We got a hole bunch of snow yesterday and Rob and I discovered that our front hall is crazy slippery when your shoes are full of snow. I had gotten some felting yarn a while ago with the idea of making a rug for our house but now I'm going to make a door mat. My idea is to knit strips, felt them and then sew them together. I'll need to put something grippy on the back so it doesn't slip around when we step on it. I think a felted rug will be washable (in cool water) and should be able to suck up a lot of icy water before it runs all over the floor.

We got a new car on Tuesday (I've been waiting since then for a bright enough day to get a nice picture and it's gotten a bit dusty in the mean time). It's cute. It's red. It has the following very cool features (compared to our old car):

- it starts! Without any extra tools, batteries or people; you just turn the key and the engine goes.

- it goes backward! To be fair our old car went backwards too ... it's just that you usually had to wait for a bit and go into park first.

- it warms up! So we'll be able to see out all our windows - all winter - without ever scraping the inside of the car.

It has some other nice features like a cd changer and cup holders in convenient to reach places but really those top three make it completely worth it.

The quilting is done and the binding's prepared. Things still to do: tack down the edges and square up the quilt; make up a label (I recently discovered printable fabric sheets and have to say they are awesome for label making); sew on the binding; and hand stitch it closed. Oh, and maybe run the iron over it once before I take my "look, a finished object" pictures.

I might have this done in time for Christmas! Wish me luck.