The Best Laid Plans?

What a crazy weekend this turned it to be!  And who was it that said, "The best laid plans of mice and men..."  Was he ever right! 


It all started back at Thanksgiving.  Yes, that's right.  Back in November 2011 when I caught a cold (or something) that I have yet to get rid of.  I mentioned in my profile that I have issues with my breathing.  It's COPD and it has the potential to cause every little infection or virus to become a major respiratory problem for me.  I've been going through another flare-up and in spite of my doctors' efforts, it is getting the best of me.  But I was absolutely determined to get to the g-kids' taekwondo belt qualifying along with a trip to my LYS (local yarn shop), and both those following an early breakfast at IHOP.  After all, it was Saturday!


My weary self could not get up in time to see the g-kids.  Very disappointing.  Breakfast became brunch - that was acceptable.  The LYS stop was a disaster and that's all I'll say about that, except that now I understand why Steve is so determined that I do not drive by myself.  Enough about that.

Emma and Andy, broken boards in hands, proudly receive their yellow belts from
Master Tim.




Eureka! The three crocheted spectator bags that I began crocheting at about the same time as I started writing Starry Knits are finally complete and have been listed in the shop.         


PIECES, PIECES, EVERYWHERE!
BUT NOT A PURSE IN SIGHT!!

This week I am so proud to announce that Design 89 is launching its 2012 Black and White Spring Line.  These purses are the first pieces in the line and as the season progresses we can look forward to additional styles of bags, several OOAK jewelry items, accessories, and other specialty items, all incorporating the black and white theme.

To see these premier pieces, please do visit the shop, www.design89.etsy.com.

In the meantime, here's a group picture of the Trio of Bags...

 

Many thanks and credit to the designer of the Spectator Bags patterns, Mary Jane Protus, for her lovely creations and to Coats and Clark, Inc. for the .pdf file.

 

By the way, my curiosity got the best of me and I did look up the quote about "the best laid plans of mice and men..."  The line comes from a poem entitled "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough" written in 1785 by the Scots poet Robert Burns. The words so often paraphrased into English and quoted are:

 

"But little Mouse, you are not alone, In you proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid plans of mice and men Often go awry."

And so they do...sometimes.

Warmly,
Maddy