Can you believe we are embarking on the last month of the first half of this year?!?!?!? It seems absolutely incredulous!
I am happy to report that I did get a few things accomplished during May, my "catch up" month.
I managed to work through Chapter One in the Dreamweaver text, though I fear most of it was following instructions and not really grasping the text. Nevertheless, a few project ideas have sprouted. (Yes, I know. I'm supposed to be COMPLETING projects, not dreaming up new ones.) I reserve the right to rescind the following project's deadline, but by Jan '10 I hope to have my own designed website. NOTE: I reserve the right to rescind both this project and deadline!
THE Quilt: is still in pieces, haha. Actually, the first 3.5 rows are completed and sewn together. Rows 4-5 are in the process of being put together, and goodness knows how many rows are pinned together. SOOO, shall we say there is hope? My older sister has graciously agreed to embroidery something in each corner before I quilt, so my target goal is to take the completed quilt top to Alabama next week. If she can complete the embroidery work by the end of summer, then maybe I can have it completed by Christmas. If not, it'll just have to wait until their first wedding anniversary.
The garden: is there. I picked, shelled, and blanched two servings of peas tonight. And by two servings, I literally mean Bobby and I would both get three bites each. The aisles are still not completely covered with pine straw. I have succumbed to reality twice now and actually MOWED two aisles. BUT my peas, cabbage, and tomato rows are all surrounded by straw. Unfortunately I still need to weed between the plants. When I asked Bobby how my garden looked after watering tonight, he replied "it looks like you have plants growing up in the yard."
The nesting area for the geese: The door is semi-up. I stapled boards to the wire, purchased the hooks to hold it in place, and the hooks are.....still in the back of Bobby's van. Tomorrow perhaps? And of course the geese aren't too crazy about it. Two did set in the duck house, hatching two goslings, both of whom we lost within two days. Maybe next year.
I am happy to report that I did get a few things accomplished during May, my "catch up" month.
I managed to work through Chapter One in the Dreamweaver text, though I fear most of it was following instructions and not really grasping the text. Nevertheless, a few project ideas have sprouted. (Yes, I know. I'm supposed to be COMPLETING projects, not dreaming up new ones.) I reserve the right to rescind the following project's deadline, but by Jan '10 I hope to have my own designed website. NOTE: I reserve the right to rescind both this project and deadline!
THE Quilt: is still in pieces, haha. Actually, the first 3.5 rows are completed and sewn together. Rows 4-5 are in the process of being put together, and goodness knows how many rows are pinned together. SOOO, shall we say there is hope? My older sister has graciously agreed to embroidery something in each corner before I quilt, so my target goal is to take the completed quilt top to Alabama next week. If she can complete the embroidery work by the end of summer, then maybe I can have it completed by Christmas. If not, it'll just have to wait until their first wedding anniversary.
The garden: is there. I picked, shelled, and blanched two servings of peas tonight. And by two servings, I literally mean Bobby and I would both get three bites each. The aisles are still not completely covered with pine straw. I have succumbed to reality twice now and actually MOWED two aisles. BUT my peas, cabbage, and tomato rows are all surrounded by straw. Unfortunately I still need to weed between the plants. When I asked Bobby how my garden looked after watering tonight, he replied "it looks like you have plants growing up in the yard."
The nesting area for the geese: The door is semi-up. I stapled boards to the wire, purchased the hooks to hold it in place, and the hooks are.....still in the back of Bobby's van. Tomorrow perhaps? And of course the geese aren't too crazy about it. Two did set in the duck house, hatching two goslings, both of whom we lost within two days. Maybe next year.
BUT.....my four chickens, or "Bobby's girls" as I should call them, have usurped everything on my project list (except the quilt). They are doing well, thoroughly enjoy the free range time that Bobby gives them by insisting the dogs be locked up a few hours every day, and are getting bolder as they roam and a little harder to herd back in their house. They have also destroyed two (at least) of my pea plants in their scavenge for bugs.
So life goes on. I may not reign as the queen of unfinished projects, but I'm fairly close to the throne.
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