8.24.09

I feel I've been ignoring this blog although not on purpose.

I made one batch of peach raspberry jam today and helped Bryan with some . . . peach topping. Tomorrow, I plan to make one batch of peach strawberry jam. Now that I type out that sentence, it feels doomed; it feels like "famous last words"--something that will not happen. Today was a nice, otherwise unencumbered day for projects. I spent time cutting out almost all the paper patterns for some pajama pants I'm going to make. After I finish that task, I need to cut the pajama pants--all seven of them--out of the fabric--and then start sewing like crazy. The pinning and cutting out always feel like they take longer than the sewing. I think it is because I enjoy the sewing and I am not as enthusiastic about the pinning and cutting but it is necessary and I'm glad to do it.

We made tie-dyed T-shirts for Family Home Evening tonight. I've had the "fixin's" for about six weeks, just waiting for a Monday when we were all at home. The kits were from Wal-mart and the instructions say to let the shirts sit for 6-8 hours. So sometime tomorrow, we'll unbundle the shirts, and wash them. It will be interesting to see how all the shirts turn out. I don't know if the boys will actually wear their shirts (maybe as pajama tops?) but L and I will enjoy ours. L even tie-dyed some white footies and J tie-dyed another white T-shirt that he happened to have. He said he might be a hippie for Halloween! Well, he'd definitely have the shirt for it. Maybe we could all be hippies for Halloween! Groovy, man!