The last one

I figured the last post of the year shouldn't be me lamenting how I've gotten nothing done.  Not that I really have anything brilliant or witty to say on this post, nothing really to say at all.

Because it should extend beyond ANY season....

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. ~ Brooks Atkinson

Motivation

I am horribly unmotivated....so far my weekend has been full of sleep, dog walks, and naps. 

The only thing I did today was in the kitchen....

Oatmeal apple biscuits.  Atticus isn't a fan.

And cheese biscuits.  Which Atticus kept trying to steal off the counter.

I also have chicken and beer in the crockpot (at the suggestion of a co-worker).  I'm not sure how it'll taste, but my apartment smells pretty good.

Now the trick is staying up long enough to eat it.  

I live my daydreams in music. ~ Albert Einstein

Back to the grind

I guess its back to normal life...

"I never met a pearl quite like you
who could shimmer and rot at the same time through
there's never been a better time than this
To bite the hand of the frost bitten eminence."
~ The Distillers

Majestic



Somewhere between Chicago and Harrisburg



In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own. 

~ Steven Kloves, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

De-stressing

Finally in the home stretch of the sewing frenzy.  Got all my big stuff done.  Still haven't received my specialty fabrics so I need to make my nephew an alternative present, which I actually have all picked out and ready to go. 

But here represents several hours...

Many more hours....

Oh, and I also need to figure out what to do with him...

I even managed to get all these done so I could meet up with some board-gamers yesterday and play for 5 hours.  Awesome.

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart. ~ Francesco Guicciardini

Rain

Atticus took one look outside this morning and came right back in.

Outside my back porch.  Lake #1.  You can actual see the raindrops in the water...

Lake #2.  Only created when there's too much rain.  Like today.

I'd much rather rain than snow.  I don't think Atticus agrees.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Real quick

A quick shot of my mom's birthday present....

The lines in the middle are actually hidden pockets.  I'm pretty impressed with the way it turned out.

I finally get to post this - its been sitting around for almost a month!  Happy birthday (yesterday), mom!

Every now and then,
when the world sits just right,
a gentle breath of heaven
fills my soul with delight...
~ Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott