) so you got a tute! This is probably the most involved tute I've done so far. The basic instructions are 1.) make the little footballs 2.) stuff 'em. 3.) tie them together. The little footballs are what take so long. let's get started with them. Cut the pieces diagonally out of the fabric. You need 3 pieces for each of 12 footballs. 36 pieces total.
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toots!: August 2009
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Friday, August 28, 2009. Brocolli and cheddar soup for colleen! I don't have any pics yet but i will update with some next time i make it. 1 qt stock (i use chicken, but use what you like). 2 heads of broccoli. 16 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese block (pre-shredded doesn't melt the same and is yucky). 1) make a roux. 2) mix the stock and 1/2&1/2. 3) cook the veggies. Chop the onion, in a small pan sweat the onion with about a 1tbsp of butter. Pour in the stock and 1/2&1/2. stir. Yes trust me.). This recipe...
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toots!: churning butter
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. Ok, making homemade butter is the easiest project i've posted about yet. really. easiest project. Ok, step 1:. You need heavy whipping cream and a mixer. some people will tell you to leave the cream out over night. but, eh, i don't bother. Pour the cream in the mixer. Turn it on. start slowly and gradually turn it up as high as it will go with out splashing all over. It will be a little frothy to start. Then it gets thicker. Then it starts getting a little chunky looking. I'm L...
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toots!: February 2010
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Monday, February 8, 2010. Write your letters out in pencil. Chose your string. they usually look like either of these at the craft store. Does anyone else still have one of these from making friendship bracelets in grade school? Cut off a length and pull 2 strains off. thread your needle and put a knot on the end. Start at the beginning. Make your stitches about 1/8" long. Come up from the back. 1/8" stitch. Come back down and fill in the gap. Come front again in the same hole. All done. front.
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Chaos & Mayhem: October 2011
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Monday, October 24, 2011. It's fall, which means lots of fall activities around here (and everywhere! We went apple picking a while back at Marker-Miller Orchard. With some friends and had a great time. They use integrated pest management which means they do use some pesticides but they make a serious attempt to use every means possible to keep from resorting to them. The kids were able to play and hang out on the floor next to the tasting bar while we tried something like 25 different fruit wines! This ...
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Chaos & Mayhem: Child
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Saturday, October 20, 2012. She grabs my hand with both of hers and pulls me back into the gym with her, and we stand in front of her teacher. I look in front of me, and there are several other girls in her class sitting on the floor, and I think "Huh. Am I the only parent here? Then I realize that the other parents are standing just behind me and Peanut. It's not that I am the only parent there - it's that I am the only parent whose kid wants to hold her parents hand. And I am so blessed to be me.
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Chaos & Mayhem: October 2012
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Saturday, October 20, 2012. She grabs my hand with both of hers and pulls me back into the gym with her, and we stand in front of her teacher. I look in front of me, and there are several other girls in her class sitting on the floor, and I think "Huh. Am I the only parent here? Then I realize that the other parents are standing just behind me and Peanut. It's not that I am the only parent there - it's that I am the only parent whose kid wants to hold her parents hand. And I am so blessed to be me.
