I watched Sophia and Avery Monday and Wednesday after school. Sophia and her friends have been reading this series of books.
2836 pages since Thanksgiving. The book to the right is the first in the companion series.
Divisional playoffs
Another 4-game weekend. Yay. From the Sewing Cave:
And:
I am not some kind of a super sewer. I worked on these projects during the week also.
Saturday basketball
After the game, a simple game for three people (Carson was thrilled),
then 6,
then 8.
TGIF
at the Four Seasons lodge.
A smaller group than some Fridays. TGIFs are the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month. BYOB and a dish to share.
The Crete Island Lane table:
Plus, Felicia (orange sweater) who lives nearby – her first TGIF since moving here two years ago! This was just my second TGIF. We helped each other get there tonight!
Sophia and Avery
Sophia has a new room color – Brittany Blue – that she picked out. She explained how her mom taught her to choose a shade or two lighter than what you actually want. This photo does not do justice to the actual color.
Avery and I made Candied Walnuts.
Wild card playoffs
This was the first of two perfect football weekends. Two games each day. The last game followed by the Golden Globes. And it’s cold (for California) and raining. Time to stay home, cook something good, and …
(Halftime, Colts 21, Texans 0. Beef short ribs braised and ready to go in the oven for 3+ hours.
The Colts won.
By the next halftime, Seahawks 6, Cowboys 10. The ribs are out of the oven.
The Cowboys won and I had a great meal.)
… sew! Of course. This WIP is at least 15 years old, now completed! There is hope.
Movies and dinner
Ade and I had a late lunch at Zocalo’s in Roseville then went to see VICE at the movie theaters. My first time in big reclining cushy reserved seats (not as comfortable as they should have been).
Happy New Year from the Sewing Cave
It’s been a wonderfully less-busy week. Time to walk more, eat less, and dig out some old projects from the WIPs box. WIPs = works in progress … or, all those long-stored, partially-completed or still-in-original-packaging projects that a person can’t seem to throw away, give away, and finish. A conundrum.
This one was a gift, only a couple of years in storage:
I bought this in Deer Lodge MT last summer when I visited Phyllis. Ready for 2019, 11 1/2 months early!
A peek at Thais’ Christmas stocking collection, where Old MacDonald will hang next year:
Holiday party
At Archie and Sandy’s. Always a fun event.
Checking in on Archie’s model train project, there are improvements and additions every year. Archie says it will never be finished.
This little Christmas tree is all horses, a passion of Sandy’s.
Sandy has been riding horses and competing for decades. She also sews all of her fancy riding jackets.
From the sewing cave
Black faux leather tunic over floral turtleneck:
With the scraps and a long-ago-purchased t-shirt from a trip to Canada, I made a pillow for Justin’s couch:
Sophia picked this flannel for her annual pajama bottoms:
I took apart an old Wild Bryde farm animal necklace – I think I wore it once to the Sacramento County Fair when Justin and Thais were in 4-H (necklace totally out of place, by the way) – and used the animals to make an Old MacDonald Christmas stocking. It wasn’t quite finished on Christmas Eve when everyone was over, but I did show it to Thais and Carson, who pointed to the farmer and asked, “Is that me?”
This was my holiday season of sewing. Now what should I make?
