Greenhouse updated photo

I forgot to mention here on my blog that my husband and I are building a greenhouse. I put photos on Facebook last weekend of the progress but haven't updated because we haven't had much time to work on it. Since the last Facebook update we've finished the rafters and the last sidewall where the door will go is now up. Tonight we are going to get some of the side walls up. The back, and back roof, will be completely covered since they are on the north side. The rest will get a wall that's only about two feet up from the bottom. The rest of the walls and roof will be glass. The glass panels are going to be ordered today. I can't wait for the greenhouse to be done already. In my head I've planted it 4,000 times already and have lovely plants growing in there. The building needs to hurry up and catch up with the vision in my head.

Two afghans

Here are two of the afghans that I've been working on for the past month or so. The blue scrap one I started in November but put it away because I was tired of seeing little balls of yarn all over the floor. I had the project out until the grandkids came. Didn't want balls all over the house. Scrap afghans are so messy to work on. The plaid green and off white one is for a wedding in August. I was going to put that one off and work on some other projects for a while but then remembered just how warm it gets in the summer. The temperatures will be too warm to sit under as I crochet. So I'm going to try and finish at least the plaid one here in the next couple of weeks.

Yup, I did that

With the grand kids here last week I didn't have much time to work on craft related projects. However, this week I got a needle and thread out and went to work. I almost never buy patterns but when I saw this one posted on Pinterest, I fell in love with the modern look of the doily, and I bought it. Here's the link to the pattern in case you're interested in purchasing it. It cost $4.01 in US dollars. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fractal-2

I used Aunt Lydia #10 off white thread with a #2 needle. The original pattern says the doily should fit a 22x22" table but I obviously don't have the same gauge. My doily measures 36x25.5". I'm quite happy with the size of my doily because it fits a 6 seat dinning room table perfectly.

The pattern was incredibly easy to do but I wouldn't recommend it for brand new crocheters unless you're looking to challenge yourself.

Budding

I see small buds on my indoor tomato plants! These are the ones I started in November. The other tomatoes I started much later because I want to put those outside to grow. These however will stay in the house. I want to see how easy it is to pollinate the flowers myself. I also want to see how long a tomato plant will live indoors. I'm thinking I may have to get bigger pots for them soon though.

A picture of me

It's rare that I share pictures of me because I pretty much hate all photos of me. Mostly because I'm fat and my eyes tend to do funky things when the flash goes off. I'm pretty much the worst subject there is to take a photograph of. So here I am with my husband. Bet you didn't know I was so short, did you? Lol

This photo was taken at aunt Dolls (family) party. Doll is pretty much a fruit cake, as are the rest of the family. Not long after we got there Steve's other aunt, Carol (Dolls sister) was motor boating everyone who wanted to smash their face into her massive boobs. This was before the first bottle of beer or wine was opened.

Last weeks birthday girl

It's hard to believe but Evy turned 1 last week. Steve and I went to Ohio to spend some time with her to celebrate. Actually we had three things to celebrate. Evy turned 1, Easter, and tomorrow Casey turns 21. We had three days to celebrate so we celebrated one thing each day we were there. I still don't have any of the pictures off my camera but I stole this one from Anna, Evy's paternal grandma.

Waiting on a new toy

A long time ago I got rid of my sewing machine because it was more expensive to fix than it was to buy a new one. Problem was, I didn't buy a new one, I just went without. Being around people who quilt often I've been getting the itch to play with a sewing machine again. All the little money earning apps I have on my phone I have finally saved enough gift certificates to order this ((photo below):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F7DPEQ/ref=pe_309540_26725410_item

My first project is going to be with my daughter and were going to make a rag quilt for her bed. I figured it would be a good beginner project for the two of us considering neither of us are skilled with the sewing machine. She's never been taught to sew and I haven't done it in years. You can google "rag quilt" if you want to see what it is we will be making. When we get some fabric and the machine I'll post some pictures of our progress.