Car Cupholder Coasters (crochet)

Because I got tired of having my drinks drip on me (whether because of condensation, or because my drink sloshed and got messy on the outside), I began using a napkin smashed down in each of my cupholders to absorb any moisture on the outside of my cups. It wasn’t pretty, but it worked. I […]

Easy Knit Man Hat

Great for beginners just learning to use 16-inch circular needles to knit in the round Materials: Bulky Yarn, approximately 80yards/73meters 16-inch circular needles, size 10-1/2 (6.5mm) Or a set of 5 double-pointed needles (dpns), size 10-1/2 (6.5mm) Tapestry Needle If you’re very new to this, consider a smooth yarn, like Borroco Comfort Chunky or Bernat […]

Backlogged Videos

Realized that I forgot to post the pics and videos I took on Christmas. I’m also still finishing up some Christmas gifts. Sad, really. So here are some of the videos that have been on my camera. Christmas Eve: Nolan on the Piano from Colleen Rummel on Vimeo. Christmas Day: Christmas Morning 2010 from Colleen […]

Snow Day…a live blogging event

8:15am – School is closed.  There’s a dusting on the ground and it’s presently raining…there better be a heckuva lot more snow by 3pm. 9:00am – After dropping Cooper and Nolan off at daycare, stopped at the grocery store to get a Starbucks coffee and to load up on yogurt. Expand Your Portfolio and Open […]

Quotable Cooper

Cooper is a smart little three year old. I’d like to think he’s the smartest I know, but realize I might be a bit biased so I’m willing to say he’s the second-smartest three year old, and is too smart for his own good. He’s very well-spoken and has really high verbal comprehension, so much […]

Starting Young

We start ’em off young on Legos around here.

My House Runs Like a Finely-Tuned Machine

Ohmigosh! How hard are you laughing right now? It’s more like a sputtering old jalopy that needs a tune-up. Especially since my last post four weeks ago was all whiney and I’m going to try harder and post more and read more and do more and blah blah blah, and then I got so busy […]

Is This Thing On?

Hi, my name is Colleen, and I’ve been MIA for longer than I care to think about. Between commuting to my full-time job, caring for our three children, three cats, two dogs, and one house, I was busy. Justin’s job sending him to all sorts of locations for days on end just made things insane. […]

Happy Five Months, Nolan!

Where did the last three months go, because it seems that you should just be a little past two months old?  Oh, that’s right…I went back to work.  Amazing how fast time flies when you are too busy to sleep. But I digress. My little monkey pumpkin is now five months old and I can’t […]

The Rummels Storm the Beach

Last week we packed up the kids and the dogs in the truck and headed south to what seems to now be our annual trip to Virginia Beach (two years in a row makes it “annual”, right?).  I was a little worried about the weather, as they were calling for rain several times during our […]

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Get it Down: 31 for 21

Hi folks…I am joining the throngs of people trying to bring more awareness to Down Syndrome (a.k.a. Trisomy-21). In doing so, I will do my absolute best to blog something every day this month. Even though I didn’t start on the 1st, I did blog twice on the 2nd, so I think that counts for […]

The Great Mofo Delurk ———>

Hi there…I see you. Today has been unofficially announced as the Great Mofo Delurk day. So wherever your surfing may take you, please be sure to comment on the blogs you meet. Like mine. Love it? Hate it? Think I am very weird and lukewarm? Just tell me! And tell others! See that fancy bright […]

Apples and Nakedness

Great combination, huh? This past weekend we ventured out to Hartland Orchards to pick our own apples (as mentioned by my dear hubby here) with our friends. It was a lot of fun, especially if you were not weighted down by 15 lbs of baby-sling and a baby to go in it. After we picked […]

Speedracer

I live in the DC area, and as most of you from this area know, the traffic sucks.  There aren’t too many other ways to describe it, although on “Dirty Sex Money” last week, Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland) described NYC traffic as “demonic”…which comes close.  I live about 30 miles from my job, and even though it would be […]

Welcome! Please take off your shoes…

yeah, even though my house is a perpetual mess, I’d rather you not make it worse. So come in, take off your shoes, and have a glass of wine…it will all make things better! So as soon as I can get around to it (which will hopefully be very soon), I will start adding articles. […]