Sewing and Sickness.

Okay.  I didn't clean my bathroom or go to the library yesterday, but I did buy groceries, straighten my house, and sew.  I sewed!  I sewed!  I sewed!  Can you see the silly thing I made? 

It is a bit crazy, but I just used fabrics that I already had and went with the craziness.

This is another Halloween craft I made the other day.  I love the colors, though I'm afraid my photos are a bit lacking!

This is my first attempt at making a table runner and I have to say that it was a lot of fun!  Do you think that this will keep us from piling things onto this table everyday? 

I have a "sick" child at home.  He was stuffy on Sunday and feverish last night, but now he seems fine.  What do you call this?  Is it Worry-the-parents-for-no-reason-Flu?  I was seriously tempted to send him to school this morning because he seems fine and I was hoping for a perfect attendance star (do they still do that?), but there are a million other illnesses floating around his school right now and I don't want a weakened immune system to invite any of those things home.

We've been doing "Home Kindergarten."  Apparently I am no where near as cool as his real teacher.  He's mad at me right now because I'm doing "Writer's Workshop" wrong. 

Grumpy child + A long day at home = Crazy Mama! 

Before I get back to teaching, I have to share one more thing (from The Scenic Route by Binnie Kirshenbaum).  It so fits me today:

"For me, cooking falls apart in the planning stage.  I'll go to the store to buy food for dinner and come back with fresh pasta, and Idaho potato, and a jar of orange marmalade."

I did almost the same thing yesterday, except I bought yogurt instead of marmalade.  I have spent the day trying to come up with a meal that will satisfy a slightly picky six-year-old, a super-picky husband, and me--a woman who enjoys food that has "taste."  Why is this such a chore every single day???  I have decided on spaghetti and meat sauce.  One third of the people in my house will enjoy this.  Can you guess which third?