Whey-hey! The articles I had to do by Thursday (or before the baby’s birth, whichever comes first) are ready. OK, I still have to tweak a couple of things on one of them but that shouldn’t take too long, so I am a free woman.

I know this sounds rather ridiculous, but I did sleep very little in the last few nights because I was terrified I wouldn’t make it on time. Instead, thanks in good part to Manfredi, who took care of Niccolo for the whole weekend, and to my good writer friend Leslie, who made sure I wasn’t writing utter balderdash, I made it! Now I can stop worrying and resume crafting.

Talking of which, the only thing I produced in the last few days was a little cone inspired by a much more sophisticated one I saw on Linda Albrecht’s blog (via Artsymama).

Yum, yum, a spring cone full of sweets

It was a fun project because it was quick and simple enough to make together with Niccolo. He loved it—especially stuffing the cone with sweets and chocolate eggs, which he then proceeded to eat at record speed.

But now that the pieces are done I can look forward to starting on some other idea, and perhaps take up a challenge or two. And of course the baby has my permission to be born any time she likes.