just distracted. and can you blame me? look at the weather! i've been trying to find something...anything ...to do other than realize it is crummy and raining out. i guess it has only been raining for a couple of days and i have been a.w.o.l. for longer than that but i have an excuse. really! i've been re-learning how to sew! well sort of... exhibit a: the first project on my new machine! view b: it's a maternity top! ha! no really it is a blouse. but it's enormous and those gathers in the front are doing nothing for me. well they definitely do something... but it's nothing good! fortunately i do know someone who is preggers. (no i am not!) and she'll be trying the top on tomorrow before we go shopping for baby bedroom set patterns and fabric! i am having so much fun getting ready for baby. i like this side of it...shopping, sewing, and knitting. all the fun bits with no morning sickness, no belly, and no baby! speaking of baby. she will be the recipi