sounds like rice krispies

I have been slowly quilting.  My shoulders sound like a bowl of rice krispies with milk when I am working.  Which means the slow part.  I am trying to be philosophical about it,  It is what it is.  But I have other projects I wish to work on!  Oh well.  Maybe I will get the chance to try a new recipe this weekend.  Savory or sweet?  Or one of each?  I need to do some printing too but small hands make that difficult.

And as much as I enjoy it, maybe I will get the quilting done so I can work on something else.....

terra cotta heater

We live in a drafty old house.  It was built this way in part due to most of the year it is so hot here.  That was the idea in the 1920's.  I saw this heater built with two terra cotta pots, four tea lights, and a loaf pan.  I figured I would try it.  There is a terra cot pot with the hole covered that sits on top of the loaf pan and then the bigger one sits over it.  There are four tea lights that sit in the loaf pan.

We were told it would raise the temperature in a room ten degrees.  I am not sure it did but I do think it helped my drafty corner not feel quite so chilly.  Since we let the Tall Short Person borrow the space heater that usually sits in my sewing space, I am trying this heater in there with eight candles.  I find I lean over and warm my hands on it.  That alone is lovely!  You could definitely put a mug of tea on top of it to stay warm once the pots are warmed up.  It does take a bit.

We will just have to see how it goes.

poo

My shoulder is still healing and the boys gave me their crud.  The cough started this afternoon.  It was a quiet afternoon of cutting out quilt squares, drinking tea, and napping with Small Mister.  It is about what energy there was.  But I also got a dress cut out so I am hoping there will be something to show soon.  And not the ten dresses that are the same but I am loving every one!

I am also going to take a knitting pattern and make a crocheting pattern soon.  I actually crocheted for ten minutes today and did not hurt.  I was pleased.

hooks

I have been enjoying the bathtub but there has not been much in the bathroom in the way of hanging towels or anything.  

The longboard we made was too much of a plank.  We are going to remake it.  My Beloved took off the wheels and the trucks of the longboard.  Then squared the ends.  It is still a trapezoid.  He hung it and put the hooks in.  We now have a place to hang towels and clothes.  I am so excited.  Especially for when I am giving Small Mister a bath.  Water gets everywhere!

a weekend of figuring out

I have been spending time at my sewing machine figuring out the best way to put sleeves on my a-line dresses.  I am liking this style greatly.  It fits well under a sweater or a pinny.  I can do anything I really want to do in them.  I feel lovely and elegant.  Since we do not have a full length mirror, I am not sure how they really look, only how I feel.  

I think I have the sleeves figured out.  My Beloved laughed at me because it means I will have two new dresses.  One with sleeves and one without.  The one without is from the first test not working out quite right.  It pulled funny across my chest.  I recut the sleeves and bodice a bit.  When I finish the sleeved version, the true test is trying it on.  Let us hope it works!

It has been a weekend of boys under the weather.  My Beloved is still healing.  He is better then last weekend but the dizzies are still around.  Small Mister has a cold.  I had a lap full of small boy most of the morning.  Lately, as soon as he is awake it is "OUTSIDE!"  We have not heard that today.  It has been a good weekend on the whole.