I love the new Home Front line by Studio Calico. It's got a fun retro feel with colors like sunny yellow, sky blue, and sort of a stoplight green. It also incorporates the wood paneling that I seem to remember from the walls of my family room as well as the doors of both my Dad's station wagon and my Mom's red pinto. Hey it was the '70's! Anyway, Home Front also features a lot of fabulous paper with a sewing/fashion feel. So when I saw this little bit of goodness at Starbucks yesterday…. I thought Starbucks + Christian Siriano… Read More
You are doing it.
This is a typical photo of Max from a couple of months ago. On this day, Max: 1)Rode his new bike (with gears) 2)Jumped on the furniture 3)Played light-sabers with his sister 4)Threw the frisbee with his Dad and 5)Did the monkey bars at a favorite park All very typical little boy stuff. But that was "before". Now we find ourselves in "after". Since then, we've learned Max has Spondylolysis at his L4 vertebrae. Basically, he has two fractures in his vertebrae about 2 mm apart. It's a pretty serious situation for a seven year old. Symptoms? He complained… Read More
Michelle, My Belle
I got the opportunity to spend some time with two of my favorite people recently. Amy Clancy and Michelle Millman. I met these girls years ago when we all worked at KIRO-TV in Seattle. I went freelance after having kids, but these two lovely ladies found a way to successfully balance their work with their family lives. Michelle (the smiley one in the middle) is facing a new challenge. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. A few weeks ago she underwent a double mastectomy after finding cancer in her right breast. The thing about Michelle that's so striking is… Read More
Eight Crazy Nights
Being a Catholic gal married to a Jewish guy means doing a December Daily (a project that I love) alone is not enough. Even though it's called a "December Daily" not a "Christmas Daily" it just feels Christmasy to me. Maybe it's the Catholic guilt. Or the Jewish guilt. Or maybe it's the challenge of finding fun products that can be used for Hannukah. The end result was that I felt compelled to make a separate Hannukah book last year. Here it is– before the photos and journaling were added. It really did turn out to be a holiday… Read More
