As I've mentioned, DS Rob's girlfriend is a ballet major at UC's College Conservatory of Music. She will be with us next week and until Christmas morning, when she and Rob will go to her parents' in Michigan. Stockings are a big deal in our household and, after my mother, my sister, my niece, my best friend, and I all failed to find a ballet-themed one, I decided to create one. It's a plain stocking from the Dollar Store with iron-ons from JoAnn Fabric. Rob was quite pleased when he saw it and we're looking forward to Mary Linda's reaction when she sees it hanging from the mantle: