The news just keeps getting worse … and in spite of completely swearing off television news (local, national, and MSNBC), it’s hard to avoid since I still read the New York Times every day.
Thank goodness for Jon Stewart and the Daily Show … although even they can’t completely gloss the reality.
My personal news is more pedestrian. It was a relief to go to my annual physical and have absolutely no questions or concerns. Although I did ask them to check my height and discovered I’ve shrunk 1.5” from my one-time height of five feet six and a half inches (I always added that half inch, like a proud child announcing their age). My grandkids will likely be delighted that they’re even closer to surpassing me in height.
Sadly, my weight is trending in the opposite direction, necessitating multiple purchases in a new clothing size this past year. But my doctor commended me, saying more weight-bearing is good for my osteoporosis. I’m skeptical, but whatever you say Doc.
In stitching news, I dismantled these two bags, made 8 years ago …
and plan to repurpose them into table placemats …
since the placemats I made 14 years ago are getting threadbare. Nothing is forever, but I do like to keep using and re-using cloth as long as possible. Besides which, I’m over carrying large shoulder bags weighed down with “stuff” now that I’ve converted to a much lighter crossbody bag (a $100 leather bag found at a local antique store for $25). It doesn’t take much to make me happy.
