I think I'm shrinking!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
my week
I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with school. I'm not too motivated to do homework, I'd rather sit and quilt some.
I have been knitting a few doll blankets for the girls. I hope to have them done by the end of the month.
Last night I cut out the pieces for a four block Civil War wallhanging. I want to get it done and hang it in the dining room. I also have a Revolutionary war era fabric one that I'm working on. I have several pieces in my hutch that are older such as a set of Currier and Ives dishes, some crystal, and a few pieces of milk glass. My dad made a few shelves to hang up in that room that I can display my "old" family photos. So, my theme will be "old".....can't really call it antiques. I hope to eventually display our family trees.
So, that's what's going on here. Today I'm going to work on homework and hopefully a little sewing. I also have the yule log defrosted. Its about ten pounds of hamburger meat. I'm going to make taco meat, chili meat, and meatballs and freeze them today.
Its pretty chilly today. I had to pick up the oldest two this morning from a lock-in at the church last night. It was one degree on my truck. Got a fire going already!!
I have been knitting a few doll blankets for the girls. I hope to have them done by the end of the month.
Last night I cut out the pieces for a four block Civil War wallhanging. I want to get it done and hang it in the dining room. I also have a Revolutionary war era fabric one that I'm working on. I have several pieces in my hutch that are older such as a set of Currier and Ives dishes, some crystal, and a few pieces of milk glass. My dad made a few shelves to hang up in that room that I can display my "old" family photos. So, my theme will be "old".....can't really call it antiques. I hope to eventually display our family trees.
So, that's what's going on here. Today I'm going to work on homework and hopefully a little sewing. I also have the yule log defrosted. Its about ten pounds of hamburger meat. I'm going to make taco meat, chili meat, and meatballs and freeze them today.
Its pretty chilly today. I had to pick up the oldest two this morning from a lock-in at the church last night. It was one degree on my truck. Got a fire going already!!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Still no camera
And this is really driving me batty. I would love to have a camera around to take some photos of the house or even some of the quilting I'm doing.
I'm about halfway through with one of the wallhangings that I have planned for the house. Its getting there. I'm making time in the evenings to sit and quilt. Sometimes its hard because I'm exhausted but it is relaxing to sit and hand quilt so I have been getting more done.
I started back to school this week. I have this class and one more to complete my bachelor's. I've started looking into masters programs but not sure when I'll start. Next year, I'll have five kids that I will be homeschooling. It keeps me really busy and I need to stay on top of it so not sure how a master's class would fit into that. I would definitely only be taking one class at a time.
I have started planning out my garden. Next month I am ordering two plum trees, two pear trees, two peach trees, and two cherry trees. The good news is that they are dwarf trees so they only get to be about six feet tall and as soon as next year I could get fruit off of them. The bad news is that I wont get alot of fruit, but that's okay too. I plan on buying two more of each next year and two apple trees. We have three full sized apple trees on the property now but they haven't been pruned in years. The advantage of a dwarf tree is that it is easier to reach to pick and prune. I'm not looking forward to pruning these big huge trees.
I'm also ordering four blueberry bushes and six raspberry bushes. Fifty strawberry plants will finish out the fruit planting. I hope to add more of these on next year too and include some blackberry bushes.
I have been drooling over the seed catalogs since they came in last month. I have picked all the veggies that we plan on growing and will be ordering those seeds as well. Its going to be busy here with all this planting, but it will be fun and worth it in the long run. I plan on building raised beds to garden in. Getting too old to plant in a traditional garden and then have to stoop down over to weed will kill my back.
Hubby will be home in early June so I may wait for him to come and work on the chicken coop. I think I'll be all gardened out by then especially since I have four flower beds to take care of. Thankfully, they didn't have many beds, but they are massively overgrown. I dont plan on buiding any others; well maybe one out front because there isnt one. And of course, an herb garden as well. I want to look into drying them and using them for medicinal purposes.
Take care everyone and happy quilting!
I'm about halfway through with one of the wallhangings that I have planned for the house. Its getting there. I'm making time in the evenings to sit and quilt. Sometimes its hard because I'm exhausted but it is relaxing to sit and hand quilt so I have been getting more done.
I started back to school this week. I have this class and one more to complete my bachelor's. I've started looking into masters programs but not sure when I'll start. Next year, I'll have five kids that I will be homeschooling. It keeps me really busy and I need to stay on top of it so not sure how a master's class would fit into that. I would definitely only be taking one class at a time.
I have started planning out my garden. Next month I am ordering two plum trees, two pear trees, two peach trees, and two cherry trees. The good news is that they are dwarf trees so they only get to be about six feet tall and as soon as next year I could get fruit off of them. The bad news is that I wont get alot of fruit, but that's okay too. I plan on buying two more of each next year and two apple trees. We have three full sized apple trees on the property now but they haven't been pruned in years. The advantage of a dwarf tree is that it is easier to reach to pick and prune. I'm not looking forward to pruning these big huge trees.
I'm also ordering four blueberry bushes and six raspberry bushes. Fifty strawberry plants will finish out the fruit planting. I hope to add more of these on next year too and include some blackberry bushes.
I have been drooling over the seed catalogs since they came in last month. I have picked all the veggies that we plan on growing and will be ordering those seeds as well. Its going to be busy here with all this planting, but it will be fun and worth it in the long run. I plan on building raised beds to garden in. Getting too old to plant in a traditional garden and then have to stoop down over to weed will kill my back.
Hubby will be home in early June so I may wait for him to come and work on the chicken coop. I think I'll be all gardened out by then especially since I have four flower beds to take care of. Thankfully, they didn't have many beds, but they are massively overgrown. I dont plan on buiding any others; well maybe one out front because there isnt one. And of course, an herb garden as well. I want to look into drying them and using them for medicinal purposes.
Take care everyone and happy quilting!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Busy, Busy, Busy
Christmas came and we were very lucky to have both my hubby and father here for two weeks. With dad here, we were busy doing projects. Seems that he really likes to drive to town to go to Home Depot. I think he was worried that the rest of the world had disappeared in our little town of about 150 people.
Dad bought me a dishwasher for Christmas. Its wonderful to be able to throw the dishes in there and not have to hand wash everything anymore. I've been doing more baking because of it.
He also moved the thermostat for me. With it being so cold (Christmas week, the average temp was 8), we had fires going every day all day long. The temp is CA where hubby is was 60 when he left and it was 65 in VA for my dad. They were dying in the cold temps. Our thermostat is located on the wall directly across from the fireplace, not the most ideal location. Dad just moved it to the wall behind it in the dining room so now it will stay on when the fire is going. The living room gets to be 74 or so with the fire, but the rest of the house freezes because the thermostat wasn't kicking the furnace on. It was particularly cold upstairs. This old farmhouse doesnt have any insulation upstairs I think, so its about 4-5 degrees cooler up there. We have a plug in heater for the kids to keep it warmer up there. I don't think the heat travels well up through the vents either. The heater keeps things much warmer so I'm wondering if the vents need a good cleaning.
We also redid some lighting issues. The schoolroom has this little light with four tiny lightbulbs and only one worked. We replaced it and now I can see!! We also replaced the light in my son's room. The room had duck wallpaper which he is keeping but kind of a girly light, so we changed that out. I still have to replace the horse (yes, I did say horse) chandelier in the dining room and a few other lights throughout the house.
Hubby was busy hanging up things upstairs. I didnt have him hang anything downstairs because I still have to paint down here. I would love to show you pictures, but not only is my camera broken so is my son's.
I have been busy organizing my quilting projects so that I can get some done for the walls. I have a civil war wallhanging for the dining room to work on. The dining room has some pieces of crystal and milk glass that have been handed down to me. I also have some old family photos so I'm hoping to go with an "antique" theme. I have an american revolution wallhanging that's almost completed and then I want to work on a 1930s wallhanging. I think the wallhangings and photos will go nicely. Eventually, I want to finish our genealogy charts and put them up too. I have my dad's family traced back to the early 1800s in AL and NC, but haven't been able to get any farther.
In the living room, I have two wallhangings that I want to work on. The first is the bald eagle with the flag (its a popular panel right now) that I'm going to use on my hubby's "I love me" wall. I am going to put all of his plaques and things from the navy on there. The other wallhanging is from Debbie Fields and is the outdoors theme. I want to go with a more "cabin" feel in the house....kind of strange for a farmhouse I know.
I start school on the 14th. Two classes left to finish up my bachelors degree. I'm not sure if I'm going to go on to my masters or look into getting my genealogy certification.
And because I have nothing else to do, I'm reading Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Craig. So far I'm really enjoying it. The character Miss Sissy is a hoot!
Dad bought me a dishwasher for Christmas. Its wonderful to be able to throw the dishes in there and not have to hand wash everything anymore. I've been doing more baking because of it.
He also moved the thermostat for me. With it being so cold (Christmas week, the average temp was 8), we had fires going every day all day long. The temp is CA where hubby is was 60 when he left and it was 65 in VA for my dad. They were dying in the cold temps. Our thermostat is located on the wall directly across from the fireplace, not the most ideal location. Dad just moved it to the wall behind it in the dining room so now it will stay on when the fire is going. The living room gets to be 74 or so with the fire, but the rest of the house freezes because the thermostat wasn't kicking the furnace on. It was particularly cold upstairs. This old farmhouse doesnt have any insulation upstairs I think, so its about 4-5 degrees cooler up there. We have a plug in heater for the kids to keep it warmer up there. I don't think the heat travels well up through the vents either. The heater keeps things much warmer so I'm wondering if the vents need a good cleaning.
We also redid some lighting issues. The schoolroom has this little light with four tiny lightbulbs and only one worked. We replaced it and now I can see!! We also replaced the light in my son's room. The room had duck wallpaper which he is keeping but kind of a girly light, so we changed that out. I still have to replace the horse (yes, I did say horse) chandelier in the dining room and a few other lights throughout the house.
Hubby was busy hanging up things upstairs. I didnt have him hang anything downstairs because I still have to paint down here. I would love to show you pictures, but not only is my camera broken so is my son's.
I have been busy organizing my quilting projects so that I can get some done for the walls. I have a civil war wallhanging for the dining room to work on. The dining room has some pieces of crystal and milk glass that have been handed down to me. I also have some old family photos so I'm hoping to go with an "antique" theme. I have an american revolution wallhanging that's almost completed and then I want to work on a 1930s wallhanging. I think the wallhangings and photos will go nicely. Eventually, I want to finish our genealogy charts and put them up too. I have my dad's family traced back to the early 1800s in AL and NC, but haven't been able to get any farther.
In the living room, I have two wallhangings that I want to work on. The first is the bald eagle with the flag (its a popular panel right now) that I'm going to use on my hubby's "I love me" wall. I am going to put all of his plaques and things from the navy on there. The other wallhanging is from Debbie Fields and is the outdoors theme. I want to go with a more "cabin" feel in the house....kind of strange for a farmhouse I know.
I start school on the 14th. Two classes left to finish up my bachelors degree. I'm not sure if I'm going to go on to my masters or look into getting my genealogy certification.
And because I have nothing else to do, I'm reading Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Craig. So far I'm really enjoying it. The character Miss Sissy is a hoot!
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