I spent the day making a large felt bee and a bunch of paper flowers for my children’s book. It was great fun and I’m feeling better about my deadlines. I’m still a little behind but I think I can pull it off this week. I feel better about all my projects. I’m having great fun. I even figured out how to enjoy drawing my self portraits for my sketchbook each week. I was thinking of them as this big pain in the ass chore when all I needed to do was loosen up and have some fun with them. Now I look forward to them. I’ll try to do two every day this week so that I’m totally caught up.
Last night Tom and I went to Le Jardiniere for our valentine’s day dinner. It was expensive but very, very good. I had a new kind of desert wine. I believe it’s made from Lacrima grapes. Our waiter says they hang the grapes and let the juices drip out. It’s similar to a port but much more mellow, less syrupy and very delightful. I suppose it’s pretty similar to the french Banyuls, I love so much which is why our waiter recommended it to me. I will keep my eyes out for it. I love desert wines.
Tonight we used the ice cream maker that Tom’s sister Liz gave us.It is so wonderful to have an ice cream maker. I wish we had time for dinner parties right now because everyone needs to eat our ice cream. It seems that Tom’s family is trying to fatten me up. Tom’s other sister Hildreth brought us giant pizza slices and a bag of bagels from New York. What am I gonna do? I’m supposed to be loosing and this week I gained. I’m 10 pounds away from my target goal for March 1st. Um, not gonna make that!