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So today has been a pretty awesome day. This morning Alun called and told me he was on the way over with my (new to me) old sewing machine :) It's an old 1930's Singer Treddle machine.. something that's been on my wishlist for a long time... as well as a folding cutting table and also brought some really cool fabric that I may just make a slip cover for my couch with :) After I got up and dressed and all and felt pretty happy already about the sewing machine we went to Thanksgiving dinner at Matt's uncle's house in the states. While there I got into a conversation about the canning we do.. also baking, sewing, knitting etc.. and I was asked if I use a strainer or if I do all that canning of tomatoes by hand.. (50 or 60 jars per year of tomato sauce) and I said that as much as I had wanted one of those really nice strainers they were out of my range so I'd have to stick with doing it by hand. Well as I was getting ready to leave I was presented with an old Sq
Just popping in to say hi. I haven't taken many pictures lately as my camera's batteries have been dead and I'm just too lazy to charge them.. Just sitting down to some homemade pizza for dinner. I admit it's a bit overcooked.. so crispy.. but not burnt! I've been spending a lot of my spare time trying to get the house more organized. Right down to inventorying my cupboards and making up menu plans for two weeks at a time. I expect this will save us a LOT on our grocery bill as there should end up being a LOT less waste. Plus it's making it so much less stressful knowing what is for dinner every night and what time I should start cooking at to make sure it's done before the kids activities start. The kids boy scout spaghetti dinner was a blast and we ended up with a door prize even though we didn't win it we were lucky enough to have it given to us. So now I have christmas decorations for the christmas dinner I don't think I'll have to mak