Mother's Night & stuff.

So, the celebration of Yule has been pushed to the 25th. As such, Mother's Night is being observed tonight. Due to my being sick, I'm not going to keep vigil, but I will have an electric candle as a 'witness' through the night until sunrise. I have made it a cute little stand that looks like a squared off sun, kinda like what my kids draw on their pictures. It was a case of recycling a plastic ring from a juice bottle and using the last bit of some yellow yarn. It was just the right size for an electric tea light candle to sit on and look pretty.

It is official, everyone in the apartment has this stupid chest cold. Beloved declared he has a 'tickle at the back of his throat' and was extra tired earlier. That's how this damn thing begins. Cuddle Bear is pretty much over it. He is also on the tail end of his ear drops for swimmer's ear. He has been more active and vocal over the last several days. Which makes it clear that he feels a lot better. Snuggle Bug, on the other hand, is just coming down with this chest cold and has reached the point of that deep chesty cough. No fever so far, but that has been my day. Deep chesty cough, fever, and this swinging back and forth between sweating horribly and feeling like I'm freezing. It has been unpleasant.

I couldn't wait, I gave Reaction Guy to Beloved. He started cracking up. I am glad he loved it. Tomorrow is going to be fun, despite being sick, because we managed to make some awesome stuff happen for Yule due to the help of some generous people. I also finished all of my crafting for the year today.

Year's crafting was:

Blue bag for Beloved's birthday
Finishing Beloved's sweater vest from last year
Shawl for niece
A bunch of baby hats for the NICU at Golisano Hospital
Wool rug for MiL
Lap blanket for Bro in Law #2
Gifts for people over the year (I forget because I didn't take detailed notes.)
Doll layette set
Child sized circle vest
Adult sized circle vest
Altar cloth
Jar shrine for Cuddle Bear (Zeus shrine)
Rag rug for Bro in Law #1
Car throw for Sis in Law #1
Planner for Beloved