progress on various fronts
Jun. 29th, 2011 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
treeskinIn between phone calls from my sister about all the stupid human tricks that our father has pulled lately, we've been busy getting things done.
By cut out a section of railing along the east side of the deck, and replaced it with a 6' wide set of steps down into the yard. I love them. They make the deck and yard flow together better, and it's a great spot to sit and watch the kids play.
He also has a bunch of siding up on the east side of the house. And since he got the leaky bathroom window refine yesterday, he'll be able to finish that section of siding. I'm thrilled with the repaired window--it's finally straight. Salvage Guy had left it so crooked it looked crooked on the inside too, and it made me a little crazy. But it's all better now.
The sewing machine has been to the repair shop for a clean and time-up, so I can sew sundresses for me and The Miss. Had the fabric for a couple weeks. Green with flowers and Tinkerbell on the skirt for her, shades of green for me.
I made a new garden area, although it won't get planted until we're back from our trip east. (And resisting diving into that project is taking more willpower than you'd believe.)
I finished the last of six cross stitch pieces last night. All small, and all on the same chunk of fabric. Got it washed, and now it's drying, before I turn the stitcheries into pincushions and needle books and such. And I started another cross stitch last night, because I am weak and Joan Elliott designed a fabulous green woman face, with leaves and bugs and such.
Ive finished two hats out of soft cotton blends, to give the relative of a friend, who is undergoing surgeries for Parkinson's. She'll have her head shaved for a while, and the family is getting hats and scarves for her to wear in the meantime.
And finally, this morning, I got the play yard mowed, and the veggie garden well watered. And now I'm knitting a head scarf for my friend's family member.
By cut out a section of railing along the east side of the deck, and replaced it with a 6' wide set of steps down into the yard. I love them. They make the deck and yard flow together better, and it's a great spot to sit and watch the kids play.
He also has a bunch of siding up on the east side of the house. And since he got the leaky bathroom window refine yesterday, he'll be able to finish that section of siding. I'm thrilled with the repaired window--it's finally straight. Salvage Guy had left it so crooked it looked crooked on the inside too, and it made me a little crazy. But it's all better now.
The sewing machine has been to the repair shop for a clean and time-up, so I can sew sundresses for me and The Miss. Had the fabric for a couple weeks. Green with flowers and Tinkerbell on the skirt for her, shades of green for me.
I made a new garden area, although it won't get planted until we're back from our trip east. (And resisting diving into that project is taking more willpower than you'd believe.)
I finished the last of six cross stitch pieces last night. All small, and all on the same chunk of fabric. Got it washed, and now it's drying, before I turn the stitcheries into pincushions and needle books and such. And I started another cross stitch last night, because I am weak and Joan Elliott designed a fabulous green woman face, with leaves and bugs and such.
Ive finished two hats out of soft cotton blends, to give the relative of a friend, who is undergoing surgeries for Parkinson's. She'll have her head shaved for a while, and the family is getting hats and scarves for her to wear in the meantime.
And finally, this morning, I got the play yard mowed, and the veggie garden well watered. And now I'm knitting a head scarf for my friend's family member.
