David and Daisy

Fabric, Dreams and Life

My Over-the-Top To-Do List for The Next Week

We’ve been away for a few days – a Cape May visit.  And our basement flooded, because the county “fixed” our curbs and blocked our drainage.  And there are a quite a few other things that have been going on, all contributing to the lack-of-use of my nice, new sewing room. So here is my [...]

Distraction #47 – Fire Truck Birthday Cake

I spent 2 nights this past week making these cakes for a certain now-3-year-old’s birthday party. So yeah, no sewing lately.

And we can’t forget the burning building!

Sewing Disrupted by … Flooding!

We had a crazy storm last night.  Thankfully we were downstairs when we noticed that the sump pump was running like mad, and smelled like it was burning. I spent last night and all day today cleaning this …

There used to be tiles on that floor.  Yeah, they were ugly, so I guess it wasn’t [...]

I did it!

I ran the 10 mile race in DC yesterday!

It was great – well, my knees don’t agree today – but it was perfect weather and a great run. The race is fast and flat, and there are so many people running that I got carried along at a very fast pace for the first 5 [...]

A new week

I’ve been sick … again.  Ugh!  So no sewing this past weekend, even though I was all excited to have a new pair of pants.  So what did I do this weekend, besides sneeze and sleep? Plan for a dinner party this coming weekend! Hopefully no more sniffles from me after today so I can enjoy [...]

Training

I feel awful lately. Out of shape.  It’s cold.  It’s miserable.  It’s snowy, off and on.   But I have a 10 mile run in Washington DC to think about!
I found this 15K training program schedule. I’ve trained for a 1/2 marathon before, back in 2004  (the Tybee Half Marathon in Savannah GA).  So I know [...]

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