
All my pants shrunk
The popular ‘Kids Meal’ will heretofor be called the “Kids/Prego Meal”. I crave cheese, and kids know how to do cheese right: grilled cheese, mac ‘n cheese, quesadillas…
3 of my good friends are pregnant which is more than awesome. I lent my pre-pregnancy pants to one of my friends so she can [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 11.10.2009 at 11:06 pm// Tagged: baby, me, pregnancy , 20 weeks, baby, pregnancy

Preggo pants. *sigh*
I’d love to have some cute ones but I don’t want to spend the money on pants that I’ll wear for less than a year.
My friend gave me these Junior “Jolt” brand jeans that were comfortable, but made me look like a moose {especially paired with a tent-like top}.
So. I. Fixed. Them. I [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 11.06.2009 at 6:04 am// Tagged: me, odds and ends, tutorials , baby, make bootleg jeans, maternity jeans, sewing
Okay, I made that sound more exciting than it is.
Months ago I was filmed assembling Ikea furniture for an episode of National Geographic’s Ultimate Factories. The Ikea episode is airing tomorrow night at 8pm in my area.
While you’ll be laughing and pointing at my diligent building and reading the famous Ikea wordless instructions, I’ll be [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 11.04.2009 at 5:29 pm// Tagged: me , ikea, national geographic, tv

I thought you would enjoy this as much as I did…
My brother Lane (yes, the sweater horse brother), put a few items he is selling on his facebook account. I thought you would like his descriptions. Do you feel this way about your furniture?
“Meet Hank. Hank is a dependable and sturdy young fellow who is [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.29.2009 at 10:32 am// Tagged: me, odds and ends , furniture personality, online garage sale

This. Blows. My. Mind.
It started with a facebook message from my brother:
And then I got this in the mail:
Can you believe this was made from these? My brother told me that he googled an image of a horse, printed it out and created his own pattern. Inside the horse is a bell… and it’s our [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.27.2009 at 9:13 pm// Tagged: baby, me, odds and ends , nursery, sweater recycling, sweater toy

Because she lives in Chicago, we haven’t actually “met”, but Jessica and I have talked on the phone and emailed frequently. She is the mastermind behind many of my favorite pieces of jewelry, JessLC.com, and we all love her Make Under My Life blog.
Thank you Jess for the ohbaby shower!
Many of you have left comments [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.20.2009 at 10:41 am// Tagged: baby, me, odds and ends, party + invitations, pregnancy , baby shower, nursery

I didn’t appreciate that little waist when I had it. I’ll never do that again.
My computer was buggin’ out the other day and I couldn’t figure it out. Until I noticed my gut was resting on the space bar.
Still haven’t *tooted* in front of my husband! Is there an award for this somewhere? Can I [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.19.2009 at 6:25 am// Tagged: me, odds and ends, pregnancy , pregnancy

TORRENTIAL downpour in my hood today, but couldn’t help swim by my local quilt store.
THIS had me salivating. Doesn’t it have new-baby-boy-crib-bedding written all over it? Oh, you should see my mind spinning right now.
… and I can’t help but want to put the crib on top of some super-soft and fluffy rug. Yes, I [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.13.2009 at 3:54 pm// Tagged: baby, me , baby room, crib bedding, nursery

Fall decor at my house is generally pretty easy, because there is no shortage of orange. But since I didn’t want to spend money on decorations, I found stuff around the house that I could use for Halloween Decor:
1. A sketch from my college drawing class {You could find something online or find images from [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.13.2009 at 6:38 am// Tagged: design solutions, me, odds and ends , DIY halloween decor, free decorations, halloween decorating

I’m an old grannie and love doing crossword puzzles. A few hours before we found out what the sex of the baby was, I broke in my new crossword book with the first puzzle. Check out the clue…
It was RIGHT! It’s a BOY!
… I’m off shopping!
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.12.2009 at 6:12 am// Tagged: baby, me , it's a boy