Take That, Bad Luck

Last week I burned two fingers on my working hand while making dinner (I'm clumsy with it), and then tore off a third of a nail on my non-working hand because it had split down the middle and I thought, hey, why bother getting the clippers -- just tear it off the broken bits. How badly could it be? P.S. Always get the clippers.

Anyway, my Christmas bad luck is still going strong, but I'm combatting it by working daily on keeping my energy and happiness levels high. Here are three things I did on the same day that really made me happy instead of depressed.

Using this recipe I made sugarfree cinnamon roll chaffles (like waffles but safe for diabetics), which were delicious and add something to my very limited breakfast menu.

I'm continuing to crochet the granny stitch rectangle throw every day, and on this day when I was finished I realized it had grown too large to photograph on the table -- it really works up fast.

My guy and I visited a bookstore, where I purchased a couple of magazines as a little Christmas gift for myself. They're both packed with lovely ideas, but honestly, I just wanted to look at the pictures and read about the makers' visions. So I did.

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Love Means This

Invested in a couple of hand-dyed bundles from one of my favorite fabric artists. This one said "Make me into something for Valentine's Day." So I went for a quilted and embellished tote. I kept thinking about what love means to me as I worked on it. Here's the finished tote. Although I was tempted to embellish with beads and pins, I got sick and only felt well enough to do a little stitching every night. As I worked I thought about how often love seems disappointing to us, especially when it fails to live up to our expectations. But now that I've experienced love in many forms, I can say that it's made me a better person than I might have been without it. Love is a precious thing, and should be appreciated in all its forms. I am very grateful for the love of my guy, my child and my friends who have stuck with me all these years. That's you two, in case you're wondering. :) Also finally found something to do with a ve...

Other Stashes

Along with clearing out the spare bedroom and tidying my office and our guest bedroom, I decided to reorganize some of my stashes. This is all the yarn I have on hand, sorted by color. It looks like a lot, but lately I've been using up a minimum of half a bin every month, so this is approximately a year's supply. All of my solid color cotton perle thread. I go through a lot of this every year, too. I need a container in which I can fit all of it together, but I haven't found the right one yet. I won't show you all of my fabric -- I'm still reorganizing this stash -- but I went through everything and donated two bins of fabric I won't need to the local quilter's guild.

Store Closing Haul

The mega Books-A-Million store over in Sanford is closing, and offered an extra 20% off on their current stock -- all sales final -- so I went over to do some shopping. Safely but sadly there was no one in the store but me the entire time I was there. The Holly Jackson novel is for Katherine, the Halloween board book is for Oliver, and the copy of Garden Spells is to keep on hand because I give that book to everyone. The rest of the books are for me. I love Anne Cleeves, and the Galbraith novel sounded interesting (the first couple weren't, but I'm willing to take another chance.) The Escape Room is by a new-to-me author, plus it was cheap. The GreenCraft mag is just a guilty pleasure. Hopefully the smaller BAM nearer to me won't close. I don't buy many books from brick-and-mortar stores these days, but that's really the last one within reasonable driving distance.

Valerean

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