Having managed to avoid J’s stomach virus, I came down with some kind of relatively mild flu-style virus. I had some wicked fever and chills last night, but I’m feeling much better today, other than a painful sore throat. My only regret is that I think I’m going to have to pass on my planned…
I’m having a mini-anxiety attack at the moment. Once a year, J’s friends come to Seattle during March madness. They drink a lot and watch a lot of basketball and generally pretend they’re young again. They stay at his friend’s apartment. Well, he went over to their place on Thursday and found one of his…
I shop a lot online. In fact, I buy most of my clothes online. As such, it’s important to me to understand how a garment will look on me before I buy it. Obviously, it’s impossible to know exactly how it will look, but the more information the better. Generally speaking, I find customer reviews…
It looks like I will most likely be having B baptized in Roanoke in May. As such, I want to finish up the baptism gown I originally started for L. This is possible, but by no means easy. Before tackling that project, however, I wanted to close out another open knitting project, a cute little…
Grandma and Grandpa (as in, my parents) left yesterday after a two week visit, and it’s back to reality. First of all, I love my new house so much, I really cannot overstate it. Whereas the nonstop visits after L made me want to climb the walls, I really enjoyed two solid weeks of my…
I finished my fields of green patchwork quilt last night. This turned out to be a relatively quick and easy project, and I enjoyed it from end to end. It was not quick in calendar days, as I haven’t had as much time as I would like to devote to it, but in terms of…
My green quilt is proceeding along, slowly but surely. I quilted midway through each of the squares in both directions. In the photos, I was halfway through and had done one direction only. I’ve machine-sewn the binding to the front. I actually managed to join the ends of the binding in a moderately satisfactory manner,…
