http://www.onestraypea.com Every plate has one Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:24:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For quite awhile the Simplicity 3835 Built By Wendy pattern has been quite popular. If you don't believe me, check out Flickr. Just search Built By Wendy 3835. After two unsuccessful attempts at the shirt pattern (due to my attempts at altering the pattern without any forethought), I decided to ... http://www.onestraypea.com/the-3835-bandwagon So last week a woman left her kid in the car, all day, in 90+ degree heat (outside). Yeah, you know how this ends. No, I'm not going to heartlessly cast stones at that poor woman, give me some credit. However I wish I could literally cast stones at the ... http://www.onestraypea.com/something-importantand-other-tragedies With the new baby here let's face it, the Weekender Bag requires too much attention and it might be awhile before it makes it's way back to my sewing table. However, Favorite Things Annie's Tote was a nice fit for my current free time. I had cut this pattern out ... http://www.onestraypea.com/another-bag Can someone please explain to me why on earth Tiki Barber and Chris Collinsworth are reporting for the Olympics? Weren't there enough washed up former Olympic athletes out there? It's bad enough that gymnastics subjects us to Elfie Schlegel, Tim Dagget and Al Trautwig (or as I refer to him, ... http://www.onestraypea.com/nbc-makes-some-poor-choices Perhaps I am the football Miss Cleo afterall! Or perhaps Eric Mangini has been reading my blog? While doubtful, Brett Favre is now a New York Jet and Chad Pennington was briefly out of a job. That is until the Dolphins realized that the only thing worse than one completely ... http://www.onestraypea.com/293 That's a quote from my dad...I find it delightful. So I've been quite absent from blogging lately due to the arrival of my daughter, Elise, on July 10. A surprise induction really fit in well with my birth plan of "wingin' it". She is totally worth going an entire day without ... http://www.onestraypea.com/i-dont-know-how-rex-ever-made-it-into-the-nfl Cincinnati news never ceases to amaze me. If they're not pulling bodies from the river, they are pulling live people from dumpsters. A man claiming to be from West Chester was hiding from the rain in a dumpster in Anderson Township when Rumpkee came to empty said dumpster. Naturally, this ... http://www.onestraypea.com/now-this-is-just-foolishness This is the story of a girl who is unemployed and growing increasingly more lazy by the minute. She spent some time today browsing some blogs about desserts. After seeing recipe after recipe for things like "tiramisushi" and "chai tea cupcakes" I've learned something important about myself. I'm just an ... http://www.onestraypea.com/fancy-shmancy-desserts This is quite image hefty, I would apologize but let's be honest, if I was really sorry I wouldn't have included so many pictures. Quite frankly, I add the pictures in to show you how awesome I really am. That being said, I spent a few hours this morning making ... http://www.onestraypea.com/a-blanket-making-frenzy After weeks of staring at a gigantic piece of fabric and thinking, "how on earth am I going to do this"..and then finally cutting, and thinking I really messed it up..and then calling my mom for back-up....(sigh)..my baby's room finally has curtains! I believe them to be the greatest curtains ... http://www.onestraypea.com/let-there-be-curtains