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Another Irregular Weekly Update

Another Irregular Weekly Update

I am not very good at these weekly updates. I forget which day I’m supposed to do them. I’m not regular. I will hope to do better. This is #4?
1) We have no more snow. Only rain. Animals are happy to have grass again. I am sad to have mud again.
2) I can’t stop [...]

Quick, Watch This! ElfYourself Dance

Quick, Watch This! ElfYourself Dance

(Video will expire in just a few days.) Jeff’s sister used headshots of my kids and their two cousins to make them part of an ElfYourself Dance.

I can’t tell you how much we’ve watched it. I will find the kids in front of the computer practicing the moves, getting tangled up in their own limbs, [...]

Words from Mikah

Setting: Playing Skip-Bo last night. Mikah’s turn, he’s in the midst of a disappointing play.
“Oh, no, that is so out of the law!”
What did he mean by “out of the law”? I’d like to know if his logic is apparent to anyone outside of our family.

Haniya's Photo Shoot

Haniya’s Photo Shoot

Yesterday Haniya asked for the camera to take outside when the kids visited and fed our 8 Nigerian Dwarf goats and Trouble, the steer. I tell ya, I do not need to take any more pictures. Haniya can have the job from here on out and she’ll do it well! She took care of cropping, [...]

My Name is Wardeh and I'm a Fabric Snob

My Name is Wardeh and I’m a Fabric Snob

I’m also a yarn snob. And a food snob.
With regard to fabric and yarn, here’s my thinking: if I’m going to make something, why not make it well, with the best materials, that perform best?
For fabric and yarn, that means, most of the time, I use wool.
Do you know the benefits and properties of wool? [...]

Musing on Christmas

Musing on Christmas

This year, we decided not to put up a Christmas tree. This decision has been coming for a long time. And I want to state clearly that it is NOT because I/we think Christmas trees are evil or anything like that.
For me, I have a very selfish reason why I don’t fancy having a Christmas [...]

Me, Lately

Me, Lately

Photo Credit: Mikah Harmon, age 8.
Yesterday, I watched Persuasion while finishing up Jeff’s back up wool earflap/neckflap hat. Then I started a forest green hat for my friend. She is going to give me a Thai massage in exchange. After that I’d like to make a hat for myself. I think its more than past [...]

Girls' Nightgowns and Boys' PJ Pants

Girls’ Nightgowns and Boys’ PJ Pants

I am not making Christmas pjs for my children this year. I made them pjs and wool shirts a few months ago when they really needed them. But a friend needed help sewing her kids Christmas pjs, and since I had an opening in my Christmas-pj-schedule I said I would help. Okay, who am [...]