WHAT'S THAT GLOWING BALL OF FIRE IN THE SKY?

It's right about this time every year that I question the wisdom of living here in Hoosierville. It seems that we go for months and months without seeing the sun, so on days that it makes an appearance we want to run right out to bask in its glory. This, of course, is rather problematic when there are eighty two feet of snow on the ground, but we do what we can to catch a few rays.

I finished the first lesson of the Laura J. Perin cyber class and am almost through the second. At this rate I might actually be on track by the time Lesson Three comes my way!

Thanks to Ms. Ruth Schmuff Her Very Self over there at Bedecked and Beadazzled, I am now ready to start a project that I've had on my back burner for about three years. I've pulled threads for this particular project at least a dozen times, but somehow I just never got it quite right. So...BAM! One pitiful email to Ms. Ruth explaining what it was I wanted to do, and I'm off to the races! I suppose that this is the final confirmation that when it comes to thread and stitch selection, I should just leave it up to the professionals and be done with it. The project is Mr. Tony Minier's Stars for the New Millenium, and if you're a blog reader you already know that several stitchers out there are working on this amazing piece. So I guess this is me...pulling my fat little self right up to the table. Anywhoose....here's the colorway that I'm going to use:

Stewey knows that Spring Break is only a few weeks away, so he's decided to get a good start on his base tan. He's asked to go to the Great Barrier Reef this year, but methinks that's a little too far for a pup of his relative size and age to travel unaccompanied. I'm thinking that a few inches of water in the tub combined with the addition of a rubber duck, and he'll be all set.

I hope you're off to a good start to the weekend and that wherever you are is exactly where you want to be. Stay warm and safe and dry out there, kids...we'll see you on Monday!