Summer Gardens at Their Best

Yesterday I was at the kids’ school to dropping off some things before school starts next week. Last week at a meeting, the Educare Director told me there were beans, chard, and kale to pick along with some other things.  Given that it was a week later, I figured we were going to be too…

Delivering the Happy Cat Toys

We finally delivered the Happy Cat Toys, made from orphaned socks and cat nip, to the cat shelter this weekend. Only McKinley was able to come along on our visit to the Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo. We arrived at the shelter and went in to check out the cats. There were several cats…

Making a Happy Cat

We made a ton of Happy Cat Toys with our orphaned socks. I must say, we had a lot – I guess I have been way to optimistic about finding the lost sock mates. Making Happy Cat Toys is very easy and very quick – I’d say in about an hour we had over 30…

What do Soccer Balls, Baseballs and Cal Bears Have in Common?

I have done a lot of sewing so far this summer. I think I finished 8 pairs of shorts for the boys. Don’t go thinking I was sooo productive all at once; I cut them out a few weeks ago and it took me awhile to sit down and actually sew them together, meanwhile part…