slowly healing

My shoulder is slowing me down.  Yes, there is still refurbishing going on but I should be working on a quilt.  The actual quilting of it.  But instead I am working on squares.  There are squares for four different quilts in this picture.  I make squares while I refurbish.  It helps me relax and let me feel like I am going forward.  My shoulder hurts too much still to manhandle a quilt.  It is actually is very physical for a good portion of the quilting.

my anniversary gift

Anniversaries are not that big a deal around here.  We both agree that we feel like we have been married a minute and forever at the same time.  Usually, we will do something nice for dinner, whether in our out.  We usually do not give each other anniversary gifts.  But when I asked for a lamp for my sewing machine since on our anniversary, my Beloved built me one.  

I realized I needed a lamp for my sewing machine since my body is between it and the light.  Especially when I am working black on black.  It is really tough to see.But when I asked for a lamp for my sewing machine since on our anniversary, my Beloved built me one.

Is it not cool?  Mostly it was built from things we had around the house.  The dining room is a tad darker now because that is where the light bulb came from.  The cord came from an old appliance.  That is a habit my Beloved has picked up from my Dad.  We are really not sure where the copper tubing came from.  It was found.  

It is so nice to have light!  I really like my lamp.

Happy New Year!

I wish everyone joy in the coming year.  And may it be full of flowers.

I hope all is well

We are back.  I actually was at work today because there were three people on the floor.  But, as I explained to my family, the work I was doing needed not to be interrupted.  Very picky work.  A normal work day would have been hard to do it.  But when the application crashed (again), I decided I was being told something.

We went to one of our favorite campgrounds near us.  I could post the same picture most years of the camp site because we even stay in the same place.

My pajama bottom making frenzy came in handy.  I had made Small Mister two pairs of pajama bottoms and he used them both.  My Beloved made the comment that they need matching cargo pajama bottoms.  Since his bottoms have not been made yet, this can happen.  I did tease that I may just take Small Mister with me and have him chose the fabric.  It would probably be Lightening McQueen then.

The temperatures were cold at night and a sweater was needed most days.  I had yarn with me and I made Small Mister a pair of mittens.  But would he wear them?  Of course not because then he could not pick up "tiny rocks" and use "Gabriel's knife" (it is wooden).  

We did have a good time.  There were good people camped near us.  The deer were beautiful and this was the first time I had seen a buck of that size with this herd.  It is my favorite time to go camping but my favorite time of year to be in the office. It is very quiet.  What a dichotomy.

Happy Yule and a Merry Christmas

We are off for some quiet time.  We are staying close to home but quiet.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Yule.  

We will not be long that long.  I have bunches of new tools to try and about two hours on my sewing machine to finish gifts by the fifth of January.