Where did all the swank go?

I picked up "Christmas with the Rat Pack" from Amazon for our holiday shindig and was listening to it in the car. Man, you just can't top Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. I'm so glad that I went to a dance studio that emphasized the classics and that I was able to appreciate this kind of music (since my parents sure as hell don't listen to it). Whenever I hear this type of music it makes me think of Miss Peggy and I get all sentimental.

I love "Baby, It's Cold Outside" done by Dean Martin. You can see the lyrics here

I also really love "The Christmas Waltz". I've been swoony over that song for years but never knew the name of it (Frankie does that song on my CD).

I want to dress up and go ballroom dancing now (and if I drank, I'd have a Martini handy too)! :)

OK, back to reality. I'm off to heat up some Minestrone soup and then work on sewing my trim during my lunch break.

Drive-through mastectomies

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A tip for people who sew/craft

Laying a massive coat over a chair and using it to prop up your garment while you line most of the edges in trim by hand goes much faster than if its sitting on you in bunches while your on the couch watching TV :)

I stitched on about 95% of the trim that I needed to do today in less than an hour (it took me 2 hours to do the same at home on Wednesday night).