Thursday, July 21, 2011

A little bit of this and that

School has been going well. Nine days down, 171 to go.

The heat is killing us, though. Everybody is cranky. The beach last Sunday was awesome. There was a wonderful breeze the whole time. All the kids finally got to go to the beach and play. There was also a pool with a huge slide. The big kids had a bunch of fun with that.

Yesterday, L decided she wanted to have a lemonade stand. I said she could. So at noon, the hottest part of the day, on one of the hottest days of the year they all head outside with a pitcher of blueberry lemonade and a pitcher of tea. They made $40! Many people just threw money at them. One lady gave a $10 bill for a $.25 cup of tea. A pizza delivery guy gave $5. Lots of people gave money without taking a drink.

I've done a tiny bit of sewing. I made a rice sock and hand warmers for Mr. and Mrs. McDowell. They have been L's SS teachers for 2 years. I also finally got around to making a bag for our Rummikub game. Now we can play without seeing the tiles in a zip lock baggie. Both of those together were half a yard. I'm 5.5 yards in the hole. I should be able to sew up something to break even.

Friday, July 15, 2011

14 years

I've been a mother 14 years and never had a crayon run through the washer and dryer. Until now. Nothing valuable damaged, but I'm working on getting the stains out.

We used extra hot water and baking soda with some oxy-clean to get the stains out. They all came out! I have a front loader, so I just added the baking soda on top of the clothes instead of putting it in with the detergent.

L helped. She was relieved that the clothes were clean again. So was I.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Why am I not sewing?

Charlie is gone for a week. We are going to start school tomorrow to give us something to do while he is gone. I have it all planned, and some of the kids are excited. We will need to go to the library for some books.

I don't have anything specific to sew for myself. I hate making clothes that don't fit. The last 2 dresses I attempted were failures. What should I make? Dress? Skirt? Top?