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I’m sure it means that I need to have my head checked, but I’m glad it’s Monday and the holidays are over. The holiday season always messes with my internal clock; I never know what day of the week it is, or if it a ‘get up and work’ day or a ‘stay in my jammies’ day. I’m happy to be getting back to the daily grind…at least for now. Our weekend was full of small things; tiny chores that have been ignored in favor of more pressing things. We washed cars and laundered clothes. I organized a new bag for my bead-making glass and tools (note to self: one cannot always run one’s fingers through their treasures as there are some fundamental differences between glass and fabric) and I torched. A month away from it made for some very poor beads but I enjoyed the process and the company as always. There were movies watched, cookies baked and thank-you notes written. I filled the lily ponds and treated them for algae, watered the plants and purchased the first of many, many loads of mulch. All written down like that it looks like a busy weekend but it was really quite lazy and there were several larger chores left for later days; like spreading that mulch.
The cold that has pestered me since Christmas seems to finally be on its way out, though I still get ridiculously tired after a small amount of exertion. Four hours of bead making on Saturday was practically my total accomplishment for the day. After a week off I climbed back on the treadmill this morning. It’s not all that easy when you can’t breath but I’m hoping maybe I can burn the last little bit of blah away. Check back around 3pm and see if I’m still awake – heh. With it also goes my excuses for not having finished some things in the sewing room; the coming week and distant weekend should find me catching up.
I also need to catch up on some belated ‘thank-yous’. Rox sent me a terrific package filled with dragonflies and hedgehogs all from Etsy sellers. I’m especially enamored with the magnets…but then I’m always enamored with fridge magnets. It’s possible that the collection on my fridge makes a wobble in the earth’s magnet field but I won’t tell if you won’t. From the note cards to the tote to the hedgie bag I love it all, and I thank you very much Rox. You really are too kind to me.
I also received more fabric for my doggie ‘danna project. Anna from ‘Run with the Fishes’ and Jac from ‘Six Impossible Things’ both sent packages of fabric. Anna, I can’t wait to see a dog in that tie-dye. It’ll be too darn cute. And, Jac, you cheater, I still can’t believe that some of those scraps are for me and not the pups. You’ll notice that I didn’t send them back, lol. Thank you both so much! I’ll have photos soon of the finished products.
Finally I want to share with you an idea I had for recycling Christmas cards. For years my mother cut the fronts off of them and used them the next year for the ‘to-from’ labels on the following year’s packages. I went a half step further and used large paper punches to make tags. Next year, when I’m ready to wrap, I’ll punch holes in the tops and tie them to the gifts. Easy, and cute.
2008 started with a bang; there isn’t much more exciting than an engagement. I spent almost the whole of the year looking forward to it and I continue to take it pretty hard that it all fell apart. That failure has put a pall on my perception of the year but looking over my challenges it hasn’t been the total disaster that it feels like it has. Here’s my quarterly review for last year’s challenges:*
1. Take better care of me, be happy and believe that I can.
Pretty much fail on the happy part, but I’ve done well physically taking care of me. I’ve been on the treadmill six days out of seven with the exception of this week, and I’m beginning to notice a difference. I lost weight on a cruise and gained none over the holidays…that alone screams success to me. Here are photos of me over the past year or so, with the oldest in the lower right and the most recent in the upper left. Do you see a change?
2. No new fabric.
Holy cow I mostly did it! I did slip up on a few things: two projects with fabric purchased and no item finished one subconscious purchase of too much fabric, and one yard a week or so ago that I simply couldn’t resist. All in all I’d say I succeeded, however I didn’t do a very good job of moving fabric out so this one may continue into next year – shudder.
3. Open an Esty shop.
It took me all the way to October, but it’s open and has even had a sale or two. I definitely need to do more work, both to get rid of fabric and to call this one a success.
4. Whenever possible Sunday is a day of rest.
If nothing else this one taught me the power of doing a little every evening. I’ve always felt that I had to pay to play…that all my chores needed to be done and dusted before I could sit down to something I wanted to do, rather than needed to do. I doubt I ‘rested’ as much as I should have, but I did manage to carve a little more weekend time out for myself.
5. Try new things.
I didn’t get very creative here; the glass class is about as new as I got.
6. Put the credit card away.
Fail…nuff said.
7. Use it or loose it.
I have certainly reduced the stuff in the house and built a habit of looking at what’s on-hand before buying something new. There is still much to do to reduce the clutter, but every little step counts.
8. Spend more time outdoors.
Fail…must get my tookis outside!
9. Finish it!
I had to paint the last little bit of the bathroom last weekend to be able to tell you I got it done. The two undone sewing projects are the only things started and not finished and I’m giving myself a pass on those. One was to be a trial run for a wedding dress and the other was to be a quilt to give D as a wedding gift. We did start and finish the microwave project all the way down to putting up the tools…it’s a step in the right direction.
10. Be ‘chartreuse’ (shrink our footprint on the planet).
Happily we’ve stuck with the things we put in place at the beginning of last year. I do notice us getting a little lazy with lights again but a little effort should remedy that quickly.
Throughout January I’ll be posting the challenges for 2009…I haven’t quite come up with them all. I cant say 2008 was the worst ever…but it’s not up there on my list of great ones either.
How was your year?
*I don’t do resolutions. I’ve found that challenging myself works better…it speaks to my competitive side.
For days I’ve been chanting ‘I’m not getting sick, I’m not getting sick’ but that mantra seems to have failed me. It is also the time of year that I simply can’t be sick so I’m ignoring it as best I can. Still, there is only so much a person can refuse to pay attention too so I don’t know how long I’ll be successful. I keep setting little goals… ’If I just make it to Tuesday I’ll sleep in’ …forgetting that there’s a party Wednesday night… ’If I just make it to the weekend I’ll stay in bed the whole time’ …forgetting that its open torch this weekend. I admit it, there’s a fair amount of stubbornness involved in my mantra.
At work we are deep into inventory and ‘end of year’; tis the season to gnash my teeth. The new system (that is now a year old) is just as exasperating as ever and things are going slowly. Being sick is hampering my ability to problem solve and slowing down the entire process greatly. I’m sure my ability to make errors is also being boosted by the snot in my head. It’s the wrong time to be trying to get this done but January 1 is the deadline and it’s not going to wait for me to feel better.
Since all I’m able to accomplish today seems to be whining about feeling crappy and whining about work I’ll leave you with something a lot more entertaining. My brother and his wife put together a video/slide show as a Christmas greeting for friends and family. I though you might get a kick out of it too.
Sometimes blog posts are hard to come by and sometimes life just hands them to you. The new microwave could conceivably cover three or four posts but I’m gonna squash it down to one. First let me tell you a little about my kitchen. Its as old as the house which means thirty or forty years, and its in terrible need of renovation. The ceiling is too low, the cabinets are too small and the space is poorly planned. Simply put, its ugly as sin but it does the job and until one of us wins the lottery its just going to have to do. Based on the serial plate in the old microwave I installed it in 1997, it was a little low due to the low cabinets but the trade off was tons of extra counter space. Since we didn’t know replacing it would be such a trial we didn’t take a ‘before’ photo but this one from 1996 does a fair job of telling the story. What you don’t see is the small double cabinet that is directly above the microwave.
And that double cabinet is what caused all the problems. Well, the cabinet and the fact that new microwaves are nearly two inches taller than the old ones. So D did what any good tool head would do he whipped out the zip saw and chopped off part of the offending cabinet.
I grabbed my new Dremmel and chopped off the staples that held the old shelf in place. Ok, I admit it, I had D take the photo because the sparks looked cool.
There were levels and metal brackets and tongues held just so.
And by the end of the day and after three trips to Home Depot the microwave was up and we were able to enjoy our leftover Christmas lasagna.
But there was still the little matter of the cabinet and a slight miscalculation made when cutting the bottom out so this morning we started again and added wood and metal brackets and then taped everything off in preparation for paint.
Luckily there was paint leftover from the bathroom remodel and though not a perfect match it was close enough for government work.
It wont win any beauty contests.
But if you stand back and squint just a little it looks pretty darn good.
Better still, it is a true Christmas miracle, we actually finished what we started...whooweeee!
I hope your Christmas was as relaxing as mine. Even though the waffle maker refused to heat and we were forced to eat ‘wafflecakes’ instead, and the microwave died the following day and Santa failed to bring me a torch and a kiln and an O2 tank it was a very relaxing, do-nothing kind of day. I made a very fiddly cake Christmas eve and assembled it before going to my dad’s on Christmas day. I was worried over it because it didn’t come together like I expected it to but the first bite made it all better. Cinnamon-Carmel-Ganache Layer Cake is three thin chocolate cake layers, two layers of cinnamon caramel ganache and a thin layer of dark chocolate icing that is the consistency of good pudding. Its moist, dreamy and I am seriously considering making the last piece this morning’s breakfast.
Dan and I lazed over breakfast, watched a movie and opened gifts. We went small this year (a good thing since we’ll be replacing the microwave today). D received lots of music, a game, and a cord that allows him to plug his laptop into the TV. We’ve been catching up on the first season of Burn Notice ever since - heh. I received lots of sewing notions; including yo-yo makers and a circle cutter that works fabulously. D also gave me a cordless Dremmel tool for bead cleaning. You know, a guy really has to appreciate a girl that loves her tools, that way he can do his shopping at Home Depot.
The afternoon at my dad’s was equally fine. We had a non traditional dinner of yummy lasagna, good wine, and cake - did I mention the cake? There was another round of gifting that included a Lens Baby (yay), a new tripod, tea, and an ultrasonic cleaner...you guess it, for bead cleaning. I’m gonna have the cleanest beads in town! There were other things, of course, from both camps but the long list would be boring. The best gift of all - other than the Barbarella DVD - was the lack of stress. There was no rushing around from one house to the next, and no watch watching, just slow and lazy...my kind of holiday.
Now we are off to buy a new microwave...which should be enough stress to more than make up for all that relaxing we did...meh.
Its official…I’ve hit the Christmas wall. It’s rather like when I’m getting ready for a trip. There is a lot of hustling and getting things done, fretting over this and that, and list after list. I’m stressed and crazy until I get in the car and then…the wall. If I don’t have it I don’t need it (or can buy a new one) and I suddenly relax. No, everything planned is not done…it rarely is…there’s a little baking to do and some sewing, but I’m content with what is done and don’t have a single qualm about my new tradition; New Year’s Gifts. Sure, they should have been done by Christmas but between procrastination and overloading my self with things to do they are not, and its ok. We’ve exactly one Christmas decoration out; the tree, which I set up over the weekend. Sorta. The tree, you see, is about eight inches tall and made of stained glass. I took it out of its box, set it on one of the stereo speakers, plugged it in, flipped it on and piled gifts in the floor. Voila. That’s about as Christmassy as I’ve gotten and at this late date its likely all I’ll do.
Work however is not so relaxed and that’s probably why I’m so meh over the Christmas doings. We’ve reach ‘year end’ which is typically its own challenge but this year it is combined with the evil that is our ‘new’ computer system and based on what I’ve seen so far its going to be a nightmare that lasts well into 2009. In some ways I do like the work; its problem solving but knowing that this great new program is the root of all those problems makes it pretty darn aggravational…especially because I know what we paid for this supposed miracle. Bonuses are out of the question this year due to slow business…but I swear those of us that have had to put up with the computers this year should get an extra week vacation or something – sheesh.
And now for some unrelated odd and ends:
My Christmas gift to myself was a pedicure, hair cut and color. I’m not all that thrilled with the color…too dark. Its not the end of the world, but it is annoying.
We attended a Christmas party Saturday night and had a great time. Several people commented that I was looking good – referring to the weight I’ve lost – but one comment stands out over the rest. When one lady asked what I was doing to loose weight her girlfriend piped up forcefully and said, “She stopped shoving food in her pie hole!” Errr…ok…truth I guess, but rather abrupt don’t you think?
Laurie knit some hats for my brother and his wife. They opened them yesterday and despite it being summer in Madagascar they seem very pleased.
My friend in Delaware was kind enough to send photos of the doggy ‘dannas in action…how cute are these guys?
That’s it for today. I’m off Thursday but work Wednesday, Friday and maybe Saturday. I’m sure there will be more blogging through the holidays but it will be a little hit and miss. What’s going on with you?
This time of year newspapers, magazines and other members of the ubiquitous ‘they’ begin publishing lists. Top Tens, Top One Hundreds, Best Of, Worst Of; you name it there’s a list for it. There is generally controversy over these lists because no one can quite agree and with music and movies it is most fervent. Normally I ignore the lists as my tastes run a bit peculiar anyway but today I let myself get drawn into the 100 Worst Movies of 2008…10 to 20 percent of which were movies I enjoyed. Maybe my tastes aren’t peculiar; maybe they are just downright bad.
I’ve got nothing against what critics consider top-notch films but I’ve also got nothing against pure entertainment. Smokey and the Bandit was never supposed to be anything more than an entertaining summer flick but I bet you’ve seen it. And I bet you’ve seen it more than once. I know I have and not just because it turns up almost weekly on TNT but because I was entertained by almost every silly ‘sumbitch’ moment of it. More than that, despite so called critic assessment of the film it did well, and I would guess far exceeded its original monetary expectations grossing $126,737,428 (wiki), not to shabby for 1977.
The point is just because the critics and Oprah don’t call a film, or a book for that matter, a ‘classic’ or a ‘piece of art’ or a ‘must see’ doesn’t mean that it can’t be entertaining. And just because people are entertained by things in categories other than these doesn’t make them shallow…well unless we’re talking about Freddy vs Jason or Alien vs Predator in which case you’ve just ‘jumped the shark’.
Oh how I dislike ‘desperation gifts’. They are those last minute, gotta-get-something, gifts that generally go to someone who has it all and is therefore impossible to buy for, and that entirely miss the spirit of Christmas. Desperation Gifts are the origin of coin counters, poker chip sets and any other leather wrapped monstrosity that you might find cluttering the isles of men’s departments everywhere. Oh, there are female versions too…perfume sets and candle holders…but I rarely find the women on my list as difficult to buy for as the men. One man in particular…my dad.
He’s the sort that if he wants something he goes and gets it or if he says he wants something his wife goes and gets it which makes it more than difficult for those ordinary mortals out there, like me. If you ask what he’d like he’s got a pat list of ‘wants’ all topping a thousand bucks (no, he’s not serious) as well as one or two heart-stoppers like a Bugatti Veyron …over a million dollars…because he likes it when I give him the look. You know, the one eye brow raised, lips pinched, brow furrowed, you-arent-as-funny-as-you-think-you-are look?
There’ve been a few times when I’ve managed to gift him well, but most years I end up right where I am this year; a week till Christmas and got nuttin. He’d be fine with a hearty Merry Christmas and a refill on his glass of wine, but that’s not what I want to give. I also don’t want to give an old stand by, like a book gift card. Not because he wouldn’t enjoy it but because I’ve given him several over the years. They are like ties, only more useful.
In an interesting turn of events, D is finding himself in the same spot with the purchase of gifts for me. I’ve given him several ideas, but none are things he wants to buy. Sounds odd, but I understand. Sometimes what people want for Christmas isn’t what you want to give…like an egg cooker which is on my list though even I am not sure why. Probably just the gadgetness of it. Plus, a few of my wants are not much better than my dad’s…a torch, kiln, oxygen tank and pound upon pound of glass. Things he would no doubt buy me, and happily, but that go far beyond a reasonable budget and possibly beyond reasonable sense. My solution has been to pick a few things up here and there and say “here honey, you bought me this for Christmas”. He doesn’t seem to mind but I don’t quite dare do it with my dad…he’d turn up with that Bugatti.
It should be no surprise that things around here are rocky at times. You can’t cancel a wedding and not be a little rocky…well, to me you cant. Normally I don’t air my relationship grievances here, I don’t think it’s the proper forum, but this one I think I can because I believe it is fairly universal. Yesterday D and I got a little crosswise with each other and I was trying to explain why I was getting upset over ‘nothing’. As I explained he ROLLED HIS EYES! I kid you not; I went from slightly annoyed to murderous in about a nanosecond. All I could do was walk away because I was so angry I was considering bodily harm to him. Seriously, I had a vision of a superman flight across the room and a good general pummeling. Like I said, time to walk away.
To be honest I’m not really sure he knows he did it, or that he would even understand why I think that’s a big deal. I’m not all that angry over initial irritant, but the eye roll? I’m still steaming. So tell me, is the ‘eye-roll’ a big deal for you and if it’s not what does your significant other do that takes you from zero to angry in less time than it takes Oprah to suck down an éclair?
Rox dared her readers to post photos of their week so far. So here’s mine, starting of couse with Saturday’s open torch. I did very well, made lots of beads and even completed two vessels (little glass pitchers) that I failed to get a photo of.
Next is the first load of doggy ‘dannas. Ten Holiday themed ‘dannas are on their way.
And, as if on cue, a red fabric donation arrived from the other coast of Florida. Thanks Miz Shoes!
I also received some purchased Amy Butler fabric for a special order on Etsy...yay me...a special order!
Yesterday I did a little Christmas decorating at the office and wouldn’t you know? Someone went and filled the candy dish with Ghiradelli Chocolate. Must resist.
And I started my Christmas cards...sixty plus to send...overachieve much?
My brother blew into town yesterday. He is visiting from Madagascar and he came bearing some pretty interesting gifts. The spoons are made from Zebu horns; Madagascar’s cattle. The blue is a scarf of raw silk and the other item is a bar of chocolate. Madagascar is evidently very well known for their chocolate. They are also recognized for their vanilla and he brought me some of that as well (not pictured). In fact, by our standards he brought me a wealth of vanilla, a dozen neatly wrapped beans...more than I’ve ever owned.
Tonight there’ll be a family pizza party and tomorrow he will be off again. With luck I might have a photo to share of that as well. Until then, thats my week so far. How’s yours going?
Before the package even arrived I’d already had my best Back Tack experience yet. Why? Because I was paired with Laurie from Old School Acres. She’s uber talented, super nice and a procrastinator like me. In fact in our discussions back and forth we have quite a bit in common. Once again I’ve met someone online that I wish I lived closer to...sigh.
Before I show you the package she sent I want to tell you something about myself. When I was a kid I was tail over tea kettle in love with horses. I devoured books like The Black Stallion, For Love of a Horse, Black Beauty and Misty of Chincoteague. I think I was in my thirties before I knew how to pronounce Chincoteague, but no matter, I read it anyway, over and over again. I checked-out the same “how to draw horses” books from the library time after time...my name carefully scrawled on almost every line of the check out card. I drew them in the corners of reports, on book covers, and any other ‘allowed’ surface. I had horse earrings, horse t-shirts, figurines and statues..heck, my Barbies had horses.
They were my every waking moment for several years.
That little dreamy little, horse crazy girl....crammed way down into the woman I’ve become came boiling right up to the surface when I opened this:
Laurie’s image of him is even better. The fun didn’t stop there. The theme of the swap was Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Gold = something sparkly. Frankincense = something for the senses. Myrrh = a gift just for your partner. My gold was a very cool, vintage head piece. It seems she saw the tortilla on my head from a few weeks ago and decided that I should have a fancy hat, heh. Frankincense was Chocolate Amaretto Pecans and all I can say about those (other than, “they’re gone") is thank heavens they aren’t something I can buy locally because...dayum! And Myrrh, a very pretty dragonfly necklace and Mr. Uber Cute softy.
Laurie, thank you so very, very much. “Meeting” you was enough, but this awesome package just made it so much sweeter!
I didn’t intend to finish NaBloPoMo and then fall off the face of the earth, but that’s basically what I did. Mostly my disappearance was caused by my habit of taking on too much at once and then procrastinating getting it done. Therefore I need to do a little housekeeping.
Item one: Are you still Christmas shopping? I’ve added idea links over in the side bar that are truly worth checking out. Most are ones I listed a week or so ago plus a new one: Tante Leah’s Handmades which belongs to the talented Miz Shoes. I’ll even throw in a teaser, if you order something from any of these sites and would like a little drawstring bag for your gift I’ll send you one for free! Just send me a link of what you purchased and your address and I’ll take care of the rest.
Item two: My BackTack package arrived…and oh my giddy aunt! Such darling things; darling swoony things. I’ll share them with you over the weekend when I have enough light to take a proper photo. One note of caution though, the chocolate amaretto pecans may not be shown; are crumbs acceptable?
Item three: Glass! Yes, I said I wouldn’t talk about glass for a while and I’ve held off as long as I can but tomorrow is open torch and to celebrate the holidays we get two extra hours, which means six glorious hours of bead making. Am I excited? You could say that, heh. I have new tools, a new book and some new glass that I can’t wait to use. And even though I have an agenda of things I want to make for other people I’m hoping to be able to carve out a little time just to play….I’m thinking ‘blown vessel’ and a ‘bead in a bead’ hollow. I can’t wait.
Item four: Some months ago, maybe three or four, one of Mackie’s hind feet swelled up terribly. Being good parents we took her to the vet, but even the wonderful practice we go to couldn’t figure it out. No infection, no bug bites, no problems with her old hip surgery and no real clue. She wasn’t all that bothered by it so we elected to ‘watch her’. In the last few days it’s blown up again and this time you can tell it’s a little tender, so tomorrow morning we’re back to the vet. We have, I fear, officially entered her ‘old age’…sigh.
Item five: Among all the other things to get to this weekend are the first round of doggy ‘dannas. These will be Christmas themed from fabric I already have, so there’s still time if you want to donate some red cotton fabric (any color really, but red is their first choice) or ‘buy’ an embroidered badge to help offset the cost of embroidery. Just leave me a comment. To those of you that already have; a very heartfelt thanks!
Item six: My brother is visiting from Madagascar next week. It will be a brief whirlwind kinda thing but I’m excited to see him. Unfortunately his wife won’t be joining him on his jaunt to our area as she has a conference in another state. I’m sorry to not get to see her too, but I guess we’ll have to take what we can get, especially since there’s no telling when they will be back in the states.
Item seven: I was trying to participate in a ‘6th photo’ meme on friendfeed but never got the photo to load, but it’s just as well. The idea is that you go to your sixth flickr page and then the sixth photo on that page and post it. My photo? D’s almost wedding ring…sigh. But it reminded me that I hadn’t yet shared with you that I had my ring reset with a Tourmaline. I simply couldn’t spend that much money and then not wear it, but I also couldn’t wear it with the ‘diamond’, so I made it something else. I wish I’d had a prong set installed and gone larger with the stone but I can always do that in the future. This isn’t the best photo, but it is the one with that was closest to the stone’s actual color which leans toward olive rather than emerald. It’s still pretty the way it is, dontcha think?
Item eight: A wee rant. If you sell on Etsy and you don’t tell your customers when you ship an item they have paid for, or thank them for their order its unlikely they will purchase from you in the future…that is all.
Item nine: At tomorrow’s torch session we are to bring a small wrapped gift, preferably something made from our beads; bookmark, keychain, ornament etc. The few beads that I have that I consider ‘nice’ are ones I want to keep…at least for the time being. All the other beads are wonky, lopsided, miserable things that I wouldn’t give anyone…especially an accomplished bead maker. I’m going to have the bad gift…and I’m totally freaked out over this…what a doof!
Item ten: Whoohooo its Friday! Have your self a fine, fine weekend!
For those of you with a fabric stash, I need a favor. I am making bandannas for a dog shelter that specializes in getting black dogs adopted (did you know people perceive black dogs as dangerous? Have you seen my ferocious black dog?). I’d like to donate the bandannas but I’m finding that my own stash is very short on red fabric – red being their preferred color. If you have ½ yard of red cotton…patterns are fine… and would like it to become a doggy-danna please leave me a comment and I’ll give you shipping instructions. If you don’t have red fabric and but would like to help you can buy an embroidered heart or bone for $1.50; they read “Adopt Me”. They were done by a local woman who is currently unemployed. I’ll be applying these to the bandannas and the dogs will be wearing them at adoption events. I thank you and the dogs at A Buddy For Life thank you too.
In Florida the end of November means the end of hurricane season. I celebrated by cleaning out the pantry and gathering up the hurricane supplies to donate them to the food bank. I also breathed a sigh of relief that we survived another one, there were plenty of folks that weren’t so lucky.
It also means my final post for National Blog Writing Month. Sure, I screwed it up early with my forgotten post on the 5th, but I’ve not missed any since so I figure its a semi-success. I like the concept of NaBloWriMo, but not the number of half assed posts it produces. Next year I’ll either sit it out or challenge myself to a whole month of genuine posts. Or I might play with the NaNoWriMo crowd. D participated with the novel writing group this year and managed to finish a 50000 word book ... go D!
The end of November also means the end of BackTack. My project is nearly ready to go out the door and because my partner was evil enough to tease me last week I’m going to return the favor with a tease of my own. I cant wait until it gets where its going.
I’m writing from the party, because I totally forgot to post before we left the house. Food...awesome, friends...terrific, fun..having lots. Who could ask for more? D and his friends are playing a game that is not unlike Monopoly and I am sitting in the wings watching. I’m actually very entertained and quite content to sit on the sidelines. My only complaint would be that they have chosen a table in the garage for their game play and its freakin’ freezing. Thank goodness for my knitting friends who have outfitted me in a scarf and mitts...bless you ladies!
Tomorrow will be all about sewing, but tonight is about relaxing and I’m going to get back to it. How’s your weekend going?