Tree day
And so it is written: one day is turkey day, and the next day is tree day. Amen.There was a whole lot of chasing in and out of the trees. Thank goodness Lovely was with us.There was some joyful m

Crafty me
Today's post is over at Specraftular. I've been appliqueing again. Be very afraid.

You can hang it on your wall
There was an interesting article in the paper this morning. Recently, a banker here in Raleigh was convicted in a ponzi scheme. He and his family have disappeared, and last week, all of his belongings were auctioned off to recoup some of the money he stole.A Mercedes convertible went for around $107,000, and a diamond wedding ring was sold for around $170,000. There were several "big name" handbags that sold for a couple thousand each, and some designer shoes that seemed to have been in my size. Oh, darn.The article in the paper this morning focused in on the "artwork" that was sold though. To be spec

I got your gDiapers coupons right here
We've been using gDiapers on Little Bird since he was born. We don't use them exclusively, but I do prefer them to anything else during the day.They don't sponsor me, and I haven't been given free gDiapers to pimp my blog out. I just like them.That's why when they were looking for moms and dads to join their gMum program, I signed up. Of course, I'm not even taking the time to look up the right label for that. I'm awesome. Basically it means that they send me a stack of coupons and a little happy (this time it was some Dropps detergent to try).I share the coupons with friends, and I s

Blink of an eye
This morning, as Bird danced joyfully to Andy Williams on the Sirius Holiday channel in our living room, he looked like a little boy. Not a baby. A little boy.I must say, it happened so fast.While I was in the attic today getting out my giant stockpot (hello, turkey stock!), I found a bag of Bird's newborn clothes. I went ahead and tossed them down, knowing that I'll need them sooner rather than later at this point.I must say, they are so very tiny.At dinner tonight, Bird was talking in two word sentence structure. "Daddy eat," "Yogurt gone," and my favorite, "Love you." Hearing him develop vocabulary and start to use a rough subject-verb rela