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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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These days…My weekly journal

By on July 16, 2012 in Weekly Journal

  


This week:

Erica taught Ronnie how to knit.

Had Krispy Kreme doughnuts.  Hot and so fluffy and I don’t care what is in them.  When I was in high school I had one every morning as soon as I got to school.  If you have a Krispy Kreme near you and you ever see the Hot doughnuts sign turn on, run don’t walk and you will never regret it.  This was a very special treat for me and it had been years.

Found Erica finishing up this amazing project all by herself.  She knit the letter E and had I known she was trying it I would have thought to teach her how to cast off and how to add more stitches but I guess she did not need my help. She is now making a bag to put her letter on.  I promise I have never taught her how to knit, just like I never taught her to crochet but she can do both very well.

Sat down and started planning a birthday party for Christopher the first week in August…the theme has been chosen and he made his list of invitees.  Oh, you want to come?  Sure, the more the merrier.

Had an impromtu visit from some of our best friends back home (those are sometimes the best kind)

Spent a lot of time day dreaming about the little bean kicking me from the inside and waking me at night.  Who is this baby of mine?  How much will our family change with this addition?  Will I be a good enough Momma for a new life who will need encouragement and nurturing?  How will I show the same amazement I showed my first babies when this little person shows me the thousanth butterfly found out in the garden…

Made a raspberry sauce to go over our ice cream

Dug into a huge bowl of bread dough with the help of old friends.  Can’t think of much nicer things than making bread with friends.

Did a dozen loads of laundry from our vacation

Went over all the pictures from our beach vacation

Dreamt and schemed on how to turn a little room next to my bathroom into a cozy little nook for baby bean

Had a night out with Poppa and some friends

Made some sour dough radish and parmesan pizzas which the kids have declared their all time favorite??  I was shocked since they are after all kids.  I had originally planned on tomato and fresh basil but someone used all my tomatoes and so I was rummaging through the refrigerator and remember how much they liked it when I roasted radishes so I cut them super thin and voila, a new favorite.

Had to deal with another broody hen.  She apparently got into a scuffle over not wanting to move from the favorite laying box of the other chickens.  We are now treating her boo boo with triple antibiotic ointment and have kicked her out of the coop during the day so she can get over herself.  I cannot allow her the fantasy of hatching eggs now that I have dispensed the rooster (did I forget to mention that?, I have pics but am still thinking if I should share them or not).

Planted some more sweet potato slips that had gotten way too big on the window sill (I hope the wild bunnies in the garden don’t find out)

Woke up almost every night with a pinched nerve in my lower back which makes me limp for a minute or two.

Sat down and almost cried in the jungle that used to be my garden and realized that somehow I have to get something done in there.

Sanded down the dining room table to get it ready for sale.  We have once again outgrown our table with only 8 chairs and 2 high chairs.  Since Christopher is big enough (as has been for some time) to sit at the big table, it’s time to scout out a new one.

Worked 2 days in the sewing room/playroom getting rid of stuff and destashing


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Stash Bash

By on July 12, 2012 in Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash. 

Oh boy, I can’t believe its Thursday already.  I am in the process of catching up with life since we got back from our trip to Miami Beach.  I am still trying to finish up all the laundry from our trip, all the pillows, sleeping bags, towels, clothing…ugh.

On a good note, I have been in the sewing room/playroom revamping and undoing the huge mess that Poppa made while he was here during his loss of job.  Basically he decluttered alot of the house by putting everything in my sewing room and I have been unable to even get to my sewing machine since then.  I hope to have a beautiful new space by weeks end.  I have to remember to take it slow because yesterday we were in there for most of the day and my body hurt pretty bad last night.  A hot lavender shower followed by some crab cakes made it all better : )

This week my stash bash has basically been getting rid of everything in my stash that I don’t absolutely love.  This is really hard for me because I am a hoarder when it comes to yarn, fabric, patterns, buttons, trim, etc.   My lofty goal was to get rid of half of my yarn and after going through all my bins, I only came up with one garbage bag and that was HARD!  I am now down to 2 big yarn bins, one for cotton yarns and one for wool.  I also have bags of project around everywhere but at least those balls of yarn are already spoken for.

Of course the girls want to keep everything I want to let go of because….they are just like me.
The top layer of the cotton yarn bin

wool yarn bin, some wool rovings in there too…reminds me I should get the kids to do some wool work next week 

Just the very tip of the button ice berg.  Don’t you just love buttons, I can never have too many. 

In the process of going through all the school , kids and craft books.  I lost a bookshelf which came apart while we were moving it but I am thinking of ways to reuse the parts that we saved to make some kind of new shelf for books.

So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.


Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?     

P.S.  Its so nice to hear from other stash bashers so if you visit some of the links don’t forget to leave them a quick little comment.   

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