One thirty in the morning and I cannot fall back asleep. Two weeks into this diet, and I sort of miss being able to eat bread and butter whenever I am hungry. Waking up during the night is tricky, as the brain starts engaging in overdrive at the wrong time: prepare for class I am teaching on Thursday (scheduled before I knew my kids would have no school that day, and since everybody I know will be traveling, I have no babysitter!), the upcoming 15-minute talk on Sunday at church which still … [Read more...] about In the wee hours…
embroidery
Winter Wonderland
(I tried four times, still not a good picture!) I have another block completed for the Winter Wonderland Crabapple Hill quilt... I know I am not going slowly - I am crawling with this one - but I guess it is a labor of love, right? At this pace, this quilt will take a few years to finish!!! My friend Celeste finished hers in one year, Roxanne in three. Anywhere in between will suit me fine. Traditionally, monochromatic embroidery work is done in red, blue, green or black. Mrs. … [Read more...] about Winter Wonderland