A whirlwind tour home, a p-patch and helmet panties...

I went home on Friday, April 13th for the peanuts' 2nd birthday! I arrived at my brother's house around midnight - just in time to play wii bowling with brother-in-laws and stay up until 5 a.m. engrossed in conversation about a lot of nothing-important but important just the same. Saturday was running errands and actually throwing a party for two very fabulous tw0-year olds. With utter bias, they have to be two of the most well behaved toddlers I know... when you tell them they have to open their presents later, they actually listen... Sunday evening I zoomed up to Cleveland to meet some friends out for dinner and later some more friends for drinks. Everyone on Monday, was seriously, scheduled for two-hour visits starting at 10 a.m. It was kind of crazy, kind of fun and the easiest way to see a gazillion people. Tuesday morning I was zooming back down to Cinci to catch my 1 p.m. plane back to Seattle - 8 hours of driving for 20 hours of Cleveland... totally worth it.

This Sunday I was introduced to my P-Patch. We were having a P-Patch meeting and it was very easy to tell which one was mine - the one growing very robust dandelions and grass. A fellow p-patcher helped me weed it down to a reasonable brown dirt as I volunteer to figure out a way to properly get the water barrel system set up. This weekend are plans for mint, cilantro, basil, carrots and other delicious starters to find their way into my patch.

But tonight I am sewing helmet panties for my team. Yes, they're called helmet panties - which might be the funniest word to say - even. They're the covers used in roller derby to denote who is the pivot (with a stripe) and who is the jammer (with a star). I made a bunch for our league for scrimmaging but now we need them in team colors, etc. I'm making them for my team and the Honeys. (The photo indicates that JoJo Stiletto's helmet is the jammer - photo by Jules from this past weekend's RCRG bout.) The thing about sewing it that it taps into that incredible creative energy. I could easily stay up the entire night and sew - without ever getting tired. I love it.