24 hours of sleep

we are having a sick day at our house.

we thought we made it through the whirlwind trip to LA and the visit from the fam with only the sniffles, but today my husband hasn't left the bed, and i nearly passed out in mass several times. so we've slept nearly continuously since last night, except for brief waking periods just long enough to steep some fresh ginger root tea for him, and make a bowl of mac n cheese for me.

i've also been checking out artsy-fartsy blogs to inspire me to service, then use my antique sewing machine. i have a few (non-exciting) baby projects and The Silver Bullet's sunflower curtains to finish up, then i can get to the cool stuff.

if all goes well, we'll be back better than ever tomorrow and all the laundry piles in the living room will be converted to crisp, lavender-scented stacks, neatly folded in our dresser drawers. also on the to-do list: light the gas heater! we've been putting off this task, partly to save money on the gas bill, and partly because we don't want our apt. to smell like burning dust (you know, that "i haven't used the toaster in a while" smell?). but i think november is a good month to fire it up.

speaking of november, does anyone else have a constant and nearly-irresistible urge to make pumpkin pie? the only thing holding me back (well, besides the plague) is the fact that my pie pumpkins are my bookends, so we either need to sell some books or buy more bookends. pie would go so well with the cider we pressed the other day...