Wednesday, February 10, 2010
It snowed again, of course, and now, to get to work this morning, I'm going to have to dig out my driveway again, because it's buried again, and it's 12 degrees outside. *sigh*
My not-a-new-hobby of spindle spinning is going better, if you've wondered. I actually made two mini spindles out of bone crochet hooks; they are cute. I will take pictures later on and post them. I'm getting the hang of it better. It helps that I have a nice selection of fiber to work with! :)
Whippoorwill is still going quite nicely, and I've started The Making of Heart's Desire on Livejournal (link above in the list) because I have all sorts of ancient stories, two novels (at least) and lots of snippets, etc. that will never see the light of day otherwise. It will be interesting to see everything together, I think.
Jennifer 6:26 AM
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
Whippoorwill is currently 53,573 words. I'm not quite sure what happens next, but I have faith I'll know soon. I'm really kind of surprised it's going so well.Labels: Whippoorwill, writing
Jennifer 9:11 PM
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I made Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip bread today on a whim; it's definitely not a good bread machine recipe, however. It was way too dense for the bread machine to handle. Next time--because it does taste really good, although it would taste even better with cream cheese--I will do it by hand.
This is another attempt at opening the bread machine cookbook at random and just making whatever is on the page that I have ingredients for. :)
I also made Italian bread, because I make that every week. And as usual, because it's a practically no-fail recipe, it turned out great.Labels: bread, bread baking
Jennifer 8:08 PM
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Today's goals include laundry, more cleaning and decluttering, posting auctions, writing Whippoorwill, deciding where to begin with the posting of "The Making of Heart's Desire"--which is the next Livejournal freebie, and baking bread. I may make soup too. We'll see about that.Labels: things to do
Jennifer 11:55 AM
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Saturday, February 06, 2010
Holy cow! It's 53 degrees in my kitchen! Dad says it's because the wind is from the north; I wonder if it will get colder in there tonight? Yikes!
I've been sorting through stuff, cleaning up stuff, and bagging up garbage all day. And I see progress! I would love to have the loom room done by this evening; I have my typewriter desk to clear off and a pile in one corner, so it's a possibility. We'll see...
Right now, though, I'm going to eat supper, which is stir-fry. Yum!Labels: brrrr
Jennifer 7:23 PM
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 Out the back door.
 The blackberries!
We were supposed to get the dreaded White! Death! along with a bit of Snowpocalypse yesterday afternoon/evening, but on my way home from work, the snow changed to rain and we didn't actually start getting snow at my house until around 8:30pm.
But still, there is snow! And it's beautiful. It's covering every branch of every tree, and the glow woke me up pretty early this morning, although I didn't get out of bed until 8am.
This weekend's work will be cleaning, and taking pictures of stuff to post on ebay, and more decluttering. I am still determined to see this through!Labels: snow, things to do
Jennifer 9:17 AM
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Name that pattern!
I found this cute mug at Goodwill this afternoon, and I can't read the maker's name on the bottom at all. And I'm not finding any hits on ebay, either. It's slip decorated, quite nice. I would really like a few more pieces. Any suggestions?
  
 Labels: mugs
Jennifer 9:19 PM
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Posted more auctions, since it's auction night. I'm going to have to collect things earlier in the week, I think, especially for the Wednesday auctions. Running around the house grabbing stuff to sell as I go doesn't work very well. Hence the eclecticness of today's offerings. :)
I am doing very well so far, plan-wise and getting-rid-of-stuff-wise. I'm very happy in that respect! I hope it continues to be this way. That would be nice, indeed.
I have some auctions to repost, too, which I will do on Sunday, I think, because I am going to combine some of them. But I'm done for tonight, I think.Labels: auctions
Jennifer 8:22 PM
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
You absolutely do not want to know what I bought at the auction today in Aberdeen. Absolutely, positively, do not want to know.
Oh, you do? I am almost embarrassed to say that I came home with an oak Estey Cottage Organ from the 1870s and a sewing machine.
Just shoot me now. Of course, the organ was $17.50* (yes, I typed that correctly) and the sewing machine was $10.
The organ, after a bit of research, needs new bellows. The sewing machine needs a new plug. The plug should be fairly simple; the bellows look to be not impossible, so we'll see. It would be very nice to have a working organ in the music room. (There's already an unworking organ in the music room; if I can repair the Estey, then maybe I'll try my hand at the Beckwith too!)
The sewing machine is an Apartment Electric sewing machine in a cabinet; it came with attachments and the manual and some thread (and a pair of scissors, some buttons, extra needles and extra bobbins, although only one shuttle; the whole kit and kaboodle looks like this. I posted pictures on Flickr.
I also came home with a cute orange and brown bag (that was $1), a metal wastepaper can ($1), a Saxette, a fife, and a tin whistle** (all in one box; and I didn't know the tin whistle was in there!) for $12.50, a coat rack for $14, and a Revereware tea kettle for $10. I think that's everything.
*It was embarrassing. Seriously embarrassing.
**The tin whistle is marked US and is in the key of B. My German tin whistle is probably in the key of E, then, because it's a lot smaller. The fife--has a crack in it. It might be made of ebony and might have silver on either end. It's definitely worth repairing, I would think. However, the question would be is it something I want to repair, or is it something I should post on ebay for repair? The Saxette is (I presume) a pre-saxophone instrument. Meaning, that's what you play first to get used to playing with a reed. There are no reeds with it, but the instructions are there. That will go on ebay.
Labels: auctions, just kill me now
Jennifer 3:50 PM
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Tonight's tea: Adagio Snowbud. It's quite tasty. I'm experimenting with drinking green or white tea in the evenings and black tea during the day. Not that I'm having any trouble sleeping, but I have so much tea that needs to be drunk, and I tend to get stuck in a rut.
And it's supposed to get down to 10 degrees F tonight, so I thought Snowbud was a good choice!Labels: brrrr, it's cold outside, tea
Jennifer 8:57 PM
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