Sunday, November 21, 2010

Stitching for Frustrated Vikings Fans

For all of us die hard Minnesota Viking fans, this season has not been what we all hoped for. For our Fairy God Father Brett Favre, it must be more of a nightmare. Tomorrow we face the Green Bay Packers. A border battle like none other. I plan to hand applique my way through the game. I gave up nail biting years ago, so I had to do something to keep my mind and hands busy!

Today I attended a Culinary Arts Festival sponsored by the Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning. Living here in the vast tundra of Northern Minnesota, we rarely get a taste of authentic Korean, Japanese, cuisine, and the Venezuelan samplings were a first!  The people I met were lovely, and getting me out of my routine was a good thing! I definitely need to get out more....

Yesterday, I traded in my tired blond locks for a colorful red color for the winter. Why not? Changing my hair color is fun, and seeing a new face staring back at me in the mirror is always refreshing. There you have it folks, I'm a closet red head.

I went to my favorite Aveda salon, The Bee Hive, and treated myself to a scented candle, labeled Grounding Ritual, which filled my home with the most comforting fragrance. While getting my hair done, they offered me hot tea. Their own Aveda Comforting Tea. It has amazing flavor, and is naturally sweet. Since I usually have too much sugar and milk in my tea, finding a tea that has this much flavor on it's own, made it worth every copper penny I spent!  This is my way of saying...Happy Birthday to me! even if I'm a couple of weeks early.

I hope you are all keeping warm. Here are more photos of my progress. Wool applique....is addicting.