I made this heart for my backyard.  It was easy, just roll the clay over the embossing plate.  Done.  You can see a couple of plates on the bottom right which I had such high hopes for but they turned out truly hideous.  Still learning.

I went out for supper with my son last night, the first time in years.  It was nice.  We talked.  He talked a lot and I listened.  I am hopeful for him but we'll see.  A year of sobriety, in 20 plus years of alcoholism is a good first step.  I'm proud of him for that.

We had our snowstorm, some parts of the province got hit much harder than others.  We didn't do too bad, although I am glad I wasn't on the highway.  I had to drive to the other side of Sherwood Park that day, and that was hard enough.  People probably don't realize that you can't see any road markers on the road during a snowstorm.  It's a game of guess where the lane is and it's helps if you know the roads well.  Everything is plowed now, so much easier to get around.

It's cold though, bloody cold.  Right now it's -31C with the wind chill and I am quite happy I found some snow pants that fit me, with all the winter toques and mitts.  Waiting for the bus with Jack isn't all that nice.  He seems oblvious to the cold, while I worry about frostbite for him.

I don't know how many of you have watched "Ted Lasso", I would highly recommend, but on it, Ted makes cookies for his boss and she loves them.  I saw the recipe someplace online and saved it.  Yesterday I made them and the cookies are truly lovely.  I tried looking it up to see if there is an official recipe and what I found was hundreds of recipes that claim to be the Ted Lasso biscuit recipe.  Regardless, the recipe I used had almond flour and regular flour and it was delicious.  They're almost all gone:)

That's it.  A cold day and a good day to stay home and work on clay or on the quilt.  Haven't decided yet.