Welcome to my blog - grab your favorite mug and fill it with whatever you like best to drink, pull up a chair, sit back and have a glimpse into my life ...
<><Becky
• Eyes of Wonder
• If I had a blog...
• Smile's Blog of wonder
• Waiting For Him
• Thoughts from the Hill
• Hillbilly Housewife
• Less of Me~More of Him
• Keeping the Home
• Frugal Abundance
≈ Home Management ≈
• A Home Management Binder How-To
• **Here are the forms for making it!**
• Mini Home Management Notebook
≈ Household Recipes ≈
• Making Laundry Soap Tutorial
≈ Handcrafts ≈
• Two Toe-Up Socks on One Circular Needle
≈ Machine Sewing ≈
• Make A Peasant-Style Skirt
• Make a Skirt from Blue Jeans
• Making a 6-Gore Skirt pictorial
• Making a Wrap Skirt - Part 1
• Part 2 of Making a Wrap Skirt
• Making a Denim Broom Skirt
• Twirly Skirt Instructions
• Making Culottes
Fallen off the wagon - so to speak
Finally, a chance to update my blog.
Update on Jake
Never ending excitement
Been knitting again
Wondering
Got some new yarn
A Happy Dog
Blustery Day
Bought a new toy
• Daily Musings
• Family Life
• Recipes
• Gluten Free Recipes
• Knitting
• Homeschooling
• Links
• Pictures
• Inspirational
• Quizzes
• Funnies
 
Awarded by:
Blessings Along The Way
Entry 139 of 523
† Last Page | Next Page †
|
Monday, October 15, 2007
Where did the weekend go???????? Posted in Family Life
I don't think we actually had a weekend - on Saturday, I was working and then on Sunday after Church we went to the cemetery where my Dad is buried (they have his headstone and the bench up there now - it looks really nice), Don and the kids haven't been there since we buried Dad and I wanted to show them where he is. After visiting the cemetery, we went done to my Mom's. She just recently bought a quilting machine, and it was a good thing that Don was there as he is the one who put it together for her.
Her original thought was to put the quilting machine in her sewing room on the main floor - this would have been ideal for her because then all of her sewing stuff would have been together - unfortunately, for that to have happened, we would have had to move one wall about 2 inches out, lol - so, she had Don set it up in the basement instead.
I can't believe all of the stuff she had in her craft/sewing room - I am going to be getting 3 large boxes of yarn, 1 box of craft supplies and about 7 or 8 garbage bags full of yarn. She told me that if I won't use it, then to get rid of it to someone who will - sooooooooo, some of my knitting buddies will be receiving some yarn, so will the Sunday School at our Church and possibly the Cubs & Scouts as well (if the leaders figure that they can use some of the yarn for crafts) - this will all be after I go through it and take out what I want, lol, (ummmmmmm, Don, any idea when we will be building on that extra room?????? Just kidding, lololololol). Since we only had the car with us when we went down there, we will need to go back down to her house on Saturday, before we come home, and pick up all the boxes and bags.
This week is going to be an off week for us in the 'school' department, mainly because it is another busy week for us.
- Tuesday, we have Bible Study (the kids will be taking their schoolwork with them to this) and since we will be in town anyway, we will be stopping in at the Library. We also have swimming lessons in the afternoon and then Cubs & Scouts in the evening (I need to go to this one because they are taking a trip to the new firehouse and since Charlotte is the only girl in Cubs & Scouts this year, they need a female adult to go along with them).
- Wednesday will be a regular school day for us.
- Thursday we will be having Mug Up at Pam's - this normally happens on Wednesdays but had to be switched to a different day due to the kids from that town (not all the kids in the town, lol) have swimming lessons on Wednesdays. Thursday evening we will be packing the camper up for the cattle drive this weekend.
- Friday we are having a Wild Day at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near us, then in the evening we will be heading down for the cattle drive.
- Saturday, I am taking the day off of work so that I can go to the cattle drive.
|
|
• Post A Comment!
• Send to a Friend!
|
Comments
|
≈ Iced Coffee Syrup
≈ Sewing (as needed)
≈ Knitting (always)
≈ Baking
≈ Follow Homeblessing Plan!!
-- This is a work in progress section --
Weekly Homeblessing Plan:
Project List for
Weekly Homeblessing List:
• My Bible currently in Psalms
• Created To Be His Helpmeet
• You Can Teach Your Child Successfully
SEWING
Currently Sewing:
≈ Jumper for Taryn ≈
~started on: 02-28-08~
~last worked on: 02-28-08~
Sewing To-Do List:
≈ Swiffer Duster Covers
For Gift Giving:
≈ Mom's Christmas present
≈ Christmas Pajamas for the kids
Sewing Wish List:
≈ Wrap Skirts for me
≈ Lunch Bags
≈ Reusable Sandwich Keepers
KNITTING
Currently Knitting:
≈ Knitting Machine Toque ...≈
~started on: 11-25-08~
~last worked on: 11-26-08~
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
≈ Prayer Shawl ... ≈
~started on: 11-26-08~
~last worked on: 11-30-08~
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
≈ Furry Felted Mittens ... ≈
~started on: 12-1-08~
~last worked on: 12-4-08~
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
≈ Christmas Knitting ≈
*** Nothing at the moment ***
Knitting To-Do List:
≈ Swiffer Sweeper cloths
• Wet/Dry Swiffer Mop cloth
• Mr. Clean Magic Reach Mop cloth
≈ Tawashi's
≈ Round Tablecloth for Mom
Year Round Knitting:
≈ Christmas Presents
Knitting Wish List:
≈ Ball Band throw rug for in front of kitchen sink
Finished Knitting List of 2008:
Hand Knitting
• Hannah Ponytail Hat
≈ Felted Slippers for Mom
≈ Flaming 'C' Illusion Scarf
≈ My Knitting Bag
≈ 3 Prayer Cloths
≈ 12 Tawashi's
≈ 4 Pair of Socks
≈ Tissue Cozy
≈ Mesh Shopping Bag
≈ Irish Hiking fingerless mitts
≈ Round Baby Blanket
≈ 2 Pairs of Furry Mittens
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
Studio HK-100 Knitting Machine
≈ Dishcloth - 1
≈ Felted Purse (small) - 4
≈ Felted Bags (medium/large) - 2
≈ Felted Grocery bag
≈ Charlotte's Toque
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
Innovations Knitting Machine
≈ Ski Mask - 1
≈ Double Knit Toque - 1
≈ Very Long Red Tube Scarf - 1
CROCHETING
Currently Crocheting:
≈ Nothing at the moment
Crocheting To-Do List:
• Swiffer Sweeper cloths
Year Round Crocheting:
≈ Christmas Presents
Crocheting Wish List:
• Seraphina Shawl
Finished Crochet List of 2008:
≈ Felted Slippers for my Mom
≈ Crochet Dish Sponge - 1
≈ Doll Carrier for Taryn
• Half Moon Shawl
≈ Crown for Charlotte
≈ Artificial Nest
≈ Tam
Iced Coffee Syrup
≈ coffee
≈ water
≈ sugar
***IMPORTANT***: you need a percolator style coffee pot to make this.
DO NOT use a drip style coffee maker to make this syrup!!!!!
* Make one pot of coffee, then discard the grounds.
* Add fresh grounds, percolate again, with the coffee as liquid, not fresh water.
* Do this three times.
* To the finished coffee mixture, add one half the amount of sugar (if you end up with 3 cups coffee mixture, add 1 1/2 cups sugar).
* Mix until sugar is completely dissolved.
* To use: add 2 - 3 tablespoons of syrup to a 10 oz glass of milk, stir to mix and enjoy.
|
|
