"I might have relaxed a little more in those foggy newborn weeks, and actually enjoyed my infant instead of cowering in self doubt and insecurity."

From an excellent post that really rang true for me.

painting day two (and three?) whatever, it was a like a week ago or something

I just have to laugh because I want to say, "just squint your eyes, and it looks just like him," heh, which was always one of our jokes in the illustration program.

Still no progress from this point, but hopefully today I can make some improvements.

glee

Is this not glee?

quiltin

Kevin did all the hard work of measuring and figuring and cutting for this special quilt we made for him. It's a t-shirt quilt made from concert shirts, youth conference shirts, and other special memory shirts. So once the t-shirts were "retired", instead of sending them to d.i. or making rags out of them, or whatever, we made a cozy "memory" quilt. He had enough t-shirts for the front AND the back! I've included photos of both.



I had the easiest job of all, I just sewed the pieces together in rows. Kevin actually had them ready to be sewn for a year, maybe more, and I--like the procrastinator that I am--kept thinking it was a big, hard, time-consuming project, and so never did it. Turns out, it took me maybe an hour and a half on three separate mornings. Maybe. It may have been even less. Just goes to show me, if I just get going on something, it isn't half as difficult as I always imagine it to be! Mom did the awesome quilt meandering, doesn't it look fabulous? I can't wait for fall to snuggle up in it! Right now it is just to blazing hot!

And happy birthday to mom today!

yogurt equipment

Here are pictures of the equipment I used for my yogurt:




This last one isn't quite accurate, I actually had the thermometer probe inside the yogurt, with the lid clamped over the wire part. I started with the heating pad at about 2 pm and then put the yogurt in the fridge at about 9:30 pm, so I guess about 7.5 hours heating time, then 12 hours in the refrigerator.