quiet
There's no hustle and bustle for us this Thanksgiving week.  Matt and the kids are out of school.  We don't have much planned other than dinner at my in-laws on turkey day.  Black Friday?  No, thank-you.  That sort of craziness isn't my cup of tea...unless it is some sort of on-line deal that doesn't require me to leave my house.  

lunch date
I had a lunch date today with my special boy.  We ate Thanksgiving dinner in the school cafeteria. My boy is such a gentleman.  I told him that I wasn't sure what to do, so he got my plate for me and put the utensils in

about the weekend....
Sorry to talk about the weekend late on a Tuesday night, but I was a little distracted yesterday.  I stayed up way too late making that bag Sunday night and couldn't wait to tell you about it, I'm sure you understand.  Thanks for all the bag love! On Saturday morning I decided that we should get out of the house and DO something.  After a week of being cooped up in a germy house, we needed to get out.  It had been a while since we got out to d

selfish sewing
This wasn't the post I had planned for today.  We had a great weekend, which is what I was going to post about, but then last night I didn't feel like going though all my photos so I sewed something for myself instead.  You know how I get when I make myself a new bag...

what I've been working on
I'm sure you guessed it, I was working on more appliqued phoebes.  I wanted to try something a little different this time.  The cooler temps and lower humidity we've been experiencing down here have influenced my fabric choices.  One bag is made from wool and the other is corduroy.  I'm all about cozy and warm, not that it is actually cool enough to wear those fabrics.  I guess if you can't wear them on your body, wearing them on a