Such Treasures

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Off and on since the weekend, I have been working on long sleeve wool t-shirts for the kids. This is the 100% merino wool (very soft) interlock from Covered Caboose. The wool comes natural in color. I use black thread because I am going to dye all the shirts in darker colors. I’ve finished constructing [...]

I usually make hot process soap, following the method in Handcrafted Soap by Dolores Boone, but this week I made cold process soap. I had been given a wooden soap mold and I was itching to experience the pouring of soap-brought-to-trace-but-not-fully-saponified into a prepared mold. Well, I experienced it. Can’t say that my life is [...]

I couldn’t make it to any thrift stores yesterday when we were out; the day was just too busy. But when I was packing our lunch, I realized that I’d neglected to share what I found last week (the week before maybe?). These four wooden bowls. Wish there were five, as there are five of [...]

Here’s what we learned. If you want to skip all the stages of the “cooking” process, just boil over. You’ll go from trace to done in about 1 minute. (Instead of 3 to 4 hours.)

Last weekend I sent out all the fabric and quilt blocks that were made and swapped by members of the T2CHK Message Board. This is our third year for having a quilt block swap and our second year having a fabric swap. We didn’t have as many participants in the quilt block swap this time, [...]

Our (actually, Jeff’s) weekend project is to trench from the pole barn to the well house for the new water line and pump circuit.
A few bumps along the way. First, having to spend more time than we planned finding the current electrical line, an old sewer line, and current phone line. Yesterday, he dug much [...]

Naomi was given this trunk by Jeff’s mom for her birthday, or perhaps it was Christmas. I am pretty sure the idea was that the box was so nice that it was worth giving to her (she really wanted a trunk) even though she might not love the color.
For some weeks now, Naomi has [...]

Where do you do school? We use the dining room table. The kids set up their stacks of books, each to an area. They love to set up their workbooks! This does fit with their love of playing games that involve heaps of paperwork — like shops, doctor’s offices and such. To them, paperwork seems [...]