workout 11/18/08

#24
Seated leg press 128 x 10, 10
Lat pull down 90 x 10, both grips
Lateral raise 30 x 10, 6
Row
Ankle raise
Seated leg curl 40 x 10, 5
Dead lift

5 min. 332 steps level recumbent Xtrainer

Of late

Mon 11/17 I made 40 oz of laundry detergent. It was roughly 6 cups each of washing soda, borax, and grated soap (handmade, of course).

while on vacation I mended/altered a lot of things. Cut off a pair of shorts to make a purse. That's just waiting for a strap. Hemmed a red dress for one of the girls that had been in the pile for quite some time. Darned a pair of tights for Lottie. Patched a hole in my red sweater. Whew! It was a busy time. I also organized a bit of my current sewing pile and folded more yardage.

Today I made a gallon of plain applesauce.

Last night I cut out O's Christmas dress.

Girls' measurements

Olivia
Chest 22"
Waist 21"
Hips 22"
Length 21.5"
Arm length 11"
To waist 8"
Crotch length 5"
Thigh 11"

Holland
Chest 22.5"
Waist 21.5"
Hips 25"
Length 27"
Arm length 13.5"
To waist

Lottie
Chest 26"
Waist 25"
Hips 28"
Length 33"
Arm length 17"
To waist 14"

Emily
Chest 27"
Waist 26"
Hips 29"
Length 35"
Arm length
To waist 13

edited 2/2/09

Apples and sweet potatoes

On our vacation (and the farmer's market upon return) we got 45 pounds of sweet potatoes, 3.5 bu of apples, and some other random fruit. There are many varieties of apples, and one bu was for a friend.

This is what I've done with it all so far.

1 gal of apple pie filling
1 apple coffee cake
1 qt of fried apples
16 C of frozen sweet potatoes to eat later
6 C eaten sweet potatoes
8 C mashed sweet potatoes to share
4.25 gal applesauce (using 1 gal to make apple butter)
numerous apples eaten

edited 11/21/08

Painless Savings

Piggy Piggy was a very heavy pig! We decided to roll the coins for our upcoming trip to NC. It was over $100!! I was floored! This is going to be a new Nov. 1 tradition for us now.

2295 pennies for $22.95
167 nickels for $8.35
280 dimes for $28
180 quarters for $45

Wow! That doesn't even include the state quarters that we took out to add to our collection. I want to see if we can get more every year.

More fabric?

My goodness! I went into the attic looking around and I found more fabric. Looks like Mom's. I may never be done going through her stuff. Speaking of her stuff....tomorrow I will send off the IRS forms. Hopefully that will be the end of it.

I think that when we get a storage unit one of the first things I will move out is those white boxes. That will free up some space to put other things away. Then we can do the garage and barn. I can't wait!!

I did some more pattern organizing tonight. Some got put into envelopes and into the filing drawer. Some got entered onto the spreadsheet. And finally, some got pictures into picassa. Fun times here. It's fun to get organized, but it takes so long.

Exercise and project

We went to the Y on the 27th.

Seated leg press 128 x 10, 128 x 10
Lat pull down 70 X 15, 70 x 8
Lateral raise 30 x 10
Row 50 x 15, 50 x 8
Ankle raise 25 x 15
Seated leg curl 40 x 8
Dead lift 25 x 10

I also ran out of laundry detergent. So I just made some more. Love it! It's so easy and cheap.