Daphne*Bluehttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/Sometimes, I even write stuff.en-US2008-10-11T23:07:00ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Clearly, I need a lifehttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/10/10/clearly-i-need-a-life.htmlDaph2008-10-10T16:08:13ZMiscellaneousIt's no secret by now that I my job requires me to be online for extended periods during the day.  All of my co-workers are in different locations, so we keep in touch by chatting all the time, using IM.  Works great.

So, I wake up this morning in dread and panic because of the dream I had been having, involving said chat program.  In my dream, the program had rolled out a new version, and the way the interface looks had changed, so everything was completely different.  You could import your contacts to invite them to chat, and they had this "quick chat" feature that removed all text styling (why?  I DON'T KNOW. )

Anyway, while I was sitting there trying to figure everything out, and not accidentally import contacts that I didn't need, one of my co-workers pinged me in chat.  I had changed the chat view, though, so I couldn't read their message or reply.

OH THE HORRORS.  In my dream I was FREAKING THE EFF OUT.

I woke up all upset from this, people.  I cannot believe that I had such a nerdy lame-ass dream or that it instilled so much panic in me.  Seriously.  I'm going to need to make some friends, or join the PTA, or something, just to stop the insanity.

]]>Hollyhawk.etsyhttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/10/9/hollyhawketsy.htmlDaph2008-10-09T06:18:48ZMagicher stuff for days.  I decided sending Bryan a little e-mail with a link was a very subtle hint.  So, guess what showed up in the mail for me today?  I heart it, and the thoughtful husband.


]]>He's the best.http://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/10/6/hes-the-best.htmlDaph2008-10-06T07:16:55ZFamily Magic
What would I do without him?  Probably chop food with a spork, for starters.

In other "how-much-does-my-husband-love-me-and-put-up-with-my-craziness" news, I sent Bryan to the store the other day to get material for my Halloween costume. He knew which material to get based on this description: "You were with me when I pointed it out the other day, remember?"  I am nothing if not specific.

When he went, he couldn't find anyone at the counter to cut the fabric, so he measured and cut it himself.  And!  He measured exactly right, and cut the correct amounts.

Amazing, right?  I think I'm going to have that man's babies, y'all.
]]>I promise I won't get all preachyhttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/10/2/i-promise-i-wont-get-all-preachy.htmlDaph2008-10-02T07:34:42ZCurrent Affairs
]]>All the vomithttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/9/30/all-the-vomit.htmlDaph2008-09-30T22:27:11ZKids
Thank GOD she was sleeping with us last night.  Seriously.

She was mostly upset because she'd never had a puke experience before, and it completely freaked her out.  She had handfuls of the mess, and was mostly screaming I think, because she had no idea what this crap was that had just come out of her body.  Well, her mouth.

I took her into the bath with me while Bryan cleaned up the bed, and she was a completely happy little chatty kid.  She talked in great detail about "when she burped in the bed" so I explained that, child?  That's called puke.  Definitely not burping.

She seems to be fine now, she slept way late poor thing.  I have no idea what caused it -- she doesn't have a fever, and no one else is sick, and she didn't puke after the two times in the bed, so maybe it's over.  Unless it's only something she does when she's snuggled up in bed next to me, of course.

]]>Phoebe gets some jammieshttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/9/28/phoebe-gets-some-jammies.htmlDaph2008-09-28T02:22:32ZCrafts Kidssome pants that she wouldn't wear, or when I made her a pillowcase with her name on it, that made her head explode with anger.

Clearly, she's over the hate, because she checked on me about every 5 minutes to see when her pjs would be finished, and almost wouldn't let me take them off to get a picture.  It helps that they're Olivia -- two awesome things (pajamas and Olivia!) all rolled into one.

The pictures are crap, because it's raining today.  I tried taking pictures in the living room, but they're pretty dark, and Bryan is in the process of ripping up the carpet, so everything's a mess.  Turns out we have wood floors, so while they're in pretty bad shape it's better than the disgusting smelly carpet.  I wonder if the people that lived here before us were on drugs.  Why would you put ugly ass maroon carpet over nice wood floors, people?  Why?

Next up I need to make Charlie's Olivia pjs, and then after that?  I don't know.  I want to sew as much as I possibly can while I have this freakish motivation.  I have some fabulous material to make the littles some jackets with this pattern -- as soon as the pattern gets here I'm going to be all over it.  Do you know how hard it is to find cute jacket patterns for kids?

Anyway, check out the picture of Phoebe, jumping for joy with her new pajamas.  She's going to want to wear them for the next 3 days straight, so it's good that they're so dang adorable.

jammies are good for jumping

]]>Oh, my mouth.http://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/9/26/oh-my-mouth.htmlDaph2008-09-26T07:45:16ZWhining
The bit last week was very expensive, and very hurty.  It still hurts to chew solid food on the left side of my face.  I wasn't in pain before I had work done, but am now.  What's up with that?  What's doing to happen when I have the right side done?  Maybe I should invest in a really good food processor, and some straws.

I suppose I should be grateful that I had the $800 bucks to plunk down for it, and that it wasn't worse, and that the dentist was really nice, and that it wasn't worse (it could've been worse) but damn.  I just want to be able to eat a piece of pizza without looking like a chipmunk.  And I am so freakin' paranoid about losing a filling.  Do you know how much those things cost?

But, it could be worse I guess.
]]>Burda 9843http://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/9/22/burda-9843.htmlDaph2008-09-22T04:55:00ZCrafts Kids9843 for pants.  I made pants for Marissa about 5 or 6 years ago using this pattern, and they turned out perfectly.  They were my favorite pants for her because of the big flares they had.  Is there anything cuter than a kid in bell-bottoms?  I think not.

I had to buy the pattern again because the one I have is cut for size 5 or 6, so useless for smaller sizes for Phoebe and Charlie.  I read through the instructions and they've changed since the last time, and not in a good way.  Some of the instructions are moronic -- baste the inner leg seam and then sew it?  Um, why, exactly?  And the way they explain how to insert the elastic into the back seems more confusing -- I remember how to do it from the last time I made these pants, and the older instructions were much clearer.

In any event, they turned out waaaaay too big in the waist, so I had to add ties in order to keep them on Charlie.  They were even too big in the waist for Phoebe, but at least I know for next time, and don't end up paintstakingly inserting a zipper that serves no purpose.  Because I have more important things to do with my time, like shower.

]]>New bookshttp://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/9/19/new-books.htmlDaph2008-09-19T23:43:12ZKids MagicZen Ties by Jon J Muth -- I wanted to get it then, but we had already gotten a huge stack.

Luckily, they had a 2-pack deal for Zen Ties and Zen Shorts in the book-order list, so of course I picked those up.  Zen Shorts (my favorite of the two) is a little long, but the littles love them.  Heck, I love them, too.  The pictures are beautiful, and the stories are meaningful and sweet.  They're the kind of books you don't mind reading over, and over, and over, and over.  The kind of books where you actually stop and look at the pictures, and where you read a line and you really think about what it means.  In other words, totally perfect.

They get four sticky, chalk-covered, chubby kid-thumbs up.]]>Patterns, whee!http://www.daphneblue.net/blog/2008/9/16/patterns-whee.htmlDaph2008-09-16T23:45:48ZCraftsOliver + S patterns for the girls.  I figured I've been drooling over them long enough, and just had to have them.  I think I collect patterns like some people collect shoes.  Or beer cans.  Or matchbook covers.  Or stamps. 

Of course, the weather has been insanely hot lately, but the day I order the tank top & skirt pattern?  It cools off.  Bitches.  I ordered this kimono pj pattern, how cute is that?  It goes down to 6 months, and I know, like, 800 people that are pregnant right now.  Maybe I'll be nice and make something fancy for all these impending bebes.

Now, I must away.  I promised this one chick I'd make her some napkins, and this other chick that I'd make her a dress.]]>