Recently Finished Book Archive

Take me to the River--Peter Alson (An okay book written about the Poker World Series...Meh. Finished it all the same though...just not sure when.)

The Gathering--Anne Enright (It was okay. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone at all really...but it wasn't a waste of head space or anything. 9/2)

Drown--Junot Diaz (fabulous! I love this author. I normally do not care for short stories, but there was enough common narrative between each individual story that I surprised myself by liking this book so much. 8/31)

Bend the Rules Sewing--Amy Karol (I added this book to my Amazon wishlist cuz I really liked her style. The projects were hit or miss for me, and most of them I could probably have thought up for myself, but I really liked her crafty way of doing things, and I have a feeling I'm going to appreciate her tips the more I learn the 'right way' to sew in my sewing class 8/28)

The Water Devil--Judith Merkle Riley (3rd in her Margaret of Ashbury series, and I liked it just as much as the the other two. Good quick reads. 8/24)

Domiknitrix--Jennifer Stafford (I checked this out from the library for the second time this month because I really thought the title was clever and I've seen some projects from her book that I thought I rather liked. But the second time around, I'm still where I was at the first time. Her stuff is neat, just not for me. At least right now. Maybe I'll go into a punk phase soon and astonish everyone. 8/15)

Oh, Precious Machine!!!

My beautiful new sewing machine arrived yesterday, and I'm still figuring out how to use all the fancy embroidery bits and make things and and and...iz lovely. :-) I haven't taken any of my own pictures yet, cuz well, I haven't really made much yet. Kind of in the gleeful realm of not enough space set up for sewing and um...too many options for what to make! :-)Yay!

The Fall is Coming! The Fall is Coming!

Retardo and I and lots of our friends closed out Summer Vacation this past weekend with a fabulous camping trip. We found a new group site down by Mt. Rainier and the only thing we really wished we had the entire trip was a portable hot tub. I guess we'll have to work on that for next year. ;-)

The weather was sunny and gorgeous, we got a fabulous hike in at Mt. Rainier on Saturday, and everyone danced around the bonfire with me on Saturday night. I am still glowing at the thought of it. My friends are Awesome. We didn't get a lot of pictures--I think both Retardo and I were too busy having fun. :-)

Memorial Pajamas

My Daddy-O has a name thing, and all of our family pets have had interesting names--Allison Wonderland, Sarah Ann Dipity, and the late beloved Abby Cadabra. Abby lived up to her name--we called her The Amazing Disappearing Cat because few of our friends ever actually saw her. She was a very shy and very sweet cat until her old age when she became adventurous enough to go outside a bit.

Abby died very recently, and we all miss her. Mix together impatience, the loss of a sweet kitty, and a potato sack nightie of very cute material, and...Viola! Abby Cadabra Memorial Pajama Shorts and Tank Top.