http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is what I've always said. I've always thought that maybe I just wasn't built for running. I can walk for days but running ...two steps and I'm done. A challenge has been posted at my favorite forum to try a Couch to 5k program so, in ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=33 AMAZING! We celebrated Katie's first birthday along with her little cousin-in-law and birthday buddy little miss Ry. We rented a room at the local recreation center which was a fantastic idea. The theme was butterflies. I had a cake made instead of making my own this ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=30 So this is an effort to post here more regularly.  Facebook makes for a lazy blogger. Anyway, we moved back around Christmas and the temporary occupants of this property just before us were, lets just say, less than fantastic people.  Besides smoking in the house making one bedroom unlivable for months ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=29 ummmm ok I'm still figuring this thing out so if anyone is actually reading this thing bear with me please :) http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=28 ....like a hole in my head! I always said I'd take up quilting when I retired. Well chalk it up to too much time spent browsing great and inspiring projects online. I've got a few projects in the works now. I'll be posting them as I complete them. Don't ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=27 For when I ever manage get the business back together. FB.init("e597d4b4d971f281ab2bba40779e81d2");Pixie Playhouse on Facebook http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=22 I live  in a neighborhood that is just country enough for people to feel comfortable ditching their animals here. So this story starts back in maybe October 2008, when I came home to discover a deceased kitten on my sidewalk.  After freaking TOTALLY out for several minutes I discovered that I...well ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=21 A basket cover!!  I didn't use a pattern, just traced the bottom on some plastic and measured for the rest.  I probably could have used on though becuase the inside it a bit wonky.  Some playsilk easter grass fixed it right up though!  I was pretty proud of myself for ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=20 I love this garden and can't believe how long it had been since my last trip there.  It is a wonderful setting for photographs.  My sister and I had our wedding portraits taken here and many shots taken for my photography classes in college were done here.  Some of these ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=19 This is how it goes with South Carolina weather.  It can be a bit undecided this time of year.  We had some summer last week with a touch of winter over the weekend and the first part of this week.  I think it might be spring today.  It reminds me ... http://pixieplayhouse.com/blog/?p=18