Open up and say Aaaaawwww!

When a gift holiday would roll around, I would ask my daughter, Teagan, what she wanted most. Her answer never varied. She wanted a kitten of her very own. This went on for more than 2 years. Finally, the right kitten came along. thanks to my volunteer position at Animal Control I was able to preview kittens to find the right one for our family.

On Christmas morning 2010 the very last gift Teagan opened was her kitten. It was love at first sight for both of them. Here she they are giving hugs:

As kittens often do, she finds the coziest places to snooze. Here is Holly on a stack of blankets.


To show me just how exhausted she was from being so cute, she gave a big kitty yawn.

A craft that's not soap... Capri Sun Tote Bag

If you know me, you know I hate waste. Teagan has developed quite a taste for Capri Sun juice pouches, which leads to a LOT of tossed out pouches. Those little buggers aren't recyclable in the traditional sense. So what is an earth loving mother to do? The obvious answer is Google for a solution. Since Teags won't give up the juice, I had to find a use for the pouches. Tote bags. Yes tote bags.

This one took me about half of an hour to clean and dry, and an hour to sew. It was my second. The first one we made is one pouch wider than this. A total of 48 pouches. This one is 42 pouches.

Would you believe there's a whole cottage industry for these things? I found them for over $30 on eBay. Drink up my dear.

I got skills...
TTFN friends.