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Check-In Post - October 4th 2024
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Now I have the fire to clean out twice a day, that's cutting into my time for crafting or whatever, which is annoying. I did get some writing done, which is an everyday thing, and I got outside in the sunshine this afternoon and swept the path. Also spotted some docks coming up in my dug over patches of ground. I knew I must have missed quite a few when I was digging so it wasn't surprising and after a quick poke with the garden fork I managed to pull four up, so yay! I did try to use the hoe to deal with all the grass that's coming up, but that wasn't so successful. The soil is mostly clay and quite wet, and wielding a hoe mostly one-handed isn't easy. Rain is due back on Sunday.
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https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/dock-leaf/
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You show those docks who's boss!
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Also, today I finished installing the sink, so the bathroom is completely back to functioning. Everything left is cosmetic (edging).
In weird news, someone stole my yarn delivery in the *maybe* two minutes between FedEx dropping it at my door and me walking to the door. The doorbell camera saw him, sent his photo to the police. Sigh.
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That is insane! These doorstep thieves are getting bolder, I hope the police can find him. Will you still get your yarn somehow? Or will you have to re-order? I hope the thief will be disappointed with his haul.
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I'm going to need more kitchen cotton for dishcloths, but I've decided to sort my stash and make the baby gift basket in broad stripes of different colors.
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But damn about the thief. WHAT? That's awful. I had to just get a refund from a etsy seller because something never showed up but that was the postal service, not bandits. And on a FedEx delivery, too. I am so sorry.
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Also congratulations on the functioning bathroom! Way to go you, installing a sink. That is impressive.
That is a very bold and very fast porch pirate. I hope he got a very unfortunate cramp as well as disappointment at his haul.
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I hate October's weather, but I love Halloween!
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I realized how many clothes are in the mending pile so I'm hoping to work on those soon. I'm going to try one of my tank tops first so that if it looks bad its not a big deal.
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Good luck with your mending pile!
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Good luck with the darning and mending!
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While I've been here though, I've done a few rows on the eclectic cable scarf while half asleep and I put together a cardboard bank kit meant for ages 4+.
The bank box thing is described by it's packaging as "build and color your own velvet money box." Basically, it comes with a flocked coloring page and 6 markers. You color it and fold it up into a box. It makes a little monster that flaps it arms when you put a coin in. It's cute. I liked that it didn't require glue. It was considered a back to school craft, why I don't known, and I got it from the mark downs. The markers were of surprisingly good quality. It is also apparently a product of Canada, which explains a few things about the packaging, but does not explain why they decided to put the various warnings on the back in 27 languages, but included zero instructions. I did figure it out. Also, I am highly amused by the fact that all the English is labeled "Great Britain English," but it's the American spellings of everything.
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Sounds like the chickens are rather spoiled as well as the dog. Do you get to eat the eggs?
Yay for scarf progress!
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The chickens are definitely on the spoiled side. Yup, any eggs they laid while I was there was part of the deal, which meant an average of 5 a day for a week. I'm not sure what I would have done if all 9 were laying each day as they usually do.
Thanks!
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That's... a lot of eggs. Omelettes every day, and lots of baking?
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It is a lot of eggs. Normally, it would be baking, but the egg sizes very so wildly (4 of the chickens lay extra small eggs and one chicken lays absolutely giant eggs), it would require more math than I want to do to covert the number of eggs for a recipe. I've sent them along to my mother as she will find more uses for them.
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Yesterday and today have been bad pain days, so I've been doing tiny tiny steps on craft, reading, and resting. What that has added up to is finishing trimming the lap quilt (or that might have been two days ago?), cutting and assembling the binding, and then attaching the binding. It has been ironed, and pinned, ready for hand sewing when my hands will put up with it. And, because I spent an hour and change voice chatting with Youngest, the crochet blanket is now on either the last or the second last row (there was going to be another colour, but this one looks so good; I'm deciding whether it needs a frilly edge or not).
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