This Week

This week we’ve been home cleaning, catching-up, and getting the dryer fixed. I’ve got a pretty good amount of laundry to get to.

We’ve been working on the front yard a bit. I trimmed the trees, and had the kids pick up sticks. I hope to have the front yard and the back yard cleaned up for the Fourth of July.

We’ve been indoors during the afternoon, the weather is already way too warm. We had a head advisory last night until 8:00 p.m. It seems that the hot weather has arrived a bit early in KS.

I’ve got to run to the store tomorrow, and finalize the menu for the Fourth of July. I can’t wait for the holiday this year!

Hope you are having a happy Friday. Stay cool if you are out and about.

Jun 26

Home Woes

So my dryer went out yesterday… I’m still calling around to get an estimate on the repairs. I’m pretty sure it is the heating element that has gone out.

Well, we still have to get the business of laundry done, so we’ll be spending a bit of time at the laundromat until the repairs are done.

The kids don’t seem to mind though. They had fun hanging out at the laundromat.

I need this sign in my laundry room.

It has just been one of those weeks/months/years…

Jun 25

A Little Project

Yesterday I switched into my Summer tote bag. It didn’t have a little pocket to hold my phone, so I thought I would crochet a little pouch.

I picked out lots of different colors to make a striped phone case. It took me a little over an hour to complete the project.

It fit my phone perfectly. I might add a button and a little clasp to it later. For now it works just fine, and keeps my phone safe in my tote.

Jun 24

Blooms and Greens

Summer has arrived, and already it is too hot for me out there. The garden has shifted from pretty blossoms, to hearty succulents and blooming Hosta.

The lilies have finally bloomed.

This is their third year in the garden. They look pretty in the ivy and shade.

These little lilies never got very tall, and oh goodness I have neglected my weeding duties.

The Hosta have bloomed. The hosta bed also needs a bit of tiding. It is overgrown with Mint, and other little weeds that need pulling.

Friday my Mother in law surprised me with a new plant for the indoors. I love the deep dark purple of the Orchid. It was such a sweet surprise.

The Orchid looks pretty happy in the indoor garden too.

What about you… What are you growing in your indoor or outdoor Summer garden?

Jun 20

Works In Progress

Like usual, I have three crochet projects going on at once. I’m working on two different afghans for Agnes, and one housewarming gift for my brother and his girlfriend.

The first afghan for Agnes I started way back in April. It is going to be a multicolored granny-square afghan in shades of maroon, coral, and pink. Agnes chose all of the colors.

I set my pattern, and I was making pretty good progress on crocheting all of the granny-squares.

Then I ran out of pink yarn…

So I had to stop just where I was. I checked our local store every time I went grocery shopping. A few months later the yarn still hasn’t been restocked. Luckily my Mother in law came to the rescue, and she found a few in another town.

So I am back to work making bright Summery granny-squares.

When Grandma (my mother in law) visited in May, we girls went shopping. We headed to the craft department, and Agnes spotted some bright pink yarn. Grandma picked up three skeins of bright pink to start me off on another afghan for Agnes.

The pattern is a quick one. It is a single crochet, followed by two double crochets. It makes a nice and fluffy fabric, and it is very fast to crochet too.

I’m hoping to make this afghan twin sized, so it can fit Agnes’s bed. I picked up a few more skeins last night, so I can keep crocheting on this one.

Lastly I have another granny-square afghan that I have been working on since May. It is going to be a housewarming gift. I think it is going to have 400 squares, and they are edged in a pretty heather gray.