Damage Control

Although all of your comments on my Day in Pictures series were very very nice and I loved them all, especially the ones about my self portrait, I still feel that maybe I was a little too 'uplifting' in revealing so much about myself. So, this post is all about damage control, and is an attempt to successfully create the false impression that my life isn't that way at all - all the time, everyday.

For Thanksgiving, I made 5 dozen of my late mother -in-law Cherie's crescent rolls for the first time - from scratch. These are not from a paper tube people! I executed the recipe flawlessly, and baked them to sublime perfection.

A few years ago I had the brilliant idea to buy the girls a special ornament each year that represented a personality trait or current interest/obsession. I want them to have a festive collection to take with them when they leave home someday. Here are a few examples.

Ella 2007

Eva 2006

Sophie 2006

Tonight I finished an apron for Eva that I started yesterday.

I bought some pattern paper and traced a smaller version of the pattern I'd already used. Eva wasn't awake to serve as a model, so I pinned it on the wall next to our beautiful Christmas tree that spins.

Turns out, in addition to being a superior baker of crescent rolls, I'm also a superior seamstress. Who knew?

Please take note of my meticulous attention to detail

What says future domestic goddess better than pink skulls & bones next to black hearts? Nothing!

Now I'm off to tidy up a few things - but only a few. I'm so awesome, I had all the housework done and dinner cleaned-up before I sat down to finish Eva's apron ;-)