The Stocking is Done



Note these are wrinkled from being squished in storage. She'll steam them, I hope.



  You should probably know the history of these stockings. I'll make it short. When the twins were born we nicknamed them Rooster (Rick) and Bean (Blake). So when I made their stockings I appliqued a rooster on one and a bean stalk from "Jack and the Beanstalk" on the other. And I made them nontraditional colors. I don't really have good pictures but I'll show a bad one.

So now I've made the mom and dad stockings and finally one for the Gunman (Gunnar, who was named after their hunting love.) Therefore, I made a little boy holding a shotgun, a cactus "tree" and a coyote howling at the moon. I know it's a bit strange, but it follows the theme of the other stockings. They are a bizarre family who have taken Gunnar hunting over 10 times already in his 2-month existence. They enjoy killing animals. I don't. I put Peace on Earth on Gunnar's stocking and I wanted to put, "Run animals, run!" But I knew Rachel wouldn't appreciate it. I can't really explain this well.

I feel a tad off center this morning. I had a dream last night that we had a pregnant goat in our living room and I needed to get the poor thing food and water because she'd been there a while without anything to eat or drink. If you interpret dreams, have a go at that one. It should keep you busy most of the day.