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Drafting a corset pattern

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:03:42 +0000

So last night daughter and I drafted her corset pattern. Well, actually daughter drafted her corset pattern, I was tired and I don’t know if I was really much help. She worked out all the maths & curves & gridlines and stuff. I just helped her get accurate measurements. And she did a wonderful [...]

You see what happens?

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:36:32 +0000

So I’ve been helping my friend Sara Mueller sew a Victorian bustle gown. And now, of course, I’ve decided I have to have a new project of my own because, Jesus Christ, it’s like inviting an alcoholic to a liquor party when you put a needle and thread into my hands.

I’m finally going [...]

A snowy day of musicals

M.K. Hobson — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:56:30 +0000

So today the skies opened and a whole 1/4″ of snow accumulated on the ground, causing panic to reign in the streets and schools to be closed. Daughter and I got to spend a really lovely day at home together, working on this and that and watching movies. First, I had a wild hair [...]

Laboring over Labor Day Weekend

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:41:45 +0000

Well, we certainly labored this weekend, and my poor aching back is the proof. In the spirit of getting daughter ready for her big entrance into seventh grade, we finally convinced her (note that WE had to convince HER) that a wallpaper pattern of chubby hippos and cartoon birds was simply not appropriate for [...]

Summer’s here!

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:28:54 +0000

Yes, when she’s not parading hungry friends through the house, coming in to my office with up-to-the-minute alerts on the life-and-death urgency attendant upon me enrolling her in breakdancing lessons (“EVERYONE knows how to breakdance, mom! EVERYONE BUT ME!”), or coming up with meticulously hand-drawn, color-coded, shockingly usurious price-tables meant to be applied to [...]

State of the Cat

M.K. Hobson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:14:10 +0000

As expected, daughter has taken the young stray under her wing and is spoiling him rotten. I have told her she can’t let him loose in the house until we’ve gotten him really checked out, but he can come inside in the carrier. So she carried him around with her in the house all [...]

Bragging on daughter

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:45 +0000

We interrupt this blog for some intensive and focused bragging on my daughter, who’s been having a bang-up year so far, as evinced by the following:

1) She made honor roll this term, for the first time in her whole elementary school career.

2) She achieved a “self manager” badge, which is actually surprisingly [...]

Tomorrow, Tillamook

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:09:04 +0000

The family and I are driving to Tillamook tomorrow morning on important business, namely buying more shingles for this shed project at a deep deep discount. You may be wondering why I’m still awake at 1 a.m. when I need to hit the road at 7 a.m. Well, it’s because daughter stayed up until [...]