Thursday Tid Bits

It is almost time to start supper. Thank goodness for leftovers as I will only have to make pasta and warm up the chili. I have a meeting tonight so an early supper, clean up and then off I go. This time the RCIA meeting.

My back is really bad today, and I am desperately tired. The wind is howling (many people call this type of brisk westerly wind an Alberta Clipper, I call it something else....) and my fibro is starting to kick in. I am happy to note that soon I will be home and resting for a few days. Hopefully that will help.

Went for my 10 block walk early this morning and actually cut a bit off my time. Next week I will be going for 12 blocks on the days I don't work and hopefully by the end of the week will have managed to cut time off once again by the end of that week.

I also spent some time cutting out some more sewing patterns.

A couple of dresses, a top, and in the bag with the shorts and pants pattern 2 pairs of shorts. So all together I managed to cut out 9 patterns. This means I used most of 9 pieces of fabric from my stash. I do have to go through the scraps tomorrow and decide what will be useful to use in what small (or larger quilting projects).

Then silly me decided to sew some more cord onto the rug project. Not a good idea as now the back is very painful. Stopped and rested hoping that by the time I leave for my meeting the pain will have dissipated, can't take any meds for it right now, but if it is still bad when I get home tonight I will.

Checked out my starter plants.

Starting to see some progress. I hope by the middle of next week to have a great start on the plants. My Moonflowers seem to be growing quite well.

Off to start supper.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Whew, A Few Spare Moments

The past three days have whizzed by, really I don't know where they have gone. Here it is Wednesday, the middle of the work week and I can barely remember yesterday!! I do know I went to work but other than that and a few chores around the house the day disappeared in the blink of an eye.

I did manage to finish my knit dress on Monday. Hmmm, the picture shows the hem as being crooked. Not true it is just not centered on the hanger properly.

Very simple pattern, but the next time I make it I think I would use a heavier knit.

Now I started on one of my other goals this month. Cutting out those patterns that I want to get finished to update or replace items that I either wore out or no longer fit.

Two very quick to make skirts, another quick to make sundress, and a jacket that can be sewn in a short period of time.

This is a picture of 7 pieces of fabric I would like to get cut out and if the patterns I use are simple enough, I should be able to get a few more items made. I am hoping for a sleeveless dress, a top, another skirt, a couple of pairs of shorts, and perhaps a summer top out of the blue checked with perhaps the white eyelet for trim. Stash busting and decluttering absolutely the best thing.

I think I might be busy!!

I have also been going for early morning walks on those days that I am not working. Hope to increase my distance by a couple of blocks every week.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Menu Monday

 Monday

Beef Short Ribs in a BBQ sauce, rice and the leftover veggies from the fridge.

Tuesday

Chili and toast.

Wednesday

Leftover Chicken made into something new and different.

Thursday

Leftover Chili served over pasta.

Friday

Perogies.

Saturday

Chicken wings, salad, and leftover pasta.

Sunday

Roast Pork, roasted potatoes, roasted carrots and leftover salad.

Here they are, my weekly menus. Pretty soon we will be moving into BBQ season and lots of veggies and salads. Yum.

Sunday Ramblings.

Lent is slowly drawing to a close. Soon we will be moving into the Tridium which is the part of the Church year I love.

Today the church was decently full, not as full as it used to be when our boys were growing up, but at least there were fewer empty pews.

Father Brian once again gave us a great deal to think about. He talked about the parables leading us into the teachings of Christ and how unless we understood all the levels of the teaching we were not very close to knowing and having a relationship with our Savior. This is much the same as what both the courses I am teaching say. We know lots about Christ, but do we really know him? Lots to think about this week.

I spent part of the day visiting a friend in the hospital. JoAnn, broke her pelvis while in Regina and is laid up in the hospital. She is hoping to get out for Easter. I am keeping my fingers crossed for her. Right now her husband, Albert, is in Edmonton with their son who is dying of cancer. I know JoAnn really wishes she was with him.

After getting home I spent some time in the sewing room. I am working on that dress I cut out last month. Still have a bit to do, but I quit while I was still having things go well. If I sew too long, well I start to make silly little mistakes and then get frustrated, which in turn leads to more silly mistakes. Better to stop while the going is good.

Yesterday I promised to show an update on the rug project. Pretty soon I may need a ladder in order to get a proper picture.

This once a week update is showing me that I am actually accomplishing more then I thought on this project. Tomorrow I should be able to sew some more of the burgundy cording on. I have 4 loops hanging on my knitting basket.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Where Did The Week Go????

Where on earth did this week disappear to? I know I was busy, but really did have good intentions to get a few posts done before now.

Our weather has changed for the better. We did get more snow on Wednesday evening, but by Thursday night when I went to lead the RCIA class the snow had disappeared and the sun was shining brightly.

I did manage to get a few things accomplished this week.

I cut up some more t-shirts for a project.

Still need lots more so I am hoping that when Harvey cleans out his drawers I will manage a few more. He usually gets rid of many of his t-shirts come cleaning out time.

I also managed to get my seeds planted. Nothing coming up as of yet, but I am hoping to see some green shoots appearing very soon. I even made a diagram of what each container holds.

No sewing happened this week, but I am hoping to start that up again tomorrow. I did work on the rug project and will have an update picture tomorrow. Planning to do some more cord making tonight/

Otherwise not much occurred on the old Homestead.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

It's All Downhill From Here

Once again it is the middle of the week. I actually have not accomplished all that I wanted, but at least the house is clean and I have decluttered more t-shirts and clothing. This week is a bit busier than most lately in that I have worked or will work 2 evenings and 3 days. Kind of cuts down on time around the house.

This month will be a reduce, reuse and recycle month on the Phillips Homestead.

I have already removed two bags of clothing from the premises and I hope to take some cans and bottles in tomorrow as well.

This is the third bag of clothing that I removed from our closets (okay mostly mine) and once I get a fourth bag filled off I will take them to the Salvation Army. I am beginning to enjoy the rooting through clothing to see what still fits, what I can perhaps remake into something else, and what needs to be out of the house and perhaps be replaced later down the road.

I was wondering if any of you knew what use this could be put to.

We were given a lovely wine rack as a gift for Christmas and as this one is still in excellent shape, we have been racking our brains to come up with a use for it. Any ideas???

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

New Month, New Goals

Another month has started and I figured I should bring everyone up to date on how much I accomplished of my goals last month and make some new ones for this month.

Of my last month's goals I did manage to get two of the three completed totally and one half completed.

I managed to sew the two new items for my wardrobe, and 5 of the patterns I cut out were completed.

I organized the magazine recipes and decluttered them by giving them to the library and the schools.

I only finished around half of my challenge with my rug project in that I did get the cream yarn finished and started the burgundy yarn.

This month I am going to challenge myself to finish the burgundy yarn and get a good start on another ball of the sage green (if I finish the green I will be overjoyed).

I also plan to finish sewing the 6th pattern and cut out another 4 to hopefully get sewn. This is to replace items that no longer fit or I cleared out of my spring/summer wardrobe mainly because they were over 10 years old and no longer fit my lifestyle. I still have some of those, but the items fit and are not that old.

A friend on another blog started a book of calls she had to make, keeping track of them and if she had to leave a message when the person called answered her. I decided to do something similar, however in my case I am listing items bought and the date bought.

 I just want to see how long things last around the Phillips Homestead. So I have written what I bought for the house and myself, and the date I bought the item. Hopefully I will find a pattern and thus can save for those items in the future. I should write the cost down as well and will do that after looking at the receipts later. This will be an ongoing goal for the rest of the year and beyond.


My last goal is to increase my walking in the mornings that I do not work as well as cut down on my calories. I hope to lose 5 pounds this month. The weight just seemed to appear out of no where this winter and I am beginning to feel a bit rotund.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.