Running Stitch

Life in mucas land is…snotty. All I’ve had for the last 24 hours, has been hot water with lemon juice in it and The Man’s Super Yummy Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup. yummmm. I’m am supposed to be running 3miles tonight at the annual Year to Year Run our town hosts each year. I’m at least going to show up. After all I have to promote the Heart and Sole Run, which is a fun run I’m organizing. (because I’m insane, why do you ask?)

Today Dooce posted and opened her comments to the general public (a historic event in my reading of her blog) for women to post blogs that inspire them. It’s awesome, you should check it out, she was at 150 comments minutes ago, its a lot to wade through but worth it to see what women are doing out there on the blog.

From past postings you know that I struggle with the blogosphere, I enjoying visiting and blogging and checking up on my fellow bloggers, and friends. I have a hard time opening up and posting as much as say Heather Armstrong aka Dooce, does or as much as Melissa does at Suburban Bliss. Both of these blogs are daily reads for me as are all the blogs on my list, but I have a problem being as open, and I think that is okay.

I’ve come to accept that I’m not that open, and I’m okay with that too. I enjoying blogging because it harkens back to my desire to be a writer, but I could never be writer because I can’t even open up on paper, I spend so much time worrying about what people will think about my writing, or more importantly that they will try to find themselves in it that I’ll never be that successfull.

So instead, I’ll blog and quilt and maybe become a grant writer because lately I’ve been thinking. …hey, I could do that.

Speaking of things I can do, I uncovered my sewing machine tonight, and I may just finish a project. GET OUT!

But first, more chicken noodle soup, and I think a nap.

Blog on Bloggers, I sure do dig you all.

Well the buddy is starting to feel better, he is still super snotty, but he ate food today and we weren’t panicking shoving juice bottles in his face every hour. Now The Man is down for the count and I’m feeling awfully stuffy. Thanks everyone, for the well wishes!

I’m still having difficulties getting into the quilting mood. I think this is partly because I don’t feel well and partly because I’m taking apart my sewing room. That chaos always makes it difficult to sit down and get things started. Or finished in my case, have you seen my UFO list? Yikes!

placemat

Luckily I have gifts I made for Christmas that I can post. I decided since my Aunt collected Blue Santa’s and my Sister, Green, that My mom shouldn’t have boring ol’ Red Santas but instead Purple Santa’s to match her purple stuff. I had planned on getting two of these done for Christmas…but…um …yeah. She just got one. On the other hand I have great ideas for the next eleven Christmases since this is a Sue Garman BOM pattern I got off the Quakertown Website.

In other non quilting (what quilting anyway?) news I have enjoyed having The Man home for a week now. It is fun to pop into town for whatever or work on home projects but I notice that I don’t seem to get as much done. I think this is because my schedule is thrown off. I have a schedule problem, The Man can attest to this, I usually have list upon list of what I will be doing when. As you can image the Baby has definitely made me have to relax this regimental style but I still cling to some of it, like nap time, walking the dog, blogging.

You know priorities.

Well we’re down for the count here. The Post Holly daze has got us. Mr. Moo woke up with a snotty nose Monday morning which by nightfall had progressed to a temperature of 101.1. After a call to The Doctor, we gave him some baby Tylenol and he seemed to feel better and fell asleep.

He was up every twenty minutes after that, snortling and gasping for mucasy breaths.

Today he mostly slept. We drove to Portland to the pottery supply place of choice so The Man could restock, and then headed home, both pooped. Mr. Moo is miserable and we are getting sick too.

When will I ever get back to my project list? Who needs resolutions when you have a UFO list?

Here is a picture of my sick little man snuggled under some quilts and the nifty fleece I bought at the ACME in Philadelphia. I love it! And it was only four dollars!! I can’t buy that much fleece for that low a price.

Philly Find

I may make a hat out of it in the future, but for now I’m enjoying snuggling with the baby under it.

Last year for the first time since I was five, I won a raffle. When I was five I won a coloring contest raffle and got to pick out my own prize from the store that sponsored the coloring contest. I picked John Denver’s greatest hits. Uh, yeah.

Last year I won a Quilt! It is so beautiful, and with the hectic running around and unplanned jaunt to the Philadelphia, it was the perfect decoration for our sadly Christmas Tree lacking house.

Christmas Quilt

To make the win even more delicious, the quilt has some light tan fabric with dragonflies on it that I used in another quilt I made for a friend. Talk about meant to be.

Along with the Cranberry Kir, she serves at holiday gatherings, my mother-in-law is a top notch shopper. This lovely piece of fabric was in my stocking. I LOVE IT.

Christmas fabric

To give credit where credit is due, The Man gave me a gift certificate to the local quilt shop….how to charm me. (Yes I read Dooce too…..who doesn’t?)

I’m a little behind in my pictures from the East Coast so I thought I would take this chance, while the baby is sleeping the presents are wrapped, the husband is cutting firewood and the bread is rising to blog.

I took this sad little picture at my Aunt’s house. She collects blue Santas. She has a blue Santa room. It’s true. My sister collects green Santa’s but this is about my Aunt. I love making ornaments, cross stitch, pillows, quilts for my sister and aunt because they are so different. Everyone has red Santas, blue and green are different.

I made this quilt probably four or five years ago for my aunt and she has it displayed in her Blue santa room.

Three Blue Santas

I also made this blue Santa tree skirt.

Blue Santa tree skirt

I started this tree skirt, um, maybe ten years ago…okay probably only seven. I finished it last year (2003) for my aunt for Christmas. I LOVE IT. I really love the quilting which is all on the beard of the santa, for his whiskers, maybe I’ll make myself one this year. Only what color?

The buzzer is buzzing, back to the kitchen.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Well with less than 36 hours till Christmas, it’s official, no Christmas Cards this year. I’m hoping for a last ditch effort tomorrow morning after I run to Fred Meyer’s for wrapping paper, because I figure I should probably wrap some presents soon. Okay, so realistically what will probably happen is I will email my Christmas cards to those of my family and friends who have e-mail.

I just can’t figure out how it got to be the 23rd! As far as I know my Grandfather is still in the hospital he had a touch of pneumonia when the baby and I flew out on Monday night and he had been sedated because he was aggressive towards the nurses who were dispensing medications. I think he is tired. Very tired.

The last week has been fulfilling but emotionally exhausting, I had a great time visiting relatives that I really haven’t spent time with in a while. And I got some great pictures of the baby with my Grandpa.

Even better, though I gave some presents and so I can finally start posting what I’ve been up to. Yeah!!

This was one of my favorite projects this year. I got the idea at the local Quilt Show in October. I traced the baby’s hands and feet (okay I photo copied them…he squirms, alot) and then cut them out of fabric to make these cute potholders.

Reindeer Games

Our PC appears to be crashing and burning just in time for the holidays. I’m back in the Northwest and am having trouble getting the computer to play nice. My frustration level is high and it is cutting down on my blogging ability. I have pictures to share, and will continue to try and upload them today.

Bah Humbug.