all over the place . . .

As in, that's where this post is going to be. All over the place.

It starts with my results from the Occupy Your Sewing Room event (sponsored by Cat Patches), from this past week. I had a couple finishes and one almost finish. First were these darling poinsettia flowers. They were so much fun to make and relatively fast and simple.

And my near finish was my Holly Jolly topper.

My other finish I forgot to capture a photo of while it was still in my possession ... though I did manage to capture a 'sort of' shot of it later on. You'll see. But do be sure to head over to check out what others did this last week, in occupying their sewing rooms -- there are already quite a few blogs linked up!

Next I'll move on to one of my favorite subjects (after my husband): Sawyer managed to make it by this weekend for a couple of quick visits! James brought him over Friday evening to say hello . . .

And he also came with his mommy, Saturday afternoon, when she came to pick me up for our girl's night out! Sawyer didn't come with us girls, but James had come up earlier to take a Christmas card photo of Todd and I for the Camp MACOBA newsletter, and so Kim & James traded out. Me for Sawyer. Heh.

This is the winning shot taken down at the pond. As of now it's the unedited shot. James will go home and do his magic and it'll look GREAT! It was a beautiful day, but it sure was COLD!

The girls were all meeting at The Melting Pot, at Bridge Street in Huntsville. We were have a "Celebrate Ellie" night over chocolate fondue! We had so much fun! It was a small, more intimate gathering of girls. Joc is going to do a big "Sip & See" event a couple of months after Ellie is born.

Kim and I shared a pot of S'mores Chocolate. Oh. my. gosh. It was so good! They brought us a plate of bite-sized portions of pound cake, bananas, strawberries, graham crackers, cheese cake, brownies and marshmallows to dip into the chocolate.

From chocolate to PRESENTS!!

Kim had made several of the most darling hair bow bands for Ellie! She really has a talent for baby bows and headbands! But she got Ellie some darling little outfits. I mean, really. Baby girls are so much fun to shop for!

Okay, see the pink blob in the middle of the picture? That's the other finish from my sewing room jaunt -- a minky changing pad cover. I didn't have a pattern, so I just kind of winged it. It turned out pretty well, I think!

This beautiful print is a gift from Jason's sister, Jenna.

She's an incredibly talented artist! I wish I could show you Jocelyn's baby bedding -- this picture is *perfect* with it!! Oh wait ... maybe I can ...

Isn't this darling?? And speaking of baby bedding, there's quite a story here. Jocelyn designed this herself on Carousel Designs' website. Well, shortly after she designed her look and realized it was a bit pricey, they had a contest... you guessed it ... for free bedding! Well all of us entered -- Jocelyn, me, Kim, James, Jason and even Todd. And wouldn't you know it? Kim WON! And she very graciously picked Joc's design. Such a sweet thing! Anyway, the bedding arrived and Kim delivered it to a very surprised Jocelyn last night!

Here's the group shot . . .

It was a lot of fun -- especially is you like fondue, chocolate, and ooohing and aaaahing over darling little baby girl things!! I do.

Joc, Kim and I went from there to see The Nutcracker. I have a photo, but it's not very good -- it's very blurry. Joc had one taken on her camera. I'll share it as soon as I get it!

Today will be a quiet day ... just me, myself and I. Hmmmm....I wonder what kind of trouble I can get into . . . !

:)

this shoe was made for walking . . .

Let the walking games begin! Yesterday I finally donned my little cast shoe (isn't it pretty? NOT!), which means I can start taking baby steps. Yay!! It's slow going and I'm not supposed to put more than 25% of my weight on it. That's a good thing, because I'm afraid to put more than that on it anyway. I have a bizarre fear that the screws the doc put in during the surgery, will be forced out the bottom of my foot if I put too much weight on it. LOL!

I know that's silly, but that's irrational fear for you. Too much weight (I've played around a little with it) and it starts to get uncomfortable, so I'll stick to walking on it with my crutches or walker. I can say, without a doubt or any hesitation, that going up the stairs is *SO* much easier, now that my right foot can bear a little weight! My left knee is nearly singing with relief. LOL!

I also thought I'd share a piece of my morning . . . I pulled out my Noritake Christmas tree mug. This morning it's filled (or rather, was filled) with coffee and my favorite peppermint mocha coffee mate. A couple of years ago I gave each of my sisters one of these mugs, so that as we sipped our coffee, tea and/or hot chocolate during the month of Christmas, we'd think of one another and perhaps relive fond memories of Christmases past.

This morning it seemed appropriate to stir my coffee with this darling, darling little spoon. It was a gift from one of my sisters -- and actually, it was one of a set of three. All three had something different in the spoon. One says, "hi tea" and one says, "<3" but the one I used this morning says . . .

Good morning, sister!!! :) Isn't that fun? And perfect with my sister mug!!

Today is my day to:

Yay! I probably won't work on anything Christmas, but maybe I'll get some more work finished on My Orange Crush. Or who knows . . . perhaps I'll get in there, inspiration will strike, and I'll work on something completely [new and] different! Have you heard about Cat Patches' Occupy Your Sewing Room? If not, click on the pic above to check it

One never knows. Mwaaaahahahaa!!!

:)