Mavash's warm milk and other delights

Ahhhh, soothing comfort food! Who would believe such a simple recipe could produce such a wonderful feeling of well being. Warm a cup of milk (nonfat is good) in the microwave, stir in about 1/8 cup (or to taste) of honey, sprinkle generously with cinnamon, stir, and sit back and sip. Mavash made this for us many times this past weekend. Instantly relaxing, warm, and with the first sip, you know you've been craving this delight for a long time!

I subscribe to the sockknitters group in yahoo, and I learn so much reading the posts from these knitters - young and old. Here's a site I found on the list this morning:
http://www.fluffbuff.com/2006/07/tubular_caston_without_the_was_1.html

This particular page isn't the most fascinating for those who aren't interested in learning the Italian way for a tubular caston, but if you click Main and begin to explore the blog, it's pretty amazing. Crafts are not dead in America. Young women, as well as older women, are knitting and sewing and exploring in depth! So encouraging. There's so much satisfaction in working with your hands. I would encourage anyone to give it a try, whether it's with paper, fabric, yarn, or whatever. I am amazed at the works that are out there now - just amazed!

UPS called yesterday to make sure we would be home to accept a signature-required delivery from Florida. We knew it was Donna's birth certificate, required for the courts when the adoption proceedings go through for Erica. I stayed home all day waiting for UPS to come, but nothing happened. When Lauren arrived home we learned that UPS had been here, but our doorbell no longer works and so I didn't know it.

We were on our way to the movies, but decided to stop by the UPS store, nearby, first. We learned that Hector, our neighborhood's UPS driver, would be stopping at the store around 6:00, so we hung around and, sure enough, Hector drove up about 6:30 and had the package. Hooray!!! Delightful that Hector knows Lauren and had no problems locating the package and no hesitation to let Lauren sign for it and accept it on the spot. The certificate is now on its way back to Florida, to the Secretary of State, who will add the additional certifications required to present to the courts in the Philippines. I hope I get to hand carry the authenticated certificate to Donna. Wouldn't it be swell if the adoption were finalized while I was there with them? I hope it happens soon. It has been so long in the works!

Amazing how much time I can spend putzing around with this or that and let the time fly away. Yesterday, I decided to stay on target with one task - to rip out a white muslin lining from a shrug I made a couple years ago (the lining looked so tacky - but who would have guessed that I would end up liking the shrug!) and replace it with some complementary print instead. Much, much better. I did it one better this time, too, and interlined it with some cotton batting. I need to do some machine quilting to hold the layers together better, but I think I will enjoy wearing this much more than I did with the muslin lining.


Now, if I just don't postpone finishing it!!! In the meantime, I'm off to market (Joann's Fabrics, Kohls, Henry's, Stater Brothers, WalMart) ... another day on the way!