Well, it seems I am some sort of genius in the field of baby-blankie making. For my friend Ren’s little girl, I made this brightly colored blankie with a yellow panel, a lime green panel, and a blue panel with hot pink trim. This puppy is eye-searingly bright. And apparently Alison loves it and won’t part with it. (So now Ren has requested a second blankie so she can wash first one. I don’t know how well this will work for her, but we’ll see.)

So I’m going to make her a smaller one (her portable blankie) to supplement the first one. And Ren said that she was told that some other mom at the daycare loved Alison’s blankie. That’s exciting. And I made a similar one for my cousin Max and he (pretends to, at least, in my presence, but then he’s only 18 months old, maybe he really means it?) loves it too. Sleeps with it, etc. When I babysat him the other night, he snuggled against my shoulder, rubbing the blankie against his face. Heart-melting, that was.

Today’s the work Christmas party. Really a mass by the archbishop (I’m turning into such a good Catholic!) and then lunch, but it’s better than nothing. After that we get to go home! (I hope. I promised Polly I’d take her to the airport.) I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself tomorrow, it’s so exciting to have a whole day off! Maybe I’ll read the new Martha Stewart Weddings issue I got last night at Target. Or the book I got at the library. Or perhaps I should finish wrapping presents. Oooh, I love Christmas!

Tonight we’re going to have sushi and then go see a band with the couple from the band that’s playing at our wedding. (Did that make sense?) George works with Amy, and she and her husband an another guy make up the band. And they are going to play at our wedding. It was on the way to their post-wedding party that George proposed. And in fact our wedding is on their first anniversary. (And they’re still going to play. I love them.) I have to admit I’m a little nervous about tonight. I get all star-struck and tongue-tied around them. I’m a doofus. But it’s good, after tonight I will know them better and I won’t feel bad asking them to learn “You are the sunshine of my life” for our wedding. Who’s going to be Stevie??