Wow the week is over and I haven't posted anything but a picture of herself. Its the end of the week, and a three day weekend looms ahead, and its a wonderful thing. I have lots of little jobs to do this weekend. The bestest, bestest thing is I finally finished covering the camper cushions for a co-worker. It was a job I took on without knowing all the details and there were times I felt I had bit off more than I could chew. But they are done. The last one is on my veranda waiting its owners to come along and take it home. They are camping this weekend so I wanted to get it finished. I have dragged my feet on this project so the camping trip was a good kick in the butt, no pictures, I'm afraid.
Lets see what else makes me happy, its payday, there is a three day weekend ahead, I have supper plans for tomorrow night, I have lots of projects to keep me busy, and my peonies are blooming in the yard at long last.
I love, love, love, peonies and this is the first year that the ones in the front yard have bloomed.There are white ones in the front yard and dark pink ones in the back yard. I may even go and cut a bouquet to have in the dining room. Its a good thing they bloomed because I did not plant flowers this year. Too wet, to late in the season and frankly the budget just did not stretch to it this year. I don't want to think about the budget, it will ruin my happy mood. I will think about that tomorrow.
Back to my flowers. My yard has a long way to go but it tickles me to no end to look out the kitchen window and see little shots of colour here and there as things finally bloom. The flower bed just mostly looks like a jungle out there. The weeds are running amok and apparently I am more than content to let them have their way, maybe this weekend I will actually do something about them. If I can crank up the courage to face the clouds of mosquitoes that are lurking outside my door, waiting to eat me alive. Those little critters just love me.
So the weekend looms large, three days of freedom. Whoot!!
Linda
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Monday, 27 June 2011
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Sunday Stuff
What a good day this has been. A bit of a road trip with some friends, we all went and had our cards read, had lunch out and then headed back home. Nothing new in the card reading. still supposed to be meeting this man, still supposed to be getting married some day. Can't help but think if this doesn't happen soon we will be hiking down the aisle in our walkers :-) No big lottery wins but money is supposed to get better. She said a bunch of other stuff but there was nothing really big or new or exciting. It was fun to go. I like to do stuff like that. The trick is to not take it too seriously.
So I got home and decided to try out my homemade laundry soap. I would not say its fantastic but it works well. I definitely think I will make it again. I would change the recipe a little and prepare it a bit differently but all in all I don't think its any worse or better than some store bought ones. I am pleased with it for a first attempt. I would pre soak more with this one than one of the high performance laundry soaps but that is a small price to pay for a really economical soap. Not to mention its super easy to make and makes a lot.
I should have been making bread as well but I ran out of steam. I am going to spend the rest of my evening working on my new afghan. I have had the kit for a couple of years and am just now finally getting around to working on it. There is a roast cooking in the slow cooker, laundry is splashing away in the washing machine, the cat is snoozing on the couch and I am going to go and knit. All round its been a very nice weekend.
Linda
So I got home and decided to try out my homemade laundry soap. I would not say its fantastic but it works well. I definitely think I will make it again. I would change the recipe a little and prepare it a bit differently but all in all I don't think its any worse or better than some store bought ones. I am pleased with it for a first attempt. I would pre soak more with this one than one of the high performance laundry soaps but that is a small price to pay for a really economical soap. Not to mention its super easy to make and makes a lot.
I should have been making bread as well but I ran out of steam. I am going to spend the rest of my evening working on my new afghan. I have had the kit for a couple of years and am just now finally getting around to working on it. There is a roast cooking in the slow cooker, laundry is splashing away in the washing machine, the cat is snoozing on the couch and I am going to go and knit. All round its been a very nice weekend.
Linda
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Saturday Stuff
I am not sure that I can adequately portray to you how much I love the weekends. I do not have to listen to an alarm clock go off, I pretty much set my own schedule and if I do not wish to go out of the house I do not have to. I love to putter about my house. It gives me a happy.
Today I feel like I got stuff done, like I made progress, that I was a productive being not a slug on the couch. I was up early, remade the red room bed, washed the hall floor, stripped my bed, scrubbed the stairs, ran the dishwasher, painted the treads on the stairs, did laundry, made soup, had tea with my dear friend the Hostess. (I had thought of calling her the Cook because, damn, that woman can cook. Its not enough though she is so much more than that, she is the best hostess, she always makes you welcome, she is a wonderful friend to have AND I am not saying that because I am drunk on homemade cookies fresh from her kitchen). Yum......... warm cookies...........where was I???? Oh yes back to my day, I did a small sewing job, knit on an afghan for myself, decided on a pattern for a quilted runner I am making for Busy, tidied up the kitchen AND I made laundry soap from scratch today. I have wanted to do this for a long time now and if it works well I will be making it again for sure. Its easy to make and easy on the pocketbook, but the proof will be in how well it cleans the clothes. Not bad for a days work I think.
Tomorrow I am off to have my cards read. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for me. I find this all a lark, its fun and a chance for a trip with a couple of friends. A nice little outing for a Sunday. I do not hold my breath and have a tantrum if what I am told does not come true. I would have keeled over dead long ago since I have been hearing about a certain farmer since 1979. I mean, really, if 7 psychics say its so, should it not be so??? I ask you.
If we get back to town early enough I have some yard work to do. This week I am making bumper pads and I am going to finish recovering a camper cushion I should have had done a long time ago. My co-worker has been very patient with me over these camper cushions.
Right now I am going to watch a DVD then head to bed.
Linda
Today I feel like I got stuff done, like I made progress, that I was a productive being not a slug on the couch. I was up early, remade the red room bed, washed the hall floor, stripped my bed, scrubbed the stairs, ran the dishwasher, painted the treads on the stairs, did laundry, made soup, had tea with my dear friend the Hostess. (I had thought of calling her the Cook because, damn, that woman can cook. Its not enough though she is so much more than that, she is the best hostess, she always makes you welcome, she is a wonderful friend to have AND I am not saying that because I am drunk on homemade cookies fresh from her kitchen). Yum......... warm cookies...........where was I???? Oh yes back to my day, I did a small sewing job, knit on an afghan for myself, decided on a pattern for a quilted runner I am making for Busy, tidied up the kitchen AND I made laundry soap from scratch today. I have wanted to do this for a long time now and if it works well I will be making it again for sure. Its easy to make and easy on the pocketbook, but the proof will be in how well it cleans the clothes. Not bad for a days work I think.
Tomorrow I am off to have my cards read. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for me. I find this all a lark, its fun and a chance for a trip with a couple of friends. A nice little outing for a Sunday. I do not hold my breath and have a tantrum if what I am told does not come true. I would have keeled over dead long ago since I have been hearing about a certain farmer since 1979. I mean, really, if 7 psychics say its so, should it not be so??? I ask you.
If we get back to town early enough I have some yard work to do. This week I am making bumper pads and I am going to finish recovering a camper cushion I should have had done a long time ago. My co-worker has been very patient with me over these camper cushions.
Right now I am going to watch a DVD then head to bed.
Linda
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Grandbaby Quilt
This is what I did tonight and it was wonderful fun. I had the top sewn together before but tonight I quilted it, bound it and now its done. This is the crib quilt for my grandbaby, I still have the bumper pads to make but they will get done ASAP because my little ladybug is home and she needs the finishing touches for her perfect princess bedroom. This plain, simple crib quilt is made of the most delightfully soft, squishy material. I want to wrap everything in it. It is covered with these little bumps that give it a polka dot effect. Its baby perfect. I did not use a batt as the material is thick enough a batt would have made the quilt heavy on a little body. Her Mommy decided on the quilt and in my eyes its perfect, simple, soft and feminine.This quilt is small so I may make a bigger one. We have lots of material and a bigger one may be not a bad thing. I will consult with the new mommy first because after all it is her material.
Its been awhile since I spent an evening with a quilt. Since Sunday, I have mended pants for the Teddy Bear, recovered cushions for the Hummingbird and now making the crib quilt. Oh its a joy to be crossing things off my "to do" list besides puppets. I love my puppets but its time for me to be doing other things. I need to do other things, my crafty stuff is as important to me as breathing and I never ever ever want it to become a job and not a joy.
This is the first quilt of many I will be blogging about in the near future. Whoot!!
Monday, 20 June 2011
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Birthday Weekend
Well, the Carpenter and Busy are on the road home after a delicious late lunch/early supper of barbecued pork chops, Cesar salad and new potatoes. I am sitting here listening to the dishwasher hum away and the house has that lonely, empty feeling that it always has once company goes home. It has been a wonderful birthday weekend for me. It was so good to have them here for the weekend. I love to have company and getting some of the jobs done that I have on my to do list is just icing on the cake.
Thanks to the Carpenter, I now have my hall light on a proper light switch and the switch is located in the proper place. My dishwasher is working again after sitting for a year an a half with me thinking it was broken. Turns out someone should have checked the breaker in the basement. Yep, I hang my head in shame that that is the only thing that was wrong with it. I am feeling like a twit but the up side is the dishwasher WORKS!! I have missed it so much. I love that I do not have to save up the money to get another one. Win win with a big hunk of stupid piled on top. Honestly it never ever ever occurred to me to check the breakers. Needless to say, in future this will be one of the first things I check. We also got the old dining room chairs stored into the basement. I cannot get used to all the room in the dining room. Its been packed with extra chairs for so long.
These were the two jobs that I had lined up for him this weekend, well removing the dishwasher was originally planned but he fixed it instead. Today I got bonus projects accomplished. This morning Busy got us moving and we tackled the yard work. They moved my potentilla bush for me, weeded my flower beds, and fixed the trim around the flower bed that I could never make stay in the ground. I mowed the lawn and weed whacked while they did the other jobs. We would have done it last night but it rained yet again, well poured down really. Now I am going to go tomorrow night and get some flowers to fill up those lovely clean flowerbeds. :-) I had thought of not bothering but now the yard is so cleaned up it seems a shame not to put in flowers. The three of us did in an hour what it would have taken me three or four hours to do. I tend to loose steam before the job is finished.
I got a magic bullet food processor for my birthday. Happy Dance of Joy!!I have wanted one for ever. Smoothies for breakfast and fresh salsa on tap from now on. Yahoo!! I was taken out for supper last night and all in all I have to say I had a fabulous weekend. I always get spoiled one way or the other. I always buy myself something and this year I got a CD I have been wanting. Adele's latest, Rolling in the Deep is my new favorite song.
Right now I should be doing laundry but I am larking about on the computer. I will get at the laundry later on. Right now I will wait for the dishwasher to finish and I may just have a little nap on the couch, watch all the Dugger shows on tv. Laundry will get done eventually. Its my birthday and I can do what ever I want!!
Linda
Thanks to the Carpenter, I now have my hall light on a proper light switch and the switch is located in the proper place. My dishwasher is working again after sitting for a year an a half with me thinking it was broken. Turns out someone should have checked the breaker in the basement. Yep, I hang my head in shame that that is the only thing that was wrong with it. I am feeling like a twit but the up side is the dishwasher WORKS!! I have missed it so much. I love that I do not have to save up the money to get another one. Win win with a big hunk of stupid piled on top. Honestly it never ever ever occurred to me to check the breakers. Needless to say, in future this will be one of the first things I check. We also got the old dining room chairs stored into the basement. I cannot get used to all the room in the dining room. Its been packed with extra chairs for so long.
These were the two jobs that I had lined up for him this weekend, well removing the dishwasher was originally planned but he fixed it instead. Today I got bonus projects accomplished. This morning Busy got us moving and we tackled the yard work. They moved my potentilla bush for me, weeded my flower beds, and fixed the trim around the flower bed that I could never make stay in the ground. I mowed the lawn and weed whacked while they did the other jobs. We would have done it last night but it rained yet again, well poured down really. Now I am going to go tomorrow night and get some flowers to fill up those lovely clean flowerbeds. :-) I had thought of not bothering but now the yard is so cleaned up it seems a shame not to put in flowers. The three of us did in an hour what it would have taken me three or four hours to do. I tend to loose steam before the job is finished.
I got a magic bullet food processor for my birthday. Happy Dance of Joy!!I have wanted one for ever. Smoothies for breakfast and fresh salsa on tap from now on. Yahoo!! I was taken out for supper last night and all in all I have to say I had a fabulous weekend. I always get spoiled one way or the other. I always buy myself something and this year I got a CD I have been wanting. Adele's latest, Rolling in the Deep is my new favorite song.
Right now I should be doing laundry but I am larking about on the computer. I will get at the laundry later on. Right now I will wait for the dishwasher to finish and I may just have a little nap on the couch, watch all the Dugger shows on tv. Laundry will get done eventually. Its my birthday and I can do what ever I want!!
Linda
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