December 2009
16 posts
I love Cia's Palette! →
Cia’s, located in Minneapolis, has gorgeous fabric … and, she will ship to me here in Mexico! I haven’t found anyone else who will and she does it all with a smile. Fabric lovers, check her out … her selection is beautiful. I just placed an order and can’t wait to get a package here in Mexico. The fabric here is so disappointing. I went to a huge fabric store in...
we are here . . . in the place I love
After a grueling trip and tons of gratitude to my son, Zac, for making it all okay and as easy as possible, we are here in Puerto Morelos. My house, sweet as ever, looks great and a few touches of Christmas here and there remind me that it really is December and soon so many of my family will be here for the holiday! The zocolo is festive! A huge and, um, interesting plastic Christmas Tree in...
Upgraded to First Class! And for free… Zac, Buddy and I will arrive happy the day after tomorrow. Yippee!
snow
snow and more snow and then drippy icy rain … perfect getting out of town weather for someone like me and now I know why that mouse ducked into my basement last night. Her (his?) version of the tropics …
a cloudy grey day here in New England and I am dreaming of Mexico … just one week from today and Zac and Buddy and I will be there by this time next Monday. Today, in the basement, surrounded by the unpacking and repacking and trying in vain to somehow whittle it all down it seems a long way away …
Last night I finished six aprons for an order that needed to be done before I leave...
Monday, December 14th is the day I leave for Mexico! Packing, packing packing … tons of art supplies for the classes I’m teaching, piles of fabric, beautiful colorful spools of thread, as much paint as I can carry and paper and lovely beautiful things to create with.