What I Did On My Winter Vacation, Pt. 2

I played Dominos and Uno with the family . . . and never won! What’s up with that?!

 

I did a LOT of knitting – mostly new cozies, but a few headbands and phone cozies as well. This is just a small sample.

I took photos of my daughter modeling my new knitted headbands . . . she’s so pretty. :)

I stood at our patio door or bedroom window and just stared at the pretty field behind our house. This is where the doggie playdates go down.

I hung out in my daughter’s room and watched movies with her, while knitting. And reading. And watching the 4 year old jump into my shots.

I also watched him dance around her room, always in front of her mirror.

 

I took photos of the fabric I’m hoping to destash and sell.

I enjoyed our colorful Christmas tree. I think trees with white lights are so beautiful and classy, but trees with colored lights make me think of my childhood, and I just love them the most.

   

I went to the library a couple times. Not pictured here are the 37,000 anime DVDs my daughter checked out.

I got inspired to do something crafty and cool with boxes . . . can’t wait to finish these and show them off!

I wondered why I found my camera in my bed, with no battery life left. Hmmm . . .

 

OH HAI, CULPRIT! I SEE YOUR LITTLE 4-YEAR-OLD FEET. And the 29 blurry photos of your WWE “action fingers”.

More to come!

What I Did On My Winter Vacation Pt. 1

 

I spied on the people who have doggie playdates in the big field behind our house. Usually there’s only 2 people and Vincent and I think they might be flirting with each other while their dogs play. It’s a little doggie playdate soap opera for us.

 

Oops, they saw me. Right after I snapped this shot, they all turned and waved.

I did a crap job wrapping presents. To quote my friend Black Girl In Maine, “Like the honey badger, I just don’t care”.

I said, “Why did someone dump all my old CDs out on the – OOH, CRANBERRIES!!”

I played outside in the only snowfall so far, with the 4 year old.

 

Here he’s looking at Vincent who is telling him to throw a snowball at me.

 

And now he runs from me.

Back at home, he shows us his best John Cena.

And then he looks cute some more.

 

I got some mail from Etsy! What?!

  

It’s an eco-friendly tote bag . . .

. . . and a little note thanking me for my work as a team captain (WHATUP CHICAGO STYLE CRAFTERS).

Dunno if Etsy knows I’m stepping down as team captain. Staying on the team, just letting others take the reins.

 

I organized and purged a lot of sewing/knitting/Etsy stuff. One day, I will learn how to sew from a pattern and will make one of those cute wrap tops.

I’ll be posting more of what I’ve been doing on my winter vacation . . . Did you get to take any time off? What have you been doing?

Come on, next week! I'll be on vacation (from work), but staying at home. My Dad and Step-Mom will be in town for a couple days, they'll take the older 2 to Kansas with them for a week.

I'll be:

. . . sleeping in . . .

. . . dragging the family around Chicago while they're in town . . .

. . . sleeping in some more after they're gone . . .

. . . sewing . . .

. . . reading . . .

. . . visiting fabric stores to daydream . . .

. . . going out to a goodbye party for a couple work friends . . .

. . . and generally doing nothing that I don't want to do. Of course, things always come up that you don't plan for, but I'll deal with those things when they happen.

HURRY UP, STAYCATION!