My goal today is to make you all feel much better about yourselves.

I have worked all day on this little christening gown. So tiny I am sewing the lined bodice entirely by hand. These are the fabrics I chose from my unending fabric I already had.

And this is the first sleeve in the bodice…I stopped there for a while and took a much needed break.

And yes its ok to laugh out loud with me. I did, after I quit cussing.

Today I get a break! I needed it.  We are supposed to be shearing the sheep but we didn't get them into the barn last night as we had planned.  They are out in the pasture, peacefully grazing — in the rain.  You can't shear a wet sheep.  You also can't do electrical work (outside) or put up fences in the pouring rain.  So the crews we had coming in today will have a day off — and so will I. Sort of.  This just means I get to work at something else that desparately needs to be done, not that I can put my feet up and read a book.

I canned pints of baby pickled beets last night, the last beets for the season, and I surely have enough already canned.  I also cleaned out the refrigerator (like Shells) and tackled cleaning and chopping the vegetables that have accumulated.  Today is a good day to make potato-leek soup (an abundance of leeks and potatoes) and to can the bread & butter pickles.  A little warmth in the kitchen will feel good on this damp, gloomy day. 

I'm back at work where I can rest.  It was a very scrappy weekend!  More to do but I'm crackin'

Maybe its the fact that its only 98 degrees. I finished the dress and had to take a nap. Only 20 minutes but thats usually all I need. Now I dont know what I want to do.

After I go on an outing like that – I'm done for the day!  How did you manage to come home and can???  I love beets…I didn't used to.  I guess that makes me old.

I spent the day cleaning up from the weekend.  I got all of the guest rooms back in order – and the beds made.  I have started packing.  I don't want to forget anything – and I want everything done/ready as much as possible – because I always have "that crisis" just before a big event…and I have to have my act together!

I'm at work, but it's my last day for this week.  I fly home (Illinois) this weekend for my nephew's wedding.  I'll be back Monday.  I've got packing to do tonite when I get home, but it shouldn't take long.  I travel light.  It will be fun as it will be just my sister, brother and I staying at my brother's.  Which is the house I grew up in.  Talk about old home week!  I'm hoping his daughter will be there to, but I think she's staying with her mom.