Fabric shopping with Katie

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Paid a visit to JoAnn Fabrics today, shopping for fabric for a client and for myself. I took Katie, who is every bit of five years old, with me so Michelle could have a nap as soon as the babe went down for his.

I've been hard pressed to find fabrics that work in my mind for the part I'll play at White Hart, and I was very pleased to see one I'd not noticed before that looked like it might work.

"Aw, man, that's gorgeous!"

I stepped away from the cart where Katie was riding, and grabbed a corner to examine the fabric more closely.

"Jeez Louise," I gushed, "probably can't use it because of the color, but I could find something to do with it. That combination of black and gold is just begging me to make it into something."

From behind me, a quiet voice, my daughter, grounding me in a way that only she can.

"Uh, dad?" she says, perfectly collected, "You need to get over yourself."

Comments

[bonnyann.livejournal.com]

The hard part is when they say stuff like that when they're in trouble. You have the worst time keeping a straight face.

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

I have actually allowed myself to guffaw from time to time, followed closely by, "Ok, now you're REALLY in trouble."