My mom is in the hospital, hopefully will go home tomorrow; she went in with chest pain, and I was afraid it was another heart attack. But, it’s pneumonia. There must be a pleurisy element to it; because it’s been very painful. I made macaroni and cheese and brought her some for dinner tonight. No [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Mac and Cheese and Mom
Posted in healthy cooking on December 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My Very Beautiful Bathroom Tile
Posted in my home improvements, tagged Absolute Installation Tucson, Duct tape Shower Fixtures, Tucson Custom TIle, Tucson Floor and Bathroom Tile on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, my bathroom bath/shower was tiled and new plumbing fixtures were installed. The plumber came one morning as I was getting ready for work. When I heard him say, from the bathroom, “you’ve got to see this”, followed by him coming out to show me a cell phone photo…well, I knew my old house [...]
Pincushion Deadline Met!
Posted in Art Projects, tagged Handmade Pincushions on December 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Here’s my very humble, finished pincushion, all ready for tomorrow’s pincushion exchange: I put a magnet on the back for added utility; here it is stuck to my sewing lamp:
Pincushion Update
Posted in Art Projects, tagged handmade pincushion on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pincushion is coming along. Here’s the base, a large vitamin bottle cap with blue felt stitched around the sides with dyed silk yarn: The base, in theory, will sit on some flower petal shapes: Here are the shapes, the one the top is finished, the other three need to be sewn and have the [...]
Pincushion
Posted in Art Projects on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, this is really the beginning of a pincushion. It’s for my art quilt group’s Christmas pincushion exchange. The plastic white bottle cap will be the base for a pincushion flower. As if cutting the felt wasn’t hard enough, gluing it on took for-ev-er. This is what is really hard about being an artist. If [...]
Happy Birthday
Posted in Aylward/O'Neil family on December 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today is my dad’s birthday–2 days ago it was our friend Gloria’s birthday. So yesterday–the day in between–I went to Sonoita, where they both live, and brought a chocolate cake I’d made, with both of their names on top. My folks invited some of their friends over to share: The cake was very yummy. It’s [...]
