I’ve been so sick this week and out of commission since Monday afternoon. I felt somehow inundated and not-quite-myself at work on Monday, which was supposed to be the kickoff to Read Across America at school. We had a delayed opening because of snow and ice, and the day’s events were rescheduled…to Wednesday, when I was home sick with the stomach flu.
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My birthday got off to a rocky start this year, but in the end it became a month of celebrations. After being sick on the day of I was pretty down about the whole prospect of birthdays and endless winter.
But it definitely had its shining moments.
February was a turtleneck kind of month. The snow had mostly melted by my birthday, but the temperature has been so jumpy. I honestly can’t quite believe it’s March. Seven months of school down, 3 more to go!
Other pie/apron projects: January Pie: Lemon Meringue.
This month’s pie and apron gave me agita.
One of my favorite desserts as a kid were those store-bought mini graham cracker crusts with Jell-O chocolate pudding scooped into them. So I thought I wanted to make a full-size version of that for Valentine’s Day. And a pink-and-chocolate-brown apron to go with it. Easy right?
Not so much.
The Jamie Christina “Pretty Ditty Apron” pattern is super cute, but since I’ve never done any gathering or ruffles it was definitely a challenge. So I didn’t have it finished for Valentine’s Day. First problem. Then I made this pie with stale graham crackers. Second problem. Adam scooped out all the pudding and just ate that, but even that was not my finest pudding. I was determined to finish the apron and remake this pie, something I cobbled together from various recipes. But then I got sick, and it didn’t look like I would get it done by the end of the month. But yesterday I did both: finished the apron, and remade the pie properly. And I love both.
I’ve been a little under the weather this week, a bug I’ve been fighting off seems to have finally broken through and laid me out flat. Today I stayed home and slept all day, and after this post I will be going back to bed to sleep some more. We had a great Valentine’s Day at home, and at some point soon I will post about my February pie and apron. But not today, I need something a little easier.
I’m 32 now. So that happened….
I took a little 2 day break from blogging this week to get ready for my birthday yesterday. It’s been a long week, and I’ve been exhausted. But it’s been insanely productive, and I had the best birthday. I’ve been playing with my new sewing machine (my present from Adam), and the Ott Lite from my mom and brother is SO MUCH BETTER than my old light. My in-laws gave me EQ7 as a birthday gift, so now I am overflowing with sewing goodies to learn and use. I am really excited!
As soon as I saw the Love Nest collection by Carina Gardner, I had to have it. I almost held off sending my Pretty in Pink bee packages so I could use this fabric instead. But, in the end I decided I’d make some wonky stars with it and see where they take me here at home. I think they’re taking me to a Valentine’s Day table runner, but I’m not positive yet….
