Last week I left work on time one day and went to spend an hour getting my tootsies painted. The favorite thing is not painted tootsies, it’s taking the hour out of my day to sit and enjoy the time. I was able to let my thoughts wander or not wander. I stared out the…
This week I am loving things that are bright, shiny, or spots of happy in a day. Crafty things and the time to play with them. Last weekend I spent some time playing with fabric. Fabric makes me happy. It’s bright, soft, and it makes things! I make things because I love the chance to…
Today’s New Favorite Things Friday is dedicated to the geeky things I am loving. 1. Logitech’s Unifying Receiver I like external mice. I have plenty of them. I used to have to carry all of the little receivers around with me and all of my USB slots were filled with receivers. Now I have one…
For my new favorite things this week I have focused on things that are orange. There is no reason for this other than the things I thought of first were orange and themes are always fun. Happier I found this app accidentally one of the many nights this week that I couldn’t sleep. It reminds…
My current New Favorite Things are: Ruffles and Crochet Creatures They make me happy to sew. It’s nice to have things to do or make that are simple and doable. It helps me spend time on things that are less simple and less doable. This blog of crochet creatures is crazy fun: Kim Lapsley Crochets.…
I remember my thinking clearly. I had gotten it into my head that I was meant to be a motorcyclist. My dad had instilled the appropriate amount of fear of what he called “hundreds of pounds of hurtling steel” and I knew the safety class had to come first. This shows growth on my part…
I am a doodler. I like the word doodle when I say it over and over again in my head (because if I did it out loud I would appear crazy). I mostly doodle for free-motion quilting ideas, but I doodle for other reasons as well. I doodle to focus when I need to, I…
A year from my last post and here I am again–ready to resurrect Wear the Cape. Follow me! Tell your friends! Pressure me to post! Offer to guest post! Let’s share what we do in our (okay, your) classrooms!
I won a contest that I didn’t even know I signed up for!!! What did I win? That’s the best part! Guess… Nope, not that. Nooooo, not that either. Okay, I’ll tell you. Wait for it… Wait for it…. Wait for it… I get to jump off a building!!!! For FREE!!! Yes, jump. Yes, a…
I am not telling untruths here–I received an email from a local public radio station that started like this:
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