Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

Well, the 16th didn't turn out to be the day of rest I was hoping for, but I did get to rest yesterday. OF COURSE, the cold's grief had mostly passed by yesterday, but I said, what the heck and grabbed the day.

I sat on my folded up Country Nights Afghan on the floor in front of the tv with my cups of tea and CIC knitting, watching Cary Grant movies on TCM and Samantha Brown's travels to Interlaken (to wake up to the Alps every morning - that surely must be what heaven is like, but then I was always jealous of Heidi, who got to live in the mountains with grandfather) and Marseilles.

I've got 7 pairs of CIC socks done already! And I only began a few days ago. Now I know I said I'd get these designs done first, but I haven't done even a piddly amount of work on these unfinished designs since this cold hit.

I have, however, had to spend many hours printing orders for retail and wholesale customers (which is why I couldn't really rest until yesterday) - but is not a gripe in the least! - I am grateful for each and every order, which helps put food on the table.

Today, I've spent many hours answering an 18-question email interview that a new shop account may be putting into one of their upcoming newsletters, which goes out to 10,000 customers! Hence the many hours spent tweaking my answers.

What am I lacking? A decent, recent photo of myself. I photograph designs all the time. I've photographed the house a gazillion times, for the agent to choose listing photos, but do we ever have good pictures of ourselves taken - nope! The one on my blog is about 10 years old. Not that I've changed - you know we boomers refuse to age, dontcha! - but it wasn't a great shot to begin with, just the best I had.

So, unbeknownst to hubby, that'll be his chore this weekend - to take pictures until I see one I like.

Onward.