Good Morning, Sailor
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 09:59AM Inspired by the recent post titled "Paper stuff" on one of my favorite blogs, I launched a tiny regatta at breakfast this morning.
TC woke in a terrible mood, largely due to staying up too late watching the Olympics, and needed a little smile before heading to his train. I would do just about anything to hear my husband laugh in the morning, but this was an easy one. It took me a few tries to get the size right (my kitchen sink looks like a boat yard full of tiny rotting hulls), but found that if I started with a piece of paper about 3" by 2", I would end up with a very sea-worthy (or milk and cereal-worthy, or juice-worthy) little vessel. I found the best how-to here, but also love this style (music warning) I used the financial pages of the Wall Street Journal to get the right type size, which is probably being realized at this very moment on the E train to Park Avenue as TC opens his paper to find a few large holes cut out of the back page.
Reader Comments (6)
love your tiny ship. we stayed up too late too watching the Olympics. Wasn't it so good though?
It was good! Really good. Although, as happy as I was for the gymnasts, they got a little silly at the end with their "YEEE-AH BOOOYYYEEE's". The Chinese and Japanese teams were so classy and quiet, and we looked like a bunch of hooting apes.
How sweet!!! You did a great job on your paper boat.
Oh how happy that makes me!
That is too sweet! Hope he didn't miss parts of his paper TOO much, lol
Aw, I love it! Hopefully his coffee didn't taste like newspapers?