Quilt in Progress

I've never made a quilt out of old t-shirts. Figuring that I should, I'm making one out of younger son's old Odyssey of the Mind and Destination ImagiNation t-shirts. I'm having the time of my life quilting around the shirt designs! A fellow quilter told me that I'd only ever make one of these because they are so tedious. Not! I'm already thinking about other t-shirt collections I might use in future such quilts.

I Do Have Kendo Tonight

This comic hangs on one of the kitchen cabinets and made me smile just now in the late-afternoon-tired hours of a grey, dreary day.

I Think We're on a Roll Here

A friend in England suggested that a sheep that could spin its own wool into yarn might be an interesting Beanie Baby mutation, and she was right. It's still not clear what this one should be called (Charlotte Sheep?), but it's what you get crossing Hairy the spider the Ewey the sheep. Yeah, I really should get something approximating a life, eh?

That Whole Too Much Time Thing

Meet BearODactyl, the latest Beanie Baby mutation. BearODactyl differs from the other mutations in that the ODactyl part is a costume. Untie the bow under the bear's chin and remove his front legs from the wings, and he's back to being Cinders the bear. He much prefers the power and prestige of being BearODactyl, though, so I don't think we'll be seeing much of Cinders any longer.

I May Have Too Much Time on My Hands

Cinders the bear will soon be able to don a Swoop the pterodactyl costume and become ... drum roll, please ... Bearodactyl. Yeah, I should probably find something more lucrative to do with my time.

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Two of the three things I'm making this afternoon: a cherry cheese pie (recipe from The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook) and spider monkey, the second in a planned series of Beanie Baby mutants. The third thing I'm making is bread, which is rising.

Ask, and Ye Shall Receive

SnailPony needs a friend or two or dozens. Bearodactyl? SpiderMonkey? CatFish? Pelicat? Just don't ask what I might be thinking of doing with the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. You probably don't want to know.