There is no picture of the event I am about to describe, so you are going to have to use your imaginations. But first, a little story.
These are the glasses Mom uses when she drinks. Mom says everybody has glasses. Our glasses look ordinary, but Mom says they are special. How special?
Mom says they are "Picardie" glasses, made in France and made by
Duralex. Mom has had some for 30 years. Yes, that's right. Some of these glasses are 30 years old. Back when Mr Karate was in college and got an apartment with 3 other guys, Mom bought him a dozen and another dozen for herself.
How, you are wondering, does a glass last 30 years? Each of Mr Karate's roommates brought glasses when they moved into the apartment, but only Mr Karate packed his glasses when they moved out.
These Duralex glasses are tempered, that's why. Mom says they are made of the same stuff that windshields on metal machines are made from. This means the glasses are very tough and practically indestructible. They can get banged around, even dropped on the floor, and they won't break.
Unless.
Over time, if a glass gets bumped and dropped enough, the molecules inside rearrange themselves. And then one time, the merest little tap will cause one of these glasses to explode into a veritable army of squarish pieces that will fly everywhere.
Mom was emptying the dishwasher the other night, while she was making her dinner. She lifted one of these glasses out of the top rack, and bumped it gently against something. The glass shattered, sending little fragments in the dishwasher, on the counter, on the floor.... all over the place. Now these little pieces are not sharp like ordinary glass, and that's a good thing, but they are still glass and Mom had to stop what she was doing and clean it all up right away.
I, of course, ran like hell when I heard the sound.
Which is why you have to use your imaginations.
You may remember that Mom bought me a heated cat cup last winter.
Thanks! I have to give this to seven friends! (Only seven? You guys ALL deserve it).
I got a lot of snuggling time with Mom yesterday. She took a nap in the middle of the day, and I lay down next to her. Later, we watched my pals, the guys named Pat win their game.
I know how to do Easy... naturally Mom is running around doing all kinds of silly stuff. Although, she has finished the letters of her alphabet, and she'll be posting the pictures on her quilting blog soon.
This is the Maple tree in the back yard. This is the view from the kitchen window. Mom will be sewing her letters today. She has made them all through S. Tomorrow she will try to finish the last 7. She's got to do some housework too.
I'll be napping. I'm no fool.
Mom has been chasing me around with her little digital camera. I don't like it when it flashes in my face. So I make sure to keep an eye on her when she's got it out. She tries to pretend she isn't going to take my picture, but I'm no dummy. I watch the little red light flash just before she clicks the button. That's why she hardly ever gets pictures of my with my eyes closed.
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G
8. H
9. I
10. J
11. K
12. L
13. M
Mom has decided to extend the Whatever She Wants plan. This week she is only sewing what she wants, and she wants to work on these letters.
She will be making all 26 letters of the alphabet, each letter in a different color. She will make upper case and lower case letters with both black and white backgrounds, as you see here.
Mom cooked dinner for Mr Karate and his friends Rhette and Sharon last night, and the meal was a big hit.
She gave me lots of scritches.
She did all the dishes, most of the laundry and dragged the rug sucking monster all over the house. She went food hunting and brought back all kinds of stuff.
They don't do much for me, but she says Mr Karate is going to squee big time when he realizes what is in them. It is cookie dough. From the top these are dough for her Mocha Chip Cookies with Almonds, White Chocolate Chip Cookies with Peanuts and Dried Cranberries (Mr Karate's favorite), and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies with Apricots and Walnuts.
So today, Mom is going to do whatever she wants. Naturally I will make sure to get my pets and scritches, because I know she needs those, but otherwise, she's just going to sew, bake and generally enjoy the weekend. It is rainy out, so it will be good day to do something inside that makes her feel good.
and you can look at the special Google Doodles designed over the years. So Mom will be checking that out later. She'll also be reading Google's own blog about it.
Hmm.... what's this all about... Mom, why are you giving it a haircut?
That just doesn't look right.
So when she sits in her recliner, I run over and get next to her so she can give me some pets and scritches. I don't always stay long. Maybe half an hour. But it's enough.
It is by Mary Transom, from New Zealand, and is called "Memories of Roses." It is machine pieced, machine appliqued and machine quilted. Mom said it was magnificent.
Mom says they are "Picardie" glasses, made in France and made by Duralex. Mom has had some for 30 years. Yes, that's right. Some of these glasses are 30 years old. Back when Mr Karate was in college and got an apartment with 3 other guys, Mom bought him a dozen and another dozen for herself.
