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Aunts Not Ants

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I love being Aunt Megan, even if most of my communication with little Mary is long-distance. Call me Tia or Aunt or mispronounce that as Ant. It’s fine but I’ll never call myself an ant. I’m a family member, not a bug!

alex and mary first snow

Look how cute that girl is with her Daddy!

I found ants in my desk drawer today. Not. Flipping. Cool. One crossed my desk and then another so I went hunting and found they found my candy. ACK! After a lot of flailing, screaming, squishing and swiping things now look like this:

empty drawer

Here’s what used to fill that drawer, minus the candy which went straight to the outside trash bin. crap in drawer Gah! I’m completely traumatized. Spiders can be scary, especially in movies when they’re HUGE. But as a rule they don’t invade by the dozens. They’d be terrifying if they did! Ants are soooo yucky. Anyway, I have been doing some sewing in-between shrieks. Today I’m working on a large Christmas tree skirt. Here are some of the things I’ve completed recently. They’re all in my etsy shop. duckie bibs double sided
pink d9p finished purple asian runner

Look for a post on marking quilts with frixion pens soon. I was going to write that one today but, well, ANTS! Ahhhh!

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It’s Also a Bathtub

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Motel living has me really appreciating everything for its multi-functionality. Our nightstand holds the laptop computer and (clean!) underwear. The ice bucket holds our utensils. The bed, of course, makes a nice surface to assemble and sew quilts. It’s also a fun kitty fort. A spotlight is clipped onto the vacuum handle. I’ve taken to scooping kitty litter twice a day. Why? i’m usually pretty lazy about cleaning in general, but take a look at this litter box location.

Nevermind; don’t look at it. My camera’s battery isn’t taking a charge. No photographs for now. Grrr….

Anyway, the litter box is snuggled in next to our mini refrigerator. Ew. Also, we’ve seen a few bugs. It’s not too bad, just one or two tiny things each night. So as not to attract them, food is stored in airtight containers. Our food, and the cats’ food as well. The shower is where we clean our bodies and wash dishes. They dry on a towel over the dresser.

Ah well, do what you can with what’s available.