So, apparently, I watch more romantic comedies than I realized, because I think I’ve seen most of the ones you guys have listed so far!

So, here’s the really cute thing I made last night:

An hour, tops.  I intended to work on a little dress for Hannah’s Bitty Baby, but the pattern I was using was intended for a real baby, and instead of modifying it for the smaller doll, I thought, “Hellooo, you have a brand-new niece arriving in the next 2 weeks, maybe you should just make a dress for her.”

So, I did.

It’s based on this tutorial:  Itty Bitty Baby Dress, which calls for piping at the waist, and purchased bias binding for the hem — I skipped the piping and just turned a hem.

It was ridiculously simply, the bodice just ties at the shoulders, the skirt was made out of 2 rectangles.  When I make another one, I might take a little bit longer to do some nicer seam finishing, but for a first try, I think it turned out pretty sweet.  I’ll be anxious to see if it even fits the new little person, and I promise (since I’m going to the post office every 5 minutes shipping orders…) to actually MAIL this before the new little person arrives.

Over the weekend, when I was suffering, I did spend some time knitting.  (Well, I didn’t on Sunday, omstly on Sunday I Just lay in my bed and moaned).  But Saturday Monday?  I totally cranked out some knitting.  Not the socks.  I couldn’t face those little bitty needles.  But I finished the parts for the knitting project I teased you with a few weeks ago:

It’s a stuffed monster.  Apparently I can’t count, and made too many ears.  I still have to stuff it, sew it all together and attach the eyes.

The pattern is Penelope the Empathetic Monster.

I also decided that because I was sick, and because..well, just becaues, I deserved to start a new project.  This is a long-term knitting project:

It’s from the Mason-Dixon book Knitting Outside the Lines and is a blanket called Liberty. (Ravelry link)  It doesn’t look like much right now, but hooo boy is it purty…

And with that, I must sign off, and return to the grindstone for a short while before I head up to take my darling husband out for lunch.  Tuesday was our 14th anniversary, and I was so not up to eating much more than toast that day.  I’ve got my appetite today, though, and am even planning to order dessert!!

And I was totally going to post a picture and show it off, only my camera is at the shop, because it has some other pictures on it that I was totally going to download and post about earlier today, only…I forgot.

I’d grab Mark’s camera, but I have the worst luck with that piece of crap, so, you’ll just have to wait in eager anticipation, knowing that I have some really cute things to share.

I’ll even write myself a note, so that I can hopefully remember.  I’ve not been having a lot of luck with making Mental Notes.

Here’s a question for you:  I just watched the movie Miss Congeniality (yes, I’m WAY behind the times…), and I really enjoyed it.   I could go ask Netflix for recommendations of movies, but I thought I’d poll the peanut gallery for some of your favorite romantic comedies from the last few years.  Any suggestions??

I have to watch romantic comedies by myself.  It’s not so much that Mark refuses, it’s just that they put him to sleep, and there’s really no point in him even bothering.

Speaking of sleep, I really ought to go to bed, but I’m sporting a really wicked cough, and am not really looking forward to trying to sleep.  Mark’s not really looking forward to it, either.  He is a pretty sound sleeper, but…

I have to say, though, there is nothing worse than laying in bed, wanting (needing!) to go to sleep, and listening to your husband breathing the slow…deep…breathing…of someone who is soundly asleep.  He doesn’t really snore, but sometimes he’ll be in a position where his slow…deep…breathing…is sort of snore-like and…I’ve never actually considered smothering him, but…it’s tempting.  Thankfully, nudging works, and I only feel the tiniest bit of guilt for doing so.

OK, leave me your movie suggestions, and I promise to share some fabric and yarn cuteness tomorrow.  If I can remember my name by then.

I have been so productive the last few days.

Not.

The only thing I’ve produced is a trashcan full of tissues.  I haven’t been this sick in YEARS.  Sure, I’ve had colds, but I haven’t been this flattened by a virus since…I can’t even remember when.

The main entertainment has been trading jokes with my husband about what music he’s going to play at my memorial service.

I am feeling a little more human today, but not by much.   I wish I could say I’ve been sleeping a lot, but sleep seems to be eluding me.  I ran through several TV shows on DVD over the weekend, but have had to resort to regular TV today.  We don’t have cable, or satellite, so it’s been pretty slim pickings.

So, yeah.  I think I’ll go lay back down now. Sitting up and typing seems to have wiped me back out.