AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

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I thought I knew how to be straightforward. I thought I was getting a good handle on how to communicate well.

I was apparently all wrong.

Much needed relief

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This made me laugh hysterically, which is exactly what I needed today.



No kittens were harmed in the filming of this video.

Adventures in sewing

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How many 12-year-olds want to wear Dora the Explorer bathing suits? Not many, I fear. How many 12-year-olds fit into junior size swimming suits? Not many, I fear yet again. Solution? MAKE one!!

Easier said than done.

It's June, right? Apparently sewing patterns, like clothing, run in a strange cycle and it's about impossible to find a pattern for a swimsuit in June. We finally found one that was slightly acceptable - and the only suit pattern in the whole store - so we went to town with that one. Daughter chose the fabric and we headed home to cut.
I spent the evening cutting, pinning and sewing . Tonight I finished the bottom. I figured I could sew the sides shut since the original pattern was a bit too 'old' for Daughter.


Ha!

And HA again!

I canNOT believe this pattern was for a woman's size 6. Daughter is a very slender KID and the bottoms were so tiny even she was embarrassed. The sides don't come anywhere near touching, so forget about sewing them together. I can't imagine this fitting a woman.

I decided to make a small skirt to go over the bottoms but holy beachwear, Batman! What an experience.

Last Sunday, Part II

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I got to see the Eiffel Tower!

Red Sonja's house

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...

Quack quack quack quack quack quack

Open wide, my dearies.

One of the original pub signs from our fair city, first hung up in 1858, ten years after we became a state. True story.

Hello?

Last Sunday Part I

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Drunk bastard.











Spidey the health nut.

Random Fandom

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It's so disconcerting when someone you've just met, and seemed to get on well with, suddenly just really dislikes you. Enough so that she turns her head away from you when she sees you coming. I won't lose sleep over it but I wonder what makes people do that.

The social drama of sixth grade is too much for me to keep up with.

Asparagus is the best vegetable ever, but only oven roasted with salt. It tastes so green!

I seem to have lost my voice here at my blog. If someone will give me a phrase, I'll write a short story or poem for them and get this thing going again.

I got a horse right here

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I always enjoyed this skit from Sesame Street; I used to watch it with Number One Son when he was a toddler. Honest. He was the one who wanted to watch it. The tune was catchy and we'd both find ourselves singing it at odd times.



Several years later I caught a classic movie on TV and this scene came up. I was floored. They stole it from Sesame Street! The nerve.



I love musicals. I can't wait for YIFO's to come out.