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She died. By the time I posted about my co-workers mom, she had died. Hospice never even started. What else to do you say? It just sucks.

I didn’t feel the earthquake, but did wonder why my cat ran across my face in the middle of the night. I did, however, feel the aftershock this morning. It is the first earthquake I’ve felt. It was more than a little unnerving.

Looks, like I’m bad at keeping up with the St. Louis Fashion Week info. A Dress A Day details the scenario beautifully. Frankly, I’m embarassed. Someone should offer an apology and since the designer doesn’t think it is a big deal, the St. Louis Fashion Week Committee should. This is why I’m sometimes afraid to say I studied Fashion Design–I don’t want people to assume I’m in it for the “glamour.” I love the art, actually. Sewing, or having someone else, sew up a pattern and passing it off as your own is just awful. I’m not dogging sewing from a pattern–I’ve learned a lot sewing up store-bought patterns and the majority of the things I’ve made come from them–even if partially. I just don’t have the room required to draft everything and my drafting skills could use a good amount of practice. The problem is when people are misled to think it is an original design.

Yesterday evening I survived a bike ride. We rode around our house on a two-lane road that gets a good amount traffic around rush hour. We left the house at 5:30 and returned around 6:30. My feet were clipped into the pedals. I fell over in the parking lot before we started and should have taken that as a clue to turn around immediately. Several cars were very polite. The road we were on is labeled as a bike path. Some cars, however, were beyond rude. We stopped at stop signs and were taking our turn and they didn’t bother to notice us–read almost hit us and just kept going–no apologies. It was plently day light and we were wearing bright colors. Also, several people were in a hurry and would drive so close to us I could have grabbed on and been pulled along without trying too hard. I really want to switch back to my “normal” pedals–no clips. But I have a good amount of time and hope to get more and more comfortable before the big day. I don’t mind riding outdoors. Normally where we go for group training is great–but it is on a bike path only. No cars to deal with!

Peace,

^_^ Katy

I can’t seem to keep up with this daily! I’m impressed with everyone who does!

I realize it isn’t winter-but this weird sunny and warm for a few days, then cold and rainy for the next few days is getting old. Especially with the addition of allergies! Hopefully my allergy meds and better sleep will get me feeling better in a hurry. 

I haven’t worked out since Monday morning–and my body is aching to get out! I plan on a nice slow, long run after work. Then, I will work on the dress and show you the progress. I was actually a lot further along than I thought. Happy surprises.

Also, weighing heavily on the mind is one of our Team in Training teammates dropped out. He is a survivor and his cancer came back. His wife is still participating. Things like that shake you back into realizing some of the “huge” things in your life–i.e. UFOs, busy schedules, etc.–aren’t huge at all. One great thing from this is there will be a huge push in St. Louis in early May offering free bone marrow donor tests. It is merely a mouth swab. If you match, blood will be drawn. But if you match you can save a life!

In other news, some dear friends just returned from a well-deserved vacation in Provence. They flew into Avignon–which I visited in the summer of 2002! They brought back lovely photos–the carasoul is still in the middle of the town! They also brought back a tea towel. The first thing I did was cover my face in it and breathe. It smells of lavender and brought back such happy memories. Ah…

African Kelli is blogging about National Public Health Week. Her insights are great.

Lastly, I was just notified my library book–they had to pull it from another branch–is available. I will be reading about silk. Hopefully with a bit more understanding I’ll properly respect the fabric and have better luck with my project. Have I mentioned how much I love libraries? They are awesome, awesome places.

Peace,

^_^

Christina, who I’ve never talked to before, but I adore her blog, Assorted Notions listed this Simplicity Sewing Contest. The top to prizes are a trip to Paris and a trip to New York City. Why wouldn’t one enter?

Peace,

Katy ^_^

These were a sweet encouragement from my sweetie. He apologized he sent them on a Friday, as opposed to Monday–so I could enjoy them all week. Needless to say, they are still gorgeous. I like the blurred background.

Peace,

^_^

No, no I’m not already preparing for Christmas 2009–though I wouldn’t be surprised to see decorations in stores soon. It seems they start putting them out early and earlier.

Corset–check. No new weekend duties–check. Finishing all workouts–check, check. Yep, I did it!

Peace,

^_^ Katy

I grew up on the old Nintendo. The original one with the gray gun–not the orange one. My brother and I got it when I was in kindergarten and he was in fourth grade for getting good grades. We’d sit in chairs, his in front of mine, and play Top Gun and fall out of the chairs when we were hit. I got blisters on my thumb from pushing the A button so much. I loved the original Super Mario Brothers. I was able to beat the entire game, after warping in Level 1.2 to Level 4 and then to Level 8.

Ask my BFF. I’d end up at her house playing Ninja Turtles on the Nintendo with her little brother. I liked playing with him because I was older–and a little better at the game. Whatever works, right?

Well, my husband and I now have a Wii. I highly recommend a Wii to anyone. It is a GREAT party pleaser. We recently acquired the game–Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I love that it goes very retro with the characters and sounds all the way back to the original Nintendo days. There are Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Yoshi and more of the original characters. 

Last night we were on the level with Link and Yoshi–being a lady, I let him be Link. I was getting annoyed with Yoshi’s hoppiness. Then towards the end of the level, we think, there were several disappearing platforms you had to jump up and then catch onto a ladder. He couldn’t get Link to jump consistently high enough. So I took his controls and fiddled and out popped Link’s grappeling hook. I suggested he use that. He said it didn’t work. So we tried a bit more and only got more frustrated and turned the game off for the night. Today he tells me he’s looked up how to get past that point. Seems the grappeling hook was the answer.

So, now I’m gloating that I figured out the video game before him. He said it wasn’t a big deal and he didn’t care. But it is a big deal. I was always the less-experienced player that would die first. This is a huge deal.

Enjoying my little victory.

Peace,

^_^

Here’s the inspiration. We’ll see what my hands turn out this weekend.


All images from style.com.

Don’t worry, I will spend plenty of time outside. It is supposed to be in the 50′s. Yay, so all traces of snow will be wiped out!

Peace,

^-^Katy