Oh, but for the love of trees
It’s a beautiful day. Absolutely lovely. The sun is out, the weather is warming up and my strawberries are showing new growth and flowers. And the new blueberry bush is showing promising growth as well. The husband is looking very healthy and happy isn’t he? He broke down and bought me some chicks (I knew [...]
WP updated, archives fixed & socks knit
I did that. I also made donuts, fry bread and crullers because I’m so talented. The socks are really nothing special, I’m pretty boring as socks go. Pink merino handspun, size 1 dpns, and a few evenings. They are a little baggy, but soft and comfy. Updating the blog and fixing the archives was a [...]
It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
My husband cleaned the living room and home school area. My. Husband. Cleaned. Just let that sink in. Sometimes it just takes a while to accept certain things as reality, don’t try to force yourself to take it all in at once– it’s better for the brain to just let it sit in the back [...]
Reverse label for care
I thought since this is my knitting blog, and since I like to knit fibers that are typically dry clean only that I’d write a little about the alternatives to dry cleaning. One is wet cleaning, which is the industrial environmental friendly version of dry cleaning, it uses clamps, water jets, detergent jets and steam [...]
Adventures in sweatpants.
This morning I took advantage of the age old housewife trick of sleeping in sweat pants and ratty t-shirt. Bless Flylady’s sweet heart, but there are times when baby steps are not the answer, there are times the answer involves two quarts of degreaser concentrate, an alarm clock, thick rubber gloves and sweatpants. Earlier in [...]
