little things

It has been quick a rocky few weeks. I am just trying to take it all in, moment to moment. And do a lot of gentle but helpful breathing!

got lemons, i made....pillowcases??

Ok, so it has been a difficult 'cancer' week, hence the lemons. so what do i do? Well, I have been a busy bee with my sewing machine latelty. I made a baby quilt for baby Eve, almost finished another one for baby Jasper (micheal's cousin's first baby), made a table runner for mom, some other little things here and there.

part of Eve's quilt

Baby Eve looking adorable

I have been anxious to make pillow cases for our bed.  Mike and I both have those weird temprapedic pillows, so they are much smaller than regualr bed pillows. Standard pillowcases are swimming over our pillows. I found this interesting pattern so I made smaller versions for our unique-sized pillows and this pattern was SO fun. When I first looked at it (there is a rolling part?!), I completely didn't get it, but it worked and it was SO easy! And I used fabric from my favorite designer, Denyse Schmidt.

a real star

Laura Linney deserves some serious credit for her role in the series, the Big C. The show lasted just a few seasons - Linney's character has stage iv cancer after all...I watched every episode - a little scared of how close to home it hit, but I felt compelled just the same to watch Linney's character deal with grace and genuine courage. The last season, season 4, took on a different shape from previous seasons, just 4 episodes, covering 4 seasons and it was absolutely heartbreaking. But I wanted to see it through the end. I think the show is very important, it was brave to show the real like of such an awful and terrifying disease. There is more 'cancer' talk these days, and a lot of it surrounds survivorship and cure. Stage IV is a different animal, it is a life of tests, meds, side effects, more tests, waiting, fearing, preparing. Cure is not part of the stage iv animal, unfortunately, so there is no going back to the way it use to be 'before cancer'. Anyway, I hope Laura Linney gets the emmy- she deserves it for this incredible role.

In three's

I can't believe these two little guys just turned 3! It is insane.

Well, this auntie got to step up in the role again, to welcome my new niece, Evangeline Kay! She is just the cutest, tiniest little precious munchin of love. It is so hard to be away when they are these tiny little nuggests! Congrats Amy and Todd! Can't wait to see Eve soon!