We all got The Sick and frankly, I was a little relieved to wake up with a sore throat on that Saturday morning. I knew it was coming. I just didn't know when and I was ready to get it over with. No amount of preventative measures (short of a bio-hazard outfit) were going to prevent those germs from getting in my body when my sleepy child inadvertently coughs DIRECTLY INTO MY MOUTH repeatedly.
We have had visits from aunts, uncles, cousins and Grammie and Grandpa. I brined my first turkey. The tree is up and the boys went to go see The Muppets. Paul and I got a night out where we ate well and stopped in quickly at Sunday's Best to meet Lynn and hug Shanna. I'm checking in with Crafty Wonderland this next weekend to finish up gift getting. Yesterday there was a little baby shower that was big on laughs and awesomeness. Today I'm going to try and get the rest of the leaves (there are MANY) out of the yard and onto the street for the city to pick up. It is cold and sunny outside.
I have been sewing quite a lot and trying to finish things from The Pile, one of which was this table runner that is too wide and slippery for our table but fits our island much better. Besides, if there's something on the table it will most likely end up on the floor. I initially wrote about this project here and mentioned that I was hand-quilting it. Nope! I pulled out what I had started and finished it up using my machine. I hand bound the edges and gave it a good wash.
I've finished two more quilts for my friends which both involved a lot of hand-sewing, something I'm a little desperate to get better at (because I do so poorly at it for some reason). The friend quilt thing is going to extend into next year as I was hoping to do two more. I got side-tracked. But I'll post about the two finished ones this week. They are the sort of quilts you could still have time for this December. Not that I want to add anything else to your list. Take it easy on yourself, good people.
