Tolentreasures

You see, it was raining, and I am not talking a mild summer rain, I am talking monsoon rains.  You know, the sound like a freight train and you are looking around for the funnel cloud rain.  The rain that manages to come down our chimney, wetting the carpet in the living room and dripping through to the basement and splatter all over the varnished items on the top of the freezer rain.  Get the picture?  So I call dear hubby down to look at the splattered items sitting on top of the freezer otherwise doubling as a varnishing counter and show him the water issue.  Apparently, all the other times that this has happened I have just TOLD him about the issue and he has not heard me TELL him about it.   In defense of the poor guy, he does not venture into my area very often for fear of his life, however this time he SAW the problem and starts to insist that the problem is with the window behind the freezer.  I tell him repeatedly that it is the chimney a...

What I should be working on...pics of one, not of the other. I started this scarf last night at knitting night. This yarn has been sitting in my sewing room for over a year and after seeing all the scarves that are so popular, I thought that I would make one for myself out of this. It is not the easiest yarn to work with though. The is the second of the five checkerboards that I have started. They are actually this morning's projects to work on. Two of these that just need varnished. And about a zillion of these. They have been all over my sewing room for weeks. Shawnee and I worked on them Tuesday afternoon while Gracelyn and Kendall slept. When Gracelyn woke up, she looked in my sewing room and said "Messy" That word is usually used for herself after she eats. Surely my room does not look that bad! What I should be working on...well pics of that are not going to be posted. I should be working on cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, decorating for fall, my laundry,...

That dear husband of mine came home from the grocery store excited about vinegar. First of all, yes, he does the grocery shopping most of the time. After all, he is the one that is in town all the time and I would NEVER even think to buy VINEGAR, much less be excited about it. He sets them on the counter and wants me to taste test the difference between the vinegars. Trying hard to feign interest in his little scientific experiment/carnival act, but extremely wary, he pours the first vinegar and I taste it. Not a vinegar fan, it is ok ...tastes like vinegar. THEN he pours about a half teaspoon of the PLATINUM vinegar and I taste/slurp that. Immediately I am coughing and wheezing, can't breathe on the dining room floor. I manage to crawl and claw my way to the bathroom because as the coughing subsides, the gagging takes over. Sorry to be so graphic, just beware...don't slurp vinegar. Next time he wants me to taste test something it better have chocolate on the label ...