Crafty Stuff

I seen this water bottle idea on my Facebook timeline. Super simple. I got a few bottles from the trash and got to work.   I made a multi color one and a purple one.

Not too bad. Super simple for a kids craft.

Today I got this bag of yarn, from a rummage sale, for $3.  All the skeins appear to be unnsed. Good deal if you ask me, the pink one, I think its that eyelash stuff, had a retail price sticker on it for almost $5.

And here is where I am sitting. Yes......at the laundrymat. I came to wash more blankets. Its about time for them to close for today so I guess I'll stick my clean blankets in my granny cart and walk back home and hang them on my drying rack. 

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Can They See?

Call me paranoid but I am concerned whether or not the people across the street can see in.  Directly across (the left) is offices and 99% of the time there isn't anyone occupying them at night. The building to the right there are apartments. We know the person who lives in the corner one and their curtains are closed 99% of the time.  Mine are too unless it's a cloudy cool day and at night to cool our rooms off.  

We never have lights on the only lights we would have are from our mobile devices.  

I need to research more on primitive living skills I guess. Cooling right now is my main project.  Do you have any ideas or website for me? Leave a comment and let me know.

A Little Light

So I bought some solar sidewalk lights to set on the stairs at night. I got these at the Dollar Tree for $1 each.  Makes going up the stairs much easier too.  I set them on the stairs with the solar side down and put one at the stair just before the middle landing, one half way up the second set and one on the stair just before the top. I was using all 4 but one of the star n stripe lights needs a new battery or some adjusting.  The silver ones are better than the stars n stripes ones.  They are sturdier and brighter.

I got a bunch of blankets out of storage. They are nasty moldy smelling. Last night I took 4 and walked to the laundry mat.  Of these 4, two have been added to windows upstairs to help block/keep out the summer sun.  You see, we don't have air conditioning, just a single fan for 2 rooms to share.

One of the blankets went here. There are also blackout curtains under the checker curtains. I'm considering a heavier blanket after I get more washed.  The other blanket I put up was in the other room in the window I wasn't able to get blackout curtains for. I do want to add another heavy blanket or two in the other room as well after they are washed.

Guess that means another trip to the laundry mat real soon because our temps are supposed to be in the upper 80's and lower 90's for the next 10 days or more.  After all it IS summer time, what should I expect, right?  

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A Room With A View

I think Fuzzy likes her new location. Plenty of sunshine and frequent visits from us during the day. 

A comfy bed to sleep on too.

I think she looks happy, what do you think?

Guess what it did today.......

 If you guessed rain then give yourself a gold star. We still might get a bit more during the night. Flood warnings are back in place once again. I'm thankful we don't live near a river or creek. No yard to flood either. Living downtown has its advantages.

I finished this knit dishcloth/potholder last week I think. Well finished knitting it, tonight I finally got the ends woven in.  The new project I'm working on I'm STILL trying to figure it out. I have started over 7 times now and still not sure I have it right.  I WILL get it figured out sooner or later.

A View From Above

Tuesday night we had storms. I love my view from upstairs.

This weekend we are adding a small slot car track to the arcade. It was the boys but they hardly played with it because we had no room to set it up. If it is popular we are considering making it bigger and more permanent.

This has been our big project lately. We hit a snag in finishing the electric so started this so we could use that area for gaming. Its not completely finished but its almost done. Just a few minor things and then paint it.

Recently I've been trying to improve my knitting. The pattern I was trying to follow must be written incorrectly. A friend has also tried it a few times and had similar problems. I decided to take a break and crochet something and get back to knit later. I'm not giving up I'm determined to get it figured out.

Here is my night time view. I really need to get some curtains for the bottom half of the windows. I'm paranoid anyone in the buildings across the street can see in. This works for now. Thankfully just offices directly across from us. 

Yesterday

Interesting feature my phone has.  Yesterday I took several pictures of the flooded rivers in the area.  I also took a picture of my current knit project and the project at the castle (the stairs). Lastly a picture of Fuzzy's play toy ON MY BED!  Yes it was still alive.  She didn't kill it, it was still there, probably scared nearly to death.

I've been taking pictures today too.  Maybe my phone will offer the same thing tomorrow.