Alien Spouse

Working Hard for the Moneys.

2013-05-15T22:22:37-04:00

Last week I was covering the shop during the owners' vacation, which was both nerve wracking and fun. It's nice to know people can trust you with a whole shop for a week, but equally (OMG) I was in charge!...

Kinetic Art.

2013-05-04T20:16:25-04:00

Having moved from a one-bedroomed shoe box to a palatial two-bedroom-and-a-dining-room bread box we find ourselves suddenly feeling that the space is a touch spartan. I mean we want it to be fairly minimalist, and we certainly don't want clutter...

Better! Back to Work!

2013-05-01T20:32:46-04:00

Well, someone slept for most of yesterday - and it wasn't Eva! I feel a lot better today; for one thing my throat no longer hurts and now it merely feels like my ears won't pop, which is a distinct...

Tonsils. Ugh.

2013-04-30T20:34:27-04:00

On Sunday I started to feel a little bit under the weather, and it was my old nemesis - My tonsils. Whenever I'm ill it usually starts with a sore throat, which is really annoying and painful; particularly if it...

Singing My Baby to Sleep.

2013-04-24T21:29:40-04:00

The bedtime routine for Eva involves singing appropriately soothing songs for about twenty to thirty minutes - And "Twinkle Twinkle" is only a couple of minutes long, no matter how slowly you sing it, so you either have to sing...

2013-04-22T22:32:14-04:00

One of the lovely things about Asheville is that there are so many talented and creative people here, and they are so damned nice as well! The shop stocks the work of several local artists, and I've always really liked...

Fake Grass Drying Rack.

2013-04-20T17:38:56-04:00

This new drying rack is great! We found it in the baby section, and bought it just for Eva's bottles and pumping stuff, because those things will fall over if you look at them too hard. Now that we've got...

Dancing = Crying?

2013-04-19T22:15:34-04:00

For some reason that I simply cannot explain I get tearful when I watch choreographed dancing done by people or animals who have a lot of enthusiasm but no professional training. I have no idea what that is about, but...

The Previous Shop Me and Resuming Knitting.

2013-04-17T22:19:45-04:00

Last week I popped into the coffee shop next to my (heheheh!) shop, and got chatting with the very nice girl behind the counter. When I mentioned that I was working two days a week next door, she said "Oh!...

Exhausted.

2013-04-10T20:59:35-04:00

I am so tired - I am actually not 100% sure that I'll make it through the whole of this episode of "Star Trek". Mostly I'm just tired from working and keeping care of the baby, with a dash of...