The wonderful women at Sew Mama Sew have declared this to be Women's Clothing Month. Their tutorials never assume that you know anything but they aren't at all condescending. (Know I am a sewing idiot, just don't treat me like one. ;) )
Today I plan to take that most painful of all sewing steps: taking accurate measurements of myself.
...who leaves homemade baklava by the back door. Pardon me while I wipe the syrup from my keyboard. (Thanks, Mary Ellen!)
Ack. I missed yesterday, didn't I? My excuse: I was out of town at a family gathering. The impatiens (which are a color that only marginally occurs in nature -- gorgeous!) were given to all the moms in attendance by my sister-in-law.
Over at Allsorts, there's a wonderful list of folks attempting to keep their blogs up-to-date in May. I'll try...
In the past month, I have been zealously searching for local, organic food for my family. So far, we have milk (bought from the dairy -- we have been doing that for months), eggs, butter (Amish, but not local), strawberries, strawberries, strawberries, beef for the carnivores and both high pollen and muscadine honey. I am growing my own herbs and hot peppers, and as of yesterday, I have a source for produce. Pending crop conditions, we hope to return to our favorite, almost organic berry farm for blueberries and blackberries, and possibly table grapes. I am counting the days until I am able to can tomatoes and relish and fill the freezer with beans and peas. I am still seeking local, organic corn (I think I will spot Sasquatch first).
But today, I am afraid the menu isn't local or even remotely organic. Dad's away today and I have much to do. I don't think an occasional round of frozen pizza will do irreparable harm. If so, I'm in trouble.
We had a wonderful field trip today to Barefoot Organic Farms. I came home with three dozen fresh (and by "fresh" I mean I have to wash them with vinegar because they just came out of a chicken) eggs. I will be back later this summer for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, peas, beans and more -- all organic and fertilized by compost made with the help of these new friends:
My son thought feeding the horse was the height of all things cool. The horse seemed pretty pleased with the situation, too.
Does anyone have any experience with Teaching Textbooks? Love it? Hate it? Thanks in advance for your opinions.
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