MONDAY MONDAY

Do you have any projects in your basket that are the stitchy equivalent of a Valium?

I'm happy to report that for me it's turning out to be Shepherd's Bush Thoughtful Heart. Every time I pick this up, I feel like I'm sinking into a warm bubble bath and that the world has just fallen away. The house is clean, the clothes are washed, the dog is perfectly behaved, and I'm a petite blonde supermodel triathlete who has just won the PowerBall. (Oh, and my boyfriend Jeffrey Dean Morgan is standing by in a tuxedo waiting to take me to dinner. In Paris.)

We had stitchy weekend here at Chez Spinster, but I'm sure Stewey would tell you that the highlight of it all was his Saturday morning excursion to PetSmart with his new BFF. Aunt Chrissy decided that she and Stewey would have a little "together" time, so she picked him up bright and early and then spoiled him rotten with some new toys and treats.

The first thing on their shopping list was a new ball for Zhu Zhu, since the one that came with Zhu Zhu has a propensity for breaking open during play, thus resulting in Mommie having to run screaming through the house "DROP IT! DROP IT! DROP IT RIGHT NOW!". Unfortunately, the new hamster ball bit the dust after about 20 minutes of Evil Stewey bashing it about the floorboards.

(Evil Stewey is a little monster that appears every now and then to terrorize us. He is especially vicious when it comes to hard plastic balls, and he gnashes at them and chases them into walls until Tylenol and bloodshed show up.)

(Everyday Stewey thinks he is quite the barbarian, and although bears a striking resemblance, is in no way related to him.)

I've wanted to try wool applique for quite some time now, so Saturday I tried my hand at this:

I know it's just a beginner kit, but it was exactly what I wanted to see if more of this type of thing will be in my future. I think it will, but I need to learn to relax a bit and not try to make the stitches PERFECT. By the time I had spent an hour or so on that buttonhole stitch my shoulders were in my ears and my teeth were sore from all of the clenching.

Not much else to report today, other than the fact that we had a damn good pot roast for Sunday Dinner last night. I wish I could take all of the credit for it, but alas, I cannot. My only contribution to the meal was the roasted sweet potatoes with brussel sprouts and garlic and a bunch of boo hoo hoos when they showed the soldiers watching the Super Bowl. (What can I say? I get very emotional when it comes to heroes in uniform.)

Looks like I better get to it...I sense a disturbance in the force that will probably involve some laundry and housecleaning today. Happy Monday!