He Might Be Right!

Making Stuff

I've been busy! I feel like I've accomplished some things this week.

This is quite easily one of the easiest projects out there...All you need is a pair of sharp scissors and fabric. You can use old clothing, old sheets, felted wool....really anything works..except 100% polyester. I've found it curls. Here, again, is a great link.

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And I've been making bunnies. I ordered something off ETSY, and the seller sent me one as gift! Immediately I started making them for the kids and their friends. It's a great use of scrappy fabric, and you instead of stuffing them, you can leave the bottom open and have a puppet!

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This really surprised me. Amelia is 5 and check it out:

A momma bird with her babies on a sunny day!
I'm impressed!

Have a great weekend! ~Karen

Timeless wisdom of Fred Rogers

"Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like, if each of us offered as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.

One kind word has a wonderful way of turning into many."

~Fred Rogers

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A New Pet & An Old Toy

Miles was being so secretive the other day. He was running around all excited. Finally he told me he could show me his new pets' cage! New pet? No, not another one!

This is one I can live with! It's a puppet!
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Kevin found his old gameboy!

I made it a bag.

The best part is how cheap the games are. Maybe that is because it is a decade old? Who knows...but, it is good fun. Miles likes all the beeping sounds.
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Have a good week!
Come back for more fun & I promise to keep my gloating (about health care and whatever else I can come up with) to a minimum....
~Karen

Yo, Sara Palin...That hope & change is working....

For the first time in our nation's history, Congress has passed comprehensive health care reform!!!

Yes, we can!
~Karen

Garden Planning: Indoors and Out

Here is the NEW vegetable garden. I am so excited! Last years' garden is going to be acorn squash and butternut squash ONLY ! Oh my! I can hardly wait. I will have delicious home grown squash year round. Nothing is better than curried squash. You can store both of these for months after cutting them from the vine. I have stored for more than 3 months before. Last year we had great yields but could have had more if there hadn't been so many other vegetables around it.
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Um....Pretty sure Gordon is a girl. Looks like he's nesting to me?
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Look here:

Fun air plants!! Rocks, charcoal, and air plants. Remember to mist daily.

Here is a mossy mess. I love it. Amelia painted that rock red for Father's Day one year.

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We've definitely got the SPRING bug!
Enjoy the weekend!
~Karen

Spring, Flying Gerbils, and Monkey Fighting

Is it possible to have run out of things to blog about? Probably not, but I don't feel creative or interesting today. I am tired.
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I made these kitchen towels to bring in SPRING. Then it got down in the 50's and required a wee bit of heat in the house. Spring is such a tease in southern Indiana. I do see signs of Spring in the flower garden! I know ...eventually...it will be here to stay!
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Gordon, the gerbil, bit me. It was kind of my fault. Amelia wanted me to make him a costume. I thought a cape would be easiest. If you have a cape, you must fly. SO, Amelia terrified the little guy, and then handed him off to me....and I got bit. It hurts. I guess it was kind of my fault. Lesson learned: Never make your gerbil a cape.
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~Karen