We are back from the beach and were shocked by the icky heat wave that hit this town while we were gone. Our cats sure stank up the house. I love them, but—DANG. We had a great time and the reentry has been pretty good so far. I started a cross-stitch project while we were gone which felt wonderful. It's slow, and I'm not near done. Perfect. I hope to finish it soon, but not too soon, you know?
I bought this rubber stamp set a bit back and was planning on giving it to the girls but then thought better of it. I still might, but as you can see by it's awesomeness, I need to keep it to myself for awhile. There's a sea scape one too. I should have bought both. They are by Yellow Owl Workshop. I love love this rubber stamp/boxed set thing.
On our first day out our camera battery died (right after the birthday party we had for middle child's beloved baby doll with homemade cupcakes) so I have no beach photos, which is sometimes for the best. Less to worry about and more time to just get wet and sandy. I have had many random thoughts the last 2 weeks involving homemade yogurt cheese (I know Pete likes both these things as separate items but when paired together I think the idea grosses him out, so I'm not going to tell him about it) making homemade slippers, sewing hats, making soap, researching what will be the perfect address book for myself, and facing the 3 baby books which have been started but not updated for my children in a long long time.
I have been slow on the e-mail reply front and I'd like to say I plan to get better, but it's still too warm here to make that promise, so sorry for the delays. I did accidentally spam about 300 people several times right before I left town, so that was cool. In that way, I did great with the e-mail replies.
