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Aug. 30th, 2011 10:34 amThe biggest part of the day's to-do list involves running the kids until they are too tired to shriek (because they are wild, shrieking little monkeys this morning), and a week's worth of laundry. Bleh. Hates laundry, we do. Also have to make hamburger buns (caraway rye, yum!) for dinner. And, if the kids behave enough for me to dig out all the ingredients, make up a batch of plaiting soap for By; one of his side-job clients wants a braided whip.
Got D through the funeral and reception on Saturday. There is still drama with J's daughters, and D is preparing to go to court. J didn't leave a will or "transfer on death" for the house, so who knows what's going to happen to that. And she's working on establishing their common law marriage, which one of the daughters will likely fight.
And that reminds me, I need to figure out where to put four more fruit trees, a couple peaches and I think the others are apple or pear. D and J were planning to plant them this fall, and since the fate of the house, and her residency there, is still fluid......I told her I'd find good places for them, and put benches under them so she could come visit. And there are three or four things I'd planned to dig for her this fall, that I'm just going to keep for now, until she figures out where she's landing.
On the up side, D heard from her mother Sunday, and her mother is all moved into her new apartment (assisted living, like Grandma is set up in). The facility had called D's mom a week early, saying the apartment was ready when she was, so she called her new church, and thwy had her moved, set up in the new place, and the old house clean in half a day. That is such a huge help for D; she's been trying to figure out when she could carve out time to go do that, with no help.
I started my holiday gift project production last week, while I was sitting with D. Done so far are a hat and scarf set for Sis, and a cabled hat for her youngest boy. And there is yarn in my bag, waiting for me to start another hat, as soon as I've typed this. I've got a pile of stitched pieces that are destined to become ornaments (and gifts), if I can just make myself sit down and do the finishing bits. It's worse than weaving in ends or sewing on buttons.
Speaking of sewing on buttons, I need to do that for some doll dresses. I'd finished a couple that I'd meant for presents for D, and I should get those done and to her. Completely frivolous, but she needs a bit of that right now.
By got more done on my shed/studio this weekend. The rest of the posts are set, and sqaurw, and plumb, and he's started peeling off the floor joists that Salvage Guy did so messily, and redoing them right. I'm so excited about having a space that's just mine.
The kids have been watching, and helping, and picking up new tricks. The Boy watched Papa use a hammer to pull nails out of a board. As soon as Papa put the hammer down, he snagged it, found nails sticking out of another board, and used the hammer to pull them. And succeeded, which scares me a little. He is also learning to use a shovel to scoop up dirt and put it in a wheel barrow, though he's still a bit clumsy on that. He gets excited, and tends to spill. But it keeps him occupied while I'm doing other things.
Got D through the funeral and reception on Saturday. There is still drama with J's daughters, and D is preparing to go to court. J didn't leave a will or "transfer on death" for the house, so who knows what's going to happen to that. And she's working on establishing their common law marriage, which one of the daughters will likely fight.
And that reminds me, I need to figure out where to put four more fruit trees, a couple peaches and I think the others are apple or pear. D and J were planning to plant them this fall, and since the fate of the house, and her residency there, is still fluid......I told her I'd find good places for them, and put benches under them so she could come visit. And there are three or four things I'd planned to dig for her this fall, that I'm just going to keep for now, until she figures out where she's landing.
On the up side, D heard from her mother Sunday, and her mother is all moved into her new apartment (assisted living, like Grandma is set up in). The facility had called D's mom a week early, saying the apartment was ready when she was, so she called her new church, and thwy had her moved, set up in the new place, and the old house clean in half a day. That is such a huge help for D; she's been trying to figure out when she could carve out time to go do that, with no help.
I started my holiday gift project production last week, while I was sitting with D. Done so far are a hat and scarf set for Sis, and a cabled hat for her youngest boy. And there is yarn in my bag, waiting for me to start another hat, as soon as I've typed this. I've got a pile of stitched pieces that are destined to become ornaments (and gifts), if I can just make myself sit down and do the finishing bits. It's worse than weaving in ends or sewing on buttons.
Speaking of sewing on buttons, I need to do that for some doll dresses. I'd finished a couple that I'd meant for presents for D, and I should get those done and to her. Completely frivolous, but she needs a bit of that right now.
By got more done on my shed/studio this weekend. The rest of the posts are set, and sqaurw, and plumb, and he's started peeling off the floor joists that Salvage Guy did so messily, and redoing them right. I'm so excited about having a space that's just mine.
The kids have been watching, and helping, and picking up new tricks. The Boy watched Papa use a hammer to pull nails out of a board. As soon as Papa put the hammer down, he snagged it, found nails sticking out of another board, and used the hammer to pull them. And succeeded, which scares me a little. He is also learning to use a shovel to scoop up dirt and put it in a wheel barrow, though he's still a bit clumsy on that. He gets excited, and tends to spill. But it keeps him occupied while I'm doing other things.
