Ready for the new year

Clearing out clutter, making things orderly, means I can breathe in my sewing corner now. Big deep breaths that energize me.

Ta-da!

Need something serged? We have the technology.

Grimoire

A delicious holiday project, finished tonight: creating a grimoire, as a prop for The Vampire Diaries.

December 28

I'm tired of muddy footprints on the tile. Perhaps this will help; we'll see. I had fun making it, anyway.

And now I've learned the Magic Loop method for when your circular needle is too long. It's quite possible that I'm becoming a knitter.

December 27

Possibly the best Christmas gift was one I don't know how to use. But I'll learn.

Mookie's birthday

I wouldn't like to have my birthday so close to Christmas, but I'm glad Mookie does. It makes it so convenient to celebrate with her. Happy birthday, sister-friend.

Christmas Day

Friends, family, food ... and baby Chelsea. Blessings indeed.

Star anise

Inhale. These perfect little stars smell like Christmas.

Victory

She finally mastered multiplying and simplifying fractions. I think the new pink lap desk helped.

Preparation

I don't know where half of the cloth napkins have gone, but with 21 coming for lunch on Friday, it's time to make more.

A night of firsts

Ian's band performed at The Roxy.

Before their set, we hung out at Book Soup, which would have been more delicious if we'd taken our glasses.

Getting there

A morning of last-minute sewing, and an afternoon spent gift wrapping. I'm getting there.

Wild

His shoes matched my bag. Wild.

$1240

It was a very expensive iced tea.

Shawna's new house has a Meyer lemon tree in the backyard. If I hadn't already fallen in love with the place, this would have decided it for me.

Remembering

An accident in the canyon had traffic at a standstill. I waited, thinking of another crash nearly thirty years ago that changed our lives forever.

Colour and texture

Don't want to stop. Who needs sleep?

December 13

I didn't plan on it being a big cooking day, but I ended up making four dinners and two desserts.

Chicken scratch

Even though I don't eat it, I like to make chicken soup from scratch.

Cozy

We were going to go to a movie, but it was cozier to stay home.