Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Happy Hour Indeed!
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Getting To It
I've started off on the sewing part. Luckily mum has a new sewing machine I'm getting to break in.
I've discovered that the right tools really do go a long way to making a job easier; now if only I had a seam-ripper....
I've discovered that the right tools really do go a long way to making a job easier; now if only I had a seam-ripper....
Monday, 28 February 2011
Sewing Project
I learned how to sew in Girl Scouts, and from my mum and grandmas. I don't get to practice it very often, not having room or a sewing maching... but I've had this project in mind for a while now, so I figured this was the perfect time to start it.
I have accumulated, over the years, loads of t-shirts from various places and events. I love them, but the more I wore them, the more they were deteriorating. So I decided to stop wearing them and turn them, instead, into a quilt. A few years ago, to save room, I cut out the designs on them and stored them. Today, I've started piecing them together to form a large blanket-sized piece. It's been challenging, like a jigsaw puzzle, because I didn't think to always leave myself a lot of extra border to work with... but in the end, I got something that I think is workable. Next step will be to start sewing the blocks together. I think it'll be neat when I'm done, and even if it's only passable, it'll be mine.
I actually have even more squares, so I'll eventually wind up with another. Nice.
I have accumulated, over the years, loads of t-shirts from various places and events. I love them, but the more I wore them, the more they were deteriorating. So I decided to stop wearing them and turn them, instead, into a quilt. A few years ago, to save room, I cut out the designs on them and stored them. Today, I've started piecing them together to form a large blanket-sized piece. It's been challenging, like a jigsaw puzzle, because I didn't think to always leave myself a lot of extra border to work with... but in the end, I got something that I think is workable. Next step will be to start sewing the blocks together. I think it'll be neat when I'm done, and even if it's only passable, it'll be mine.
Sunday, 27 February 2011
'Fraidy Cat
My mum inherited my sister's youngest cat, Captain Jack Sparrow. He was peeing on everything (including the bed, right next to where I was asleep at the time!) and Jen couldn't take it any more. So she shipped him off to mum's.
Luckily, he hasn't been peeing on anything he shouldn't. But he is the most scaredy cat I've ever known. He runs if you even shift in your seat. He's mental. He'll play occasionally, and he will sometimes sit on the sofa near me. And very rarely he won't startle and bolt if I move. But mostly, he's a big ole chicken.
Bwok bwok!
Luckily, he hasn't been peeing on anything he shouldn't. But he is the most scaredy cat I've ever known. He runs if you even shift in your seat. He's mental. He'll play occasionally, and he will sometimes sit on the sofa near me. And very rarely he won't startle and bolt if I move. But mostly, he's a big ole chicken.
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Noisy Neighbours
They've put this in across the street, which has changed in many ways since I was a kid.
Once, it was just an empty field back to the tree line, and then pretty dense woods behind that for a ways, with the creek running through it. There were rock cliffs, caves, old barns and houses, lots to explore, until you finally reached the gravel road. You could follow that up and around the lake, or further in to the old farmhouses, or eventually out to the interstate way, way out.
Now, the trees have mostly been cleared. The old things have been torn down, and the new school built. The road is paved, and I don't know where it goes or doesn't go now. It's a change, for sure.
At least the 'Bark Park' is better than letting all the dogs run wild through the area, which is what happened when I was a kid.
Once, it was just an empty field back to the tree line, and then pretty dense woods behind that for a ways, with the creek running through it. There were rock cliffs, caves, old barns and houses, lots to explore, until you finally reached the gravel road. You could follow that up and around the lake, or further in to the old farmhouses, or eventually out to the interstate way, way out.
Now, the trees have mostly been cleared. The old things have been torn down, and the new school built. The road is paved, and I don't know where it goes or doesn't go now. It's a change, for sure.
At least the 'Bark Park' is better than letting all the dogs run wild through the area, which is what happened when I was a kid.
Friday, 25 February 2011
I Think I Can...
This whole crate of books I am giving away. Really.
And you said it would never happen. Well, I showed you!
(Granted, this isn't even a tenth of the books I have, but it's something. Right?)
And you said it would never happen. Well, I showed you!
(Granted, this isn't even a tenth of the books I have, but it's something. Right?)
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Legal
Mum drove me out to Lebanon today so I could get legal again. My driving license expired last May, but since I hadn't been back in the States, it hadn't been renewed (they wouldn't let me renew it without a new photo, since my last one was taken in 2000). So we waited there for a while, and got it done (quicker than I expected, to be fair).
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