"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in dumb things I have done, Food & Snacks, Up The Pole, Weird as Hell on Apr 18th, 2013
Ahem. One day you may be very hungry, awash with strange hormones, and absentmindedly considering what in the cupboard you could eat at the moment. In that moment, do not get any blinding brain flashes which lead you to concoct a beetroot smoothie. It will not be nice. It will not be good. You will […]
Posted in Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Notions and Rants, Up The Pole on Apr 11th, 2013
When do we get a baby belly picture? So asked an old school friend back in Nebraska on Facebook the other day. The short answer is “probably never” but I didn’t reply thusly, because I try very hard not to be an asshole, even if I fundamentally am one. In fact, I never did reply […]
Posted in Up The Pole on Apr 3rd, 2013
What prevents a Buffalo Shot? So, I’m a bit remiss in not posting this like IMMEDIATELY after I got home on Friday (or live-tweeting it, if I were an obnoxious mommyblogger with an i-phone) but on Friday last, I went in for the 2nd trimester ultrasound where they investigate whether the baby’s spine is in […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Up The Pole on Mar 26th, 2013
So said McCall’s back in 1973, and you know what? They weren’t kidding. This little frock was easy to make and should be easy to wear. It’s essentially an a-line from armpit to hem, given shape by the crossover sash which is integrated into the neckline binding. I made it a bit more complicated than […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Up The Pole on Mar 18th, 2013
…to keep cocking it up this relentlessly. But I managed to persevere through my incompetence and produce what turned out to be an actually pretty dress: This finally turned out very well. The fabric and the pattern combined almost perfectly. This pattern was intended specifically for moderate stretch knits. This fabric is not a knit […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Sewing, Up The Pole on Mar 13th, 2013
Yesterday, I was grousing on Facebook about having an episode of numptiness wherein I assembled the sections of a shaped waistband upside-down and stitched them to the bodice that way, then wondered why the waistband looked like the top of a tent. So, this morning I sat down, fixed the cursed waistband, re-installed it, did […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Up The Pole on Mar 5th, 2013
When I went on my most recent library run, Joel had a request for me: to pick up some about-pregnancy-and-babies books, as he felt he had some knowledge gaps which he’d like to fill in. Of the books I picked out, only one of them didn’t elicit gales of derisive laughter, voluminous swearing, and heavy […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Sewing, Up The Pole on Feb 24th, 2013
Well, I made a bit more maternity-appropriate clothing in the past week or so. The following dress was made up from some fabric that is so pretty I may well wear it even after the baby is born. The pattern is Simplicity 5034 from 1973. With sleeves ganked from another pattern contemporary to it, as […]
Posted in Sewing, Up The Pole on Feb 11th, 2013
Joel and I have had a disagreement which led into negotiations. What culminated was a deal, the gist of which is that I’m free to dress the baby in nautical attire until such point as the child is weaned. Fair enough, but I do intend to make the most of it. I bought this pattern […]
Posted in Home Improvements, Up The Pole on Feb 4th, 2013
So, I’m just about out of the first trimester, which is kind of weird. It should feel like a milestone, I think, but it really doesn’t. I think because I have been so fortunate and not had morning sickness, I hardly even feel pregnant, aside from my larger chest and, you know, having to pee […]