Red and Purple?

For three whole, entire days I really believed I was going to work on Agnes until either she was finished or my fingers bled. I thought she was the most beautiful design in the world and could fulfill my every stitching desire. And then I came upon this freebie from Heartstrings Primitives and I was seized with a desperate longing to stitch purple and red together. And mismatched greens. And blues and other purples. And a weird mustard-y-brown.

The story of this little sampler is AMAZING! Why do these things not happen to me? ;) At any rate, I am stitching Unna von Bergen 1869. My color scheme is even more lurid than the original being that I cannot properly read a chart. *sigh* But I don't think it really matters; it is the sheer gutsy-ness (am I making up words or just spelling them wrong?) of these colors mixed together that astounds.

Here is little Nutmeg curled up under the warmest blanket in the house drinking ----COFFEE!? I need to have a word with Louisiana Man!

Note to self #76398

Dear Michele,

Please file this away for future reference: Nutmeg is smarter than you are, and will outfox you every time. Do not assign pages for reading, and ask her to write down 2 interesting facts. An experienced teacher would already see the danger signs.

(She handed me a blank page, and told me there was nothing interesting in the passage!)

Pixie Wood

When I am super-stressed and overwhelmed by all the things I should be doing, I start new projects!

I would like to introduce my daughter, Nutmeg, to you all, and invite you to the premiere of her new blog, Pixie Wood. Nutmeg plans to welcome you to her busy world of school, friends, swimming, dance and church. She also intends to review books and also post some stories she writes. I hope you enjoy Nutmeg's blog!

Unromantic?

I am having a really difficult time getting Nutmeg down to school this morning. Last week she got her 4/5 year shots (yes, I know she is 7), and her legs hurt so much, I let her do school on the couch. That set up some really bad habits. This morning, she has a cough and a headache and cannot possibly do lessons. I sent her to her room with Tylen@l. Then I sent her dad up to check on her. She told him the problem is that school is so unromantic!

I'm giving her 10 more minutes for the meds to kick in and then it is down to the schoolroom! Unromantic! Pah!