http://www.worldempress.com World Domination, Babies and Middle Eastern Dance Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "You're working pretty hard at playing that drum." "Yep. Til my fingers bleed. ...Though I guess that's going to take a long time." "You might want to put some sandpaper on the head." http://www.worldempress.com/2010/03/10/back-in-the-summer-of-69/ Me: When I was a kid, I had to wrap myself up in my blankets with a certain system before I could go to sleep. It was designed for the maximum rolling without leaving myself uncovered. Ian: Wow. That doesn't seem like you at all. I seriously don't realize what a weird ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/03/04/a-weird-kid/ Driving the kids home this afternoon, Rachel was spoiling for a fight. She had a doll along so she looked Hannah in the eye and said, "MY baby," hugging the doll to her possessively. Hannah looked back at her and played along. "MY blankie!" she said, though with better humour than ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/03/03/love-something-fiercely/ Couple weeks ago I had a dream that I found a tiny lump in my breast. And then I groggily said to myself, "hm. I should make a note of that and investigate it properly tomorrow morning." When I woke up, I couldn't remember if it was just a dream or ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/03/02/you-arent-proving-anything/ I've been not feeling very peak for a long time now. After a particularly heavy start to this month's period, I finally went and looked up symptoms of anemia and found that I'm symptom-ridden.  Fatigued, can't concentrate, insomnia, sore eyes, curved & brittle nails, low body temperature, breathlessness and ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/02/28/hypochondriacal/ So here is the silk. I might actually have had too much light when I tried to photograph it, but you can at least see that it's a nice off-white. The colour is actually what I would call a warm taupe. It's like what most people call champagne, but darker ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/02/21/silk-pictures/ My aunt tells me I need to post pictures of this silk. I will try to do that this afternoon - though my camera has a way of making everything look too red and the colour is pretty subtle, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to capture it. ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/02/19/revisions/ I ordered some undyed silk charmeuse two weeks ago so I could dye it and sew my own wedding dress. I had been hoping it would get here last week so that I could spend this week sewing it (since I've had some time off this week), but it didn't ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/02/18/commitment/ Was it last January that I made that new year's resolution to be more at peace with the creative clutter in my life? I think it worked. Dudes, I am seriously content. Well, for me, anyhow. Content enough that many nights, sitting around the house with Ian after the kids are ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/02/16/kindling-for-the-creative-spark/ So I managed to have a pretty good birthday. Two people made me tear up because they surprised me with such thoughtful gestures. The night before my birthday, Ian was doing last minute laundry. And he put a load on right before we went to bed, saying he'd have to set ... http://www.worldempress.com/2010/01/27/one-day/