Almost Done

Well dress rehearsal is over, pictures and longer post coming tomorrow. I have someone who has promised to take a picture of us dressed as camels tomorrow during the show.

Still want to bury the director up to her neck in hot sand (I would of course dig her out before too much damage could occur).

This will be my final performance as I am tired of the nitpicking and favorites.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Busy With Rehearsals

I have been extremely busy the last two days. Hmmm, actually I can say I will be busy all this week.

This is the week of our church musical and even though every year I say I am not going to take part, for some reason I get suckered into performing again. However this year really will be the last performance as the old body just can not seem to keep up anymore (and for some reason the other two people I dance with can not seem to get the dance steps...and treat me like I am incompetent when I nicely show them what we are doing wrong). I am so tempted to turn to each of them and let her know I am not an idiot.

I do have pictures and hope to start putting them up tomorrow as there is no practice (the one day this week that I could stay home in the evening and I have a meeting!!).

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Finished the Dusters and Moving On

Today I finished off the dusters. This time I used up some flannel that I had in my sewing room. I am now the proud owner of 10 reusable dusters.

I don't know if I like the flannel ones as much as the green all purpose cleaning cloth ones I made yesterday, but I will give these a try and let you all know how they work.

I have started the Swiffer Sweeper replacement and hope to get that done by this evening. If it does a good job I will make a couple more with my leftover cotton yarn. I hope to have a picture of the finished project to post tomorrow. Well it could be Monday considering I have play practice starting at 5 tomorrow night for who knows how long.

I promised I would post the link to the pattern I used so here it is.

http://www.sew-much-ado.com/2010/02/tutorial-reusable-swiffer-duster-cloths.html

Hope you all give it a try.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Frugality and A Greener Lifestyle

Part of being a frugal person is living a greener lifestyle, and in order to do this I thought I would try to remove some of the throw away life that I have been living.

This is the first of what I hope to be many changes in how I manage to become a greenie.

We use a swifter duster to get to those hard to reach spots almost daily. The cost of the throw away dusters is crazy at 15 for $15.00. That is $1.00 each and you just throw them out.

The internet to the rescue!!!

Today I gathered supplies.

Cut them out into the 8x8 inch squares recommended, and got started making reusable dusters.

Sewed them together a la the suggestions and tried one out.

Look at all the dust it picked up. Harvey and I are very happy with the results. I have another 6 ready to sew up tomorrow!

While the price to start these was about the same, the fact that I can throw them in the wash and reuse them will save us money it the long run.

Harvey now figures I am "The woman."

After I get these done I figure on making some Swifter Sweeper type items and getting rid of more of my throw it out lifestyle.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

A Bookcase and A Pie

A couple of days ago my sweet tooth was acting up so I decided to make a pie. I had some blueberries and some cream cheese that needed to be used up and so I made what has quickly become my favorite type of pie.

A Glazed Blueberry Pie...... Very addictive. Harvey and I have been enjoying a piece for dessert after supper for the last few days. I could quickly gain lots of weight if blueberries and cream cheese went on sale often.

Now on to Harvey's project. Our oldest son Kurt wanted a bookcase for his class and was quite specific in how he wanted it to look.

Here are a few photos of the finished product.

Here is a picture of the front. There are four ledges on which to place the books. Harvey made the ledges adjustable, something Kurt never even thought of.

This is one of the sides. The front sits on brackets and so can be removed for easy transport.

 Here is the back with a couple of shelves so Kurt can store a few books and change up the display every so often.

Turned out pretty darn good.

Harvey's next project is going to be a microwave cabinet for our youngest son Kris. These little projects are keeping him busy and out of my hair during this long cold winter.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Menus for the Week of February 17th to 23rd

Once again I am late posting my menus. Got all caught up yesterday in finishing those costumes (camel ones) for the play. But they are all done now and I plan on handing them off tonight to my friend Hannah. She is going to fancy them up for us, you know, tassels, gold cord and such.

I am not posting last nights meal but will start with today.

Monday

Chili, toast and tossed salad.

Tuesday

Leftover Ham Casserole from Sunday nights meal and a tossed salad.

Wednesday

Out for supper we hope to be in Regina shopping and visiting with Kris over a lovely supper before heading home.

Thursday

Leftover Chili from Monday. I always seem to make so much.

Friday

Shake and Bake Fish Fillets along with Oven Fries and some more Coleslaw.

Saturday

Beef Vegetable Soup (found some lovely homemade broth when I cleaned out my freezer) and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Poor Kris

Kris was coming home today until I read on the weather station here on line that a winter storm was going to pay us a visit. While snow is not the best thing to drive through, rain, snow and blowing snow make driving our highways treacherous. He (much to his and our disappointment) decided to stay home and perhaps make the trip down next weekend.

This is what they had planned on doing. Ice fishing on Rafferty Dam. Kris has tried to go fishing with Harvey numerous times this winter and it has never worked out. Hopefully next weekend will be the time they manage to get out on the ice.

While they do not have a wooden ice shack a few years ago I bought an ice tent like this for Harvey's Christmas gift. I have been told it works very well, and they can move it so easily.

We are planning to go to Regina on Wednesday of next week. There are a few things we want to pick up that can only be obtained in a bigger city. We will meet up with Kris for supper, and have a short visit then. All of us are looking forward to the visit and the shopping trip.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.