sewing for adventuring

The adventuring this last long weekend was fun but I came back not feeling well.  Well, it could be the screen door I walked into and the bone bruise that is coming up.  You know that excuse you hear, "I walked into the door."  Somehow in my grace, in a campground in Indiana, I caught a screen door with my toe and walked straight into the screen door on it shortest side.  With my face.  More specifically, my cheek bone and eye socket.  They hurt.  And I think I have a cold on top of it.

Weeks before, I took my Beloved to the fabric store with me.  He helped me pick out the three fabrics in the picture above.  I admit that I could wear black every day but he does like me in colors.  These do not stress me out.  And if my black pinnie is clean.  Life is grand!  I still have black on!  You call me silly, it is oky.

I made these dresses and wore them around the Indianapolis Speedway as I chased after the Small Mister.  Most of the time he was a motorbike.  We were at the MotoGP motorcycle races so it makes sense.  We had fun and it was good adventuring. 

We stopped and saw family on the way home.  I just to heal now from being a klutz!  My head hurts so bad.

in the garden

We had some unseasonably cool days this weekend.  Not saying it was not warm or even hot, because it was.  It just was not in the upper 90's or low 100's like it normally is.  I was able to get some time in the garden.

I tried to get in the garden one evening but the mossie bites I got!  My Beloved was horrified at the mossie bites I got.  I got wiped down with witch hazel and that really helped.  The next morning was a huge difference.

Mornings have many less misquitoes.  I still get bitten by ants but the mossy bites do no happen in such large quantities.  This is why I do not garden during the week. I only have time when I get most bitten.  I did get my small patch of grass mowed and weeds pulled.  I have started the process of getting ready for the winter garden.  Seeds ordered.  Thoughts about what I wish to plant.  Beds are started to be made. 

We are off adventuring though and my garden will be untended for over a week.  Not unusual for this time of year but I feel like I need to figure out how to harvest and cook weeds.  They are mostly grasses so it does not work.  But the zinnias are beautiful and brighten my day.  Hopefully there will be more when we get back.

i need more time!

Thursday, our internet went down for a few hours.  I gave myself a digital holiday.  We have a crazy two months coming. 

We bought a "new" car last week too!  We have only been talking about getting something smaller then a large truck for seven years.  But as our needs have changed, our large two wheel drive truck just does not work on the mountain.  We got a small all wheel drive vehicle that will be good for the mountain but also good for errands around town. 

Now, if we could only keep our old suburban healthy.  It gets us places it should not and gets us home.  But I should not complain.  We are the third owners and next year it will be old enough to drink!  We will have two vehicles with that mile marker then.

This does mean I am saving my pennies for the "house truck" I wish to build.  I read an article about how small farms really need a truck that is larger then the average pickup.  Even the large pickups.  That is what I am saving for.  My Beloved is plotting ways we can also put a house on the back for me, especially in places where we may be snowboarding and there is a need for tea!

This space may be a bit neglected over the next couple of months.  And I am afraid my sewing machine will be neglected too!  We will be galavanting and I got invited to an out of town wedding.  I may be taking my surfboard with me.

I am obviously rambling.  I need more time in my garden, at my sewing machine, and at my spinning wheel.  But the boyos have plans!  And there is work.  I do what I can.

this poor dress

I made this dress to replace the one that did not fit right.  And, honestly, stressed me out because it was too bright.  I realized when I wore the old dress I would start to feel anxious after about three hours.  I love this black plaid.  Very simple.  I feel very elegant.  I just need a black linen apron over it all the time.

I needed an apron with this dress so badly yesterday.  This dress got peed on.  It got apple juice spilled on it.  It helped a not so small boy learn how to climb a tree.  It got rocks thrown at it.  Sticks and acorns too.  All the while, I was outside in it in 100 degree heat.  Yes, it was dry heat but it was still hot. 

We were taking our nephew back home to his Mommy.  This includes about a three hour drive.  We dropped off knives for a new upscale kitchen supply store opening in Austin, TX, Metier Cook's Supply.  Thirteen knives dropped off with two small boys in a store that is still in unpacking stages.  They open Sunday but there were not even close yesterday.

On the way to our Nephew's Mommy's, our truck started having mechanical problems.  Hence, the above actions taken to the dress.  It is hard to feel elegant when you are being pelted with "tiny rocks" or going over the mechanics of climbing a tree.  It was a long evening.  Or maybe the better way to say it, is that it was an early morning.

The dress held up very well.  I just need to remember to carry a pinafore with me at all times.  I need to take one to work with me but I think I really need to pick up some more black linen for that.  I will stash it in my bicycle bag or in the drawer of my filing cabinet that is full of woolens.  I almost have a different wardrobe in my filing cabinet.  It is as if a thousand miles or more north.  It was an alpaca type of day in the office today.

Tomorrow.  Tomorrow should be better.  Maybe Mr. John Hill will come by and figure out the wiring to the lights in the living space.  They stopped working but the boyos did seem to enjoy the troubleshooting.  No lights does mean early to bed.  How lovely!

antsy (and quiet)

I have some quiet so I can write.  Everyone else went off to the beach today while I went to work.  It means I came home to an empty house.  After one errand to run, I have some quiet for the computer and sewing.  I find with both boys, the only time there is any guarantee of quiet is when they are asleep.  When they sleep, I sleep.  I am a tuckered lady!

I have been a bit antsy lady.  Want to travel but know that is coming soon.  Not really my first choice but those come in fall and winter.  My Beloved was kind enough to drive out a ways to a fabric store so I could feel less antsy.  He did tease me a lot about buying new fabrics for quilts!  He made me laugh so hard!  But I really like what we chose together.  It is one of the main reasons I like him to come with me when I am picking out quilt fabrics.  It makes the selection much more diverse.

I also picked out a few dress fabrics.  I have already pulled five out of my closet.  They either do not fit just right or I do not enjoy wearing them.  One I pulled I still love but is horribly stained.  Are clothes not supposed to be Lady and Small Mister proof?  Just makes me sigh.  But I will enjoy the sewing.  Small Mister enjoys helping but that is helping only the way a 2 1/2 year can.  Very interesting!