My husband grew up playing pinochle. He taught the kids from a young age, but I am not a game player. I was not interested, but he talked me into learning about 5 years ago. Now I really enjoy it! This has come in handy as a way to spend time with family remotely this […]
Lockdown Days 14 – 15: Sew a Child’s Play Cape in a Day
I estimate it took me 6 hours to complete the child’s play cape. That includes creating durable, reusable pattern pieces for the project, because I have five more little granddaughters that will get one of these for their birthdays this year! Although there are directions in the book, I discovered some things along the way […]
Lockdown Day 12: Laughing at Zombies in Chinese
One big game of Rumor There is a lot of doomsday talk going around. Anxiety, worry, panic. Fear. It would be easy to slip into and, to tell the truth, has grabbed at my ankles a few times. But I don’t want to live in fear. I am evaluating what is going on around me, […]
Lockdown Days 10 & 11: The Power of Regrouping
Call it gathering your thoughts or letting the dust settle, but everyone needs to regroup on a regular basis. Sometimes it is just after a certain number of days going full steam ahead. Sometimes it is at the end of a project. Other times it is because of interruptions out of our control. But it […]
Lockdown Day 9: Tips for a Basic Men’s Haircut and Bear Trimming
Putting haircuts in perspective I have cut my husband’s hair for about 95% of his haircuts over the course of our nearly 38 year marriage. I also cut my children’s hair almost all of the time while they were growing up. But I’m not trained and I don’t cut hair professionally. Why did I do […]