tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post9026916344584887995..comments2024-03-27T10:04:51.949-05:00Comments on ikat bag: One of Us Has Been DrawingLiErhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-77546366763187556642020-09-23T14:32:03.584-05:002020-09-23T14:32:03.584-05:00Hi Candy! Good to hear from you. I think our cats ...Hi Candy! Good to hear from you. I think our cats aren't sure what to do with all these people suddenly staying home in THEIR space. They keep wanting to go outside, and Maisy has been more adventurous than we are prepared for. I've never been a fan of our indoor kittens turning into outdoor cats but the rest of the family outnumbered me and said Oh Poor Things Must Be So Bored At Home. Anyway, come winter they'll have to adapt back to Life Inside. <br /><br />Yes, we're waiting for Jenna to launch her baking business, too! Unfortunately, she isn't very consistent - she'll go weeks without any desire to make anything, and then she'll find a recipe online and bam! Amazing cake. Then another bunch of weeks of nothing. We all love it when she's working the oven!<br /><br />Hope everything's going well on your end. Emily and I drove to Hastings the other day and passed a harvester chugging out corn into its bin and I thought of you and Leon and all the crops getting ready. Hope it's been a good year!<br />LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-14795059270126159612020-09-23T14:26:24.554-05:002020-09-23T14:26:24.554-05:00MaryAnne, we've been reading about the fires. ...MaryAnne, we've been reading about the fires. I have a friend in Cypress who's been keeping me updated. She hasn't mentioned the discolored air where she is (and I'm not familiar enough with CA to mentally visualize where she is with respect to you) so perhaps she's farther away from the source. She works in a clinic, so her greatest concern is the safety of the vaccines. These natural disasters on top of everything else happening this year are adding so much stress to people's lives. Am glad things have gotten better for your family and neighborhood - I hope the HVAC gets fixed soon (those things can be so dreadfully costly).<br /><br />My kids are doing a hybrid learning thing this year. Two days in person and three at home. More disruptive than a purely in-school or purely-distance arrangement, I feel, particularly for the teachers who have to teach each lesson roughly three times in addition to juggling countless new things and being split across the different learning platforms and formats. They're essential workers and I hope they get the acknowledgement they deserve. <br /><br />Zoom - the social MVP during this pandemic, and also sadly the thing people have had more than enough of. I look back over the last six months and am just floored at how much adapting everyone has had to do, whether they like it or not. It's too short a time for the magnitude and intensity of change that has occurred. I love that you've made decisions for your own family that make you feel good. We do what we must, when and however we can, and we give ourselves grace when we can't. Big hugs! LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-56746387627676857772020-09-23T10:11:46.601-05:002020-09-23T10:11:46.601-05:00So clever, Kate! I bet these would do well as fabr...So clever, Kate! I bet these would do well as fabric prints on Spoonflower, too.<br /><br />We had a... memorable summer. No road trip, which was sad, but everything was okay for a while. Then mid-August we had a massive dry lightning storm that knocked out our HVAC system. And also lit a huge portion of the state on fire.<br /><br />We were actually lucky, because we didn't get evacuated, and our house didn't burn down. But we lived with purple air for weeks. For several days we lived in a sepia toned world, and then for two nightmarish days the air turned orange and then brown. Sepia air was a gift after that experience. Then one day, an amazing rain drizzle cleaned the air out. The sun is even yellow now, instead of red (or invisible thanks to dense smoke).<br /><br />And now we are back to normal, at least by 2020 standards. Except for the HVAC, which still doesn't work. <br /><br />Are your girls distance learning, or in school now? Our schools are closed at least until January, so now we are exploring the World of Zoom (and my two younger girls are homeschooling, because I couldn't stomach four Zooms plus Mike's Zooms and my occasional Zooms).MaryAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13253503049272771754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-26161121591753032512020-09-22T22:22:11.549-05:002020-09-22T22:22:11.549-05:00Yes, what a crazy summer it’s been! ‘Nuff said.
Y...Yes, what a crazy summer it’s been! ‘Nuff said.<br /><br />Your girls are certainly becoming entrepreneurs! I wish Kate all the best in her new venture!<br /><br />When will Jenna be opening her bakery? I can’t wait! 😉Grandma Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260178906088230163noreply@blogger.com