I awoke early this morning....actually really early, probably around 4....but after getting up and padding around the house in my warm uggs....(I still think that name means Ugly, but they are sooooo comfy!...), I finally decided to get back in bed and try to get some more sleep....two hours later, and I am up for good! The house is a little chilly...not cold exactly, but brisk-- Just encouraging enough for me to put on a sweat jacket and my ugly uggs...
I have a pot of steel cut Irish oats on the stove...almost ready for a pat of butter and some real maple syrup. Now, that is comfort food....and good for you too! I love hot cereal, I have a cabinet full of different kinds of grains ready for some slow cooking...Oats, barley, farina...sometimes with raisins, dried apricots, or apples...sweetened with brown sugar, honey, or maple syrup...and even spiced with cinnamon on occasion. I find that after eating a bowl of hot cereal, I can go all day and not be hungry again until supper. Another one of those breakfasts my mom would say that "stick to your ribs"-- she is right!
Speaking of mom, I have been working on some embroidery...I was lucky enough to be taught sewing skills at an early age. Embroidery, cross stitch, needle point, knitting and crocheting. When I have down time, and often in the winter I do, I pull out something and get going! Last year I knitted a shawl for myself, and a scarf for my son Gio. This year I am starting early on some embroidery. Just something simple, towels for the kitchen..... When I was a kid, my mom would pull out the "Aunt Martha's hot Iron transfers" http://www.colonialpatterns/index.php?osCsid=25cb900ad28e32ffeaf6bd5aba527d11...
We would go through the different patterns, and I would love how cute and simple they were....fruit motifs, herbs, chickens, roses, and "days of the week" patterns....I would choose one, and my mom would iron it onto a flower sack dish towel, and let me go....I in turn over the years did napkins, table clothes, pillow cases and a few aprons too....
I find the time I spend quietly working away at one of my handcrafts affords me time to think about life a bit...I used to have a group of friends that I would meet up with on occasion, we would all bring our sewing, and sit together, for what became to be known as a "stitch and bitch"...funny, I never looked at it that way...it gave us time away from our families, and yet time to practice our "sisterhood".
I think women need time to be in each others presence, to have a network of sorts for sharing our lives...I guess that is what the internet and social networks are for now....
But I have to tell you, for all the internet is good for, you can't use it to replace the one on one experience, of having a heart to heart with someone you love. I stay in touch through the internet, but some of my best memories are of the times spent with special friends, having and sharing time together.
Mmmmm...that oatmeal is smelling pretty good, I think it is time to go have a bowl, and get my day going!
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