Laowai

We’re well into March and I have nothing much to report. It’s mostly just Claire and I plugging along and looking forward to some warm weather.

I often drop Claire at school and then go for a walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden. But sometimes instead of the gardens I go for a nice loop down the beach and then back up Sheridan Road. One day last week it was very foggy.

I’ve also been plugging away on my painted stair runner project. Things like this take longer that I expect. Three coats!

It’s nearly done – need add a black stripe along the edge.

I did go for a walk at the botanic garden.

And saw snowdrops.

Claire had some sort of English presentation that involved Jane Austen and cut out cookies. She chose such a sweet combination of shapes!

I am so close to finishing my cable knit sweater – ready to be done! I had to wind a ball of yarn and what better place to do that than in the carpool lane. No kitty interference.

I did some shopping at Vogue fabrics. This photo really shows what this store is like. Uhg. I have a love/ hate relationship.

Claire and I did a little shopping in Evanston and saw these Easter cakes at the bakery.

Swan photo from Switzerland to add to my collection (thanks Brian).

And the rest of this report is just cat hijinks.

I sometimes leave my sewing room door open. The cats like to sneak in and find little items. So I’ll come down in the morning and find a sewing machine foot on the floor in the TV room. Or a spool of thread or a scrap of fabric. They are curious about everything.

Not sure what we were celebrating but Claire decided to make a special treat of treats for the cats. That’s paté style cat treat and cheese (which they loooove) and some crunchy cat treats. Yum.

Yes, we’ve become crazy cat ladies.