Can you believe that we are still living in the middle of a construction site? Remember The Drilling?
One night last week we came home and found the window blinds re-installed*. It was like that scene in The Money Pit where Tom Hanks realizes the stairs are back in and and he gleefully runs up and down them a few times just for the pure joy of it.
I ran to the window and ran my hands along the blinds, twisted them open and closed a couple times - seriously, no blinds since May. May.
One night a couple weeks ago I came home from work to this:
The place was deserted other than Brad and Ziggy in the middle of the living room floor - staring at an opening in the wall. We found the contractors - they weren't sure how long it would be until they got the window in - so we put Ziggy in the bedroom and went for a coffee. Got home - still the gaping hole.
They finally installed the window later that night. The next morning the place was full of flies.
I work with contractors and I love it. I've been super patient and don't really mind the work but I'm over it. We have piles of crap everywhere, no railing on the balcony, we can't open the sliding doors and there are bedsheets on the bookcases. Bedsheets on the bookcases!
They're scheduled to work until the end of November.
*....on three out of five windows, we are still partially blind-less.
I love rocks. There is no shortage of them on the island - that's a
fact. We've been collecting rocks for a few years now. We have a giant one on
the coffee table that is "the perfect rock" - smooth, a perfect ellipse.
It was awesome when we found it.
When we got married Rawbean drew a cartoon of us for our wine bottles.
We saved one of the bottles and now we use it for the small rocks we
like. There are lots of super cool rocks in there. Orange ones, wish rocks, pieces of beach glass....you get it.
A few weeks ago we went to a beach east of Sooke. I love these rocky beaches!
It was one of our typical weekend road trips - books, sunscreen, and ice cream on the way as usual.
We hung out on the beach and read for a while, then started looking around. That's when I found the coolest rock ever!
What a great find. It's an alien rock!
My friend D is pregnant - she's the one I made the crazy fabric quilt for.
A few weeks ago her and I had a sewing day at my place - it was full of estrogen, snacks and fantastic sewing - all for her baby. I found the cutest pattern ever for baby booties - check 'em out.
These are the ones I ended up making for D. - gender neutral and DAMN cute.
Meanwhile, D. made the best, easiest baby blanket EVER. Basically, all you do is buy some of that really soft flannel stuff and sew it onto the back of a nice piece of your favourite fabric. Done and done.
She whipped this off that afternoon. These are now in my radar for quick gifts.
And.....I made these for my new nephew who was born yesterday!!!
Baby crafting is the best, everything is quick and small, satisfying and off the charts cute. I'm hooked.
