Day 89 of 2023

Another fun project coming soon. 

This should be a quick one.

 

Day 88 of 2023

Vapor trails and sunset

 

Day 87 of 2023

Fireball brought home some fresh eggs from a coworker. 

I can't wait to try them.

 

Day 86 of 2023

Before and after of the upstairs room at the Old House. 

This room started with some pretty nasty carpet, 

lots of furniture, books and a whole lot of other stuff 

that was in the attic space through the little door on the left. 

It is quite deceiving as once you duck to get through the doorway, 

there is standing room for more than one person, and that space was full. 

This morning the room looked like the top picture 

thanks to our work day on Saturday 

moving all the remaining heavy furniture downstairs. 

This afternoon in just about two hours 

the carpet installers transformed the room.

 

Day 85 of 2023

My hat is slow going. 

Tomorrow I have a hurry up and wait kind of day 

so I will be bringing this project along to try to make some progress. 

I also got the buttonholes done on my pink sweater 

so I will also be bringing buttons to sew on.

 

Day 84 of 2023

She is truly an angel, giving us so much help working on the Old House. 

Today she helped us with the literal heavy lifting. 

 

Day 83 of 2023

Buttons. 

I have a busy few days coming up 

so they may not make it onto the sweater until next week sometime.

 

Day 82 of 2023

In this sea of buttons there are some really special ones. 

What's not in this collection is the right number of buttons

 in the right color and size that I need for the sweater I made today. 

 

Day 81 of 2023

Not my work. 

This was part of my dinner at a restaurant tonight

 and now I feel obligated to up my avocado presentation game. 

I'll work on it.

 

Day 80 of 2023

A body builder, a pipe and a Buddha. 

We continue to find more treasures at the Old House.

 

Day 79 of 2023

I've cut out another Marlo Sweater, in a pale pink sweater knit this time. 

I will be making the short version again but will be adding pockets

 as I am always trying to find them on my green Marlo

 which does not have pockets. 

I'm hoping it looks okay.

 

Day 78 of 2023

This ticket stub was found today in a collection of mementos at the Old House. 

Fireball said that his family did go see Holiday on Ice

 at this venue at least a couple times. 

On this date, Fireball would have been 6 years old.

Upon suggestion, I may go to the library to see if I can find evidence

 to confirm what event required this ticket. 

I am so curious now.

 

Day 77 of 2023

GB#5

 

Day 76 of 2023

My first daffodil of the season.

 

Day 75 of 2023

I made the change of dishes just in time. 

(Shamrock, Meadow, Evergreen, Lemongrass, Sage, White, Marigold, Daffodil)

 

Day 74 of 2023

I know this may not look exciting to you, 

but I can assure you that this is very exciting to Fireball and me. 

It has been quite some time since we have been able to leave from 

or return to our neighborhood 

without hitting one of these spots that used to be potholes 

that could rattle your teeth.

 

Day 73 of 2023

Another day, another trip to the donation center.

 

Day 72 of 2023

I found this piece of fabric a couple days ago at an antique store. 

It's that heavy fabric with the weird texture that was once widely used for curtains. 

I think it may work nicely for a small everyday backpack. 

 

Day 71 of 2023

Good morning. 

I hope you have a beautiful Sunday.

( not a black and white photo. see slide.)

 

Day 70 of 2023

The tile in the bathroom at the Old House has been covered for so long, 

it's going to take a few rounds of cleaning. 

This is after the first round which is already a huge improvement. 

For scale, the yellow squares measure about one and a half inches.

 

Day 69 of 2023

I sewed some today. 

All the things I put together had to be taken back apart. 

I also cut the next piece as indicated by the pattern

 and then realized I had cut the wrong piece. 

I have no more of the canvas or lining fabrics. 

Now I will have to come up with a solution to fix my error. 

After my "unsewing" I thought I'd read a little in the book I can't seem to finish. 

Unfortunately, my library doesn't have this one in audiobook format 

and tonight I am really struggling to keep my eyes open and my brain engaged.

 

Day 68 of 2023

Great Grandpa H liked to sew. This was his machine. 

While I'd love to keep it, I don't have room for another machine. 

I'd love to see it go to someone who needs it 

or an organization that could use it. 

Suggestions welcome. 

Feel free to comment or email me directly so I can reply to you.

 

Day 67 of 2023

It's almost springtime.

 

Day 66 of 2023

The last of the carpet has left the Old House. 

I ran out of time to take all the tiny tacks out today. 

That will have to wait until next time.

 

Day 65 of 2023

The guest bathroom is officially done. 

There are a few things I intend to do once the weather is consistently warmer, 

but for now, it's done.

 

Day 64 of 2023

Fireball and I took a break from working on the Old House today

 to take a road trip to pick up some items that were waiting for us. 

In this little town there are lots of shops. 

I had forgotten about this one until today.

Each area in this store had a different feel

 based on theme, color or category of items for sale. 

This was one of the more overwhelming, yet impressive displays.

 

Day 63 of 2023

We're working on the Old House again today.

 

Day 62 of 2023

The reason I went to the quilt show yesterday

 is because the weather forecast called for rain

 and possible severe storms all day today. 

I did have one errand I still had to run though. 

At least my feet stayed dry.

 

Day 61 of 2023

I attended the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show today 

and was impressed with lots of the quilts this year. 

I am always especially interested

 in seeing the quilting designs that have been used, 

and I thought this one was exceptionally good. 

Below is the card that was attached to the quilt

 for quilt and maker information.

 

Day 60 of 2023

I traveled up to the Old House today

 to remove the carpet, pad, tack strips and staples

 to reveal the beautiful floor in the last room on the main level.

 

Day 59 of 2023

I know I haven't finished my unspecified animal crochet project, 

but this yarn arrived and I need to sneak this project in. 

It will become a crocheted hat very soon.

 

Day 58 of 2023

It's a very gray, rainy, windy, tornado warning kind of day. 

The daffodils and day lilies think that means spring.

 

Day 57 of 2023

The fake facial hair. 

The silliness.

I don't think I can handle it.

 

Day 56 of 2023

We've found more beautiful floors at the Old House.

 

Day 55 of 2023

I've been a real homebody this winter. 

I don't get out much so when I did get out today and saw this sky, 

I knew this was the picture for today.

 

Day 54 of 2023

I'm still at it. 

Different day, different room. 

I'm almost done and then it's practice, practice, practice.

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Day 53 of 2023

I am taking a wonderful online quilting class from Bethanne Nemesh. 

Today I watched about five hours of class. 

I am very impressed by her knowledge, experience and teaching style.

More happening tomorrow.

 

Day 52 of 2023

I finally got the rug placed back in the guest bath today 

along with a couple other small tasks. 

It seems that last 2% of the job is so hard to get done. 

I feel ready to move on but know

 I really can't until this one is completely finished. 

There are just a couple more things now, 

but I have to wait for caulk to cure.

 

Day 51 0f 2023

Cousins at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis enjoying learning 

about dinosaur food preferences in the most recent new exhibit.

 

Day 50 of 2023

Does anyone else love a good tile (quilt) design at a restaurant? 

This one is on a wall behind the hostess stand.

 

Day 49 of 2023

Remembering Grandma Boo.

 

Day 48 of 2023

I took some time today to re-read the contents of a very special 60th birthday gift

 which I put into an album so I can read it whenever I want. 

You can see the original gift here.

 

Day 47 of 2023

After a valiant effort to change the faucet ourselves, 

a professional was called in to do the job. 

 

Day 46 of 2023

We had nice silent, staring conversation

 through the window this morning. 

 

Day 45 of 2023

Success. 

These are called Raindrop Drawstring Bags. 

They hold a good amount of Hershey's Kisses and conversation hearts.

 

Day 44 of 20223

(2-13-2023)

It's too late to start now but I need to make some little gifts for tomorrow. 

I settled for just fabric selection and pressing tonight.

 

Day 43 of 2023

I've made my first charcuterie board. 

I wanted to make something fun for game day with a football theme 

and after getting some inspiration from Pinterest, 

this is what I came up with. 

It was delicious.

 

Day 42 of 2023

Oh, I hear you, little blue car.

 

Day 41 of 2023

Today I did the scary (to me) thing. 

I know it's not perfect, but it will be better.