I got picture rail hooks last week and today I am hanging things in my room. Thus far I have hung up two strips of ribbon and hung 8 of my hats off them. I need at least three more strips of the ribbon to get all the hats done. I'd really like to get a few pictures up too.

Of course you do. We should get you a typesetter's case just for all your buttons, snaps and zippers.

Ooooh. What a tempting idea.

Kat, have you checked welovecolors.com?

Nifty. How do you attach the hats to the ribbon?

I have. They have stripes but not checkerboard. Noah and Grace are getting this shirt. I thought it had gray in it but, alas it does not. The gray skirt I have may not really work. It's already a lot of checkerboard. Maybe I'll just make her a black skirt/tutu and use black tights.

I need to remind myself. Nobody cares but me.

I finally got the last of the framed stuff up in my office. Well, the last of what I wanted. Never say "the last" when it comes to hanging stuff on the wall.

Kat, I think a tutu and plain black tights would be killer cute.

How can those kids be turning 4 already? Unpossible!

I am so tired I can't really imagine doing anything else this afternoon except napping. Not sure there's time for me to nap, however.

Thanks to my Fitbit tracker, I've learned that I'm only walking 3 miles on an average day when I really should be aiming for 5. Since it's winter, I guess I'll be using the treadmill more often.

t, I tie a knot in the ribbon where I want the hat to rest, then use a bobby pin to attach the ribbon right above the knot to either the edge of the hat or the band on the inside. The heavier hats are a challenge, but I have got 10 up thus far. Also hung up a picture, timely (in a board continuity way) it is the poster I got in Oakland the Zmayhem wedding weekend.

it looks like they are pulling everything out, which makes me so sad

They are pulling some stuff out, but are planning on reusing a lot of it. They even were able to cut out some of the "cake" plaster work since it was on a canvas, so they can recreate it in the newly created space. They took a tour of the project manager's office (an old church!), where they have piles of stuff in the back covered in tarps from various projects that they'll be reusing in other projects, including This Old House--one pile was old wood siding from another house that they're going to use as flooring in this house.

I meant to add--Yay Connie! Walking in the water is a total workout--go you!!

At the end of my mile today, I decided to add on some leg exercises. I kept my legs underwater and just moved them out and back together 50 times, to try and do something for my inner thighs.

After the swim, I stopped by the Mexican grocery store on the way home to restock my fridge and pantry. I got some chorizo sausage, some beef cubes for stew that I'm going to put in the slow cooker tomorrow, and some ground beef, red bell peppers, and jalapenos for chili I'm cooking tonight.

Question on jalapeno chopping--the cooking shows say to use gloves when cutting them. Do I really need to? I just want to slice off the white stuff to cut down on the heat and then chop them up for the chili.