an hour

today was a harder day. people were tired/agitated/expected too much

(if things don't exist, how can i deliver them to you?)

so..

trying to stay calm, and not scream at people on the phone or my poor co-workers, i retreated to the park in burbank for my lunch hour

where i rested, read and listened to the wind

a bird's nest

i was surprised by the thick soft grass. comfy!

hope you too get a little vitamin d this week.

and breathe a little deeper

baking in the am

there was a lot of baking going on this morning

and not even noon!

blueberry muffins

chocolate chip & toffee cookies

i'm bringing in the cookies to work. they are not safe in the house.... :)

also, i wandered into the living room this morning and saw this funny scene:

the turtle looked worried about these by the sock monkeys! oh no! (luckily, i moved the monkeys into another room. the turtle is safe again!)

sewing time!

wheeee!!!!

took the sewing 101 class at The Sewing Loung in burbank.

the class was for three days, three hours a day and it really made me excited about sewing!

i made this awesome tote bag with liner.

notice the inside pockets!

and these his and her pajama pants!

the pink ones are mine and the blue ones are for my hubby!

domestic sugar

over the holiday, i snagged my grandmother's cookie dough recipe from my mom. these were my favorite cookies when i was growing up. they are little bon bon cookies with hershey kisses in the center and a small amount of icing on top.

so sunday i started baking....

and last night i took a sewing 101 class at The Sewing Lounge in burbank. It's the first of 3 classes, each 3 hours long. i thought it might be a long time to sew, but it went by super quick! there were only 4 of us. besides going over the basics of sewing, i also made a little pouch with zipper! (and a bottom! which blew my mind) the colors are so bright and candy like.

oh excitement!

can't wait for the other projects to begin.