I Accomplished a Lot this Weekend

But now I am sick. I woke up this morning with a very sore throat, an awful cough, and achy all over. I think our Little Miss 3 must have given me a surprise gift. I only hope this means that she is over it.


I did get the projects I was working on finished for the most part. The journal with the soft cover was finished with a coptic stitch:

I finally finished the long stitch through slotted spine (I had to redo it three times before I got it right, but now I really know how to do it).

And I got the dictionary torn apart and back together in thirds, but realized too late that I either had to let the print dry longer or had to spray it with some kind of fixative. When I put the three together under a large book for the glue to dry, I found I'd smeared the print on the covers.

I haven't decided on a resolution yet, but may just cut another Tyvek cover for each and then just label them with permanent Sharpie marker.

I did have a lovely Easter day, beginning with this:

And this,

This was taken through a screen, so is not clear as it might have been. A pair of these have been hanging around in the creek for awhile now, but lately I only see mister. I hope this means that she is on a nest close by and soon we will have a parade of little ones to watch.

And for Easter, we had the hubster's sister, Jan, and her husband Jack for the afternoon and my son and his two little girls came out later. We had a lovely time. Here are a couple of pix:

Zoë and Aunt Jan

Zoë in her Easter finery

Talking to Papa (the hubster)

The sisters

I was planning to take a bubble envelope with a book inside to the post office this morning to see what the postage would be compared to the small Priority Box and see if I could lower the prices of my journals, but I am feeling so lousy, I think I may just head back to bed.

I hope you are doing well and that you have a lovely day,

xoxo

I'm Back - Been Sick

I don't know if I have shared this weakness of mine, but I am severely lactose intolerant. I have been very careful for much of my adult life. I guess I have gotten complacent, but somehow in the past week I must not have been vigilant enough. I was so sick I could hardly stand up yesterday and am still a bit raw today. But I am surely on the mend. The penalty for ingesting milk products is severe and certain, but luckily nonlethal (although, sometimes in the midst of it I wish for any release).

At any rate, before the onset of symptoms, I spent time in my art room cutting up the many cardboard boxes I have been saving from the landfill. I cut them into 8 x 10, 4 x 6, 5 x 7, 2 x 2, and of course 2.5 x 3.5 sizes. It is so wonderful to see the empty space under the table that houses my printer and my huge guillotine style cutter.




I haven't gotten any art done, but I have spent some very precious time with my little ones. I also spent several hours in ER with the hubster on Monday. He had been experiencing some tightness in his chest and has a family history of heart problems. Scary, but all the tests came back fine. He did a follow up visit at his doctor's office the next day and is scheduled for an echocardiogram next week.

The hubster has a three day craft show this weekend and the daughter works. That puts me home with two little girls. P doesn't have school tomorrow so a long 3 days looms. I will try to find time to do some art, but no promises.

Until next time, remember to live in the moment.