Project save the plants is complete

My intelligent 15 month old daughter is now walking, climbing and reaching from the tips of the her toes to places my husband and I thought safe for at least several more months.  In a preemptive strike I started looking for a way to move my struggling house plants out of her reach. 

My first thought was to hang my plants in the window and then I had nightmares about 1970's macrome with all those complicated knots and beads in lime green, rust and burnt orange colors.  Then I found some promising leads on pinterest and then via the help of google I found simple easy to follow instructions at gleefull things .

 

 

4 packages of swag hooks

3 packages of rings

1 skein of stash yarn

 

 

My plants are rescued from a toddler's curiousity.

Project save the plants....

So my daughter has just started walking in the last couple of months, which means she walking around reaching for things that used to be beyond her reach. My indoor plants have had a wonderful little perch on the window sill in our living room for quite a while. It has the perfect amount of light during the winter months. So my plants need a new home...and I don't want to spend a lot of money.


So I found this cool blog with instructions on how to make your own macrome plant hangers

Blenda Whirls Again

My daughter, Madeleine goes to spend the night with her Gran once a week.  This gives my husband and some much needed alone time for us to have time as a couple and also separetly.  Madeleine's slumber party night is usually Thursday night - I drive her out and have dinner with my parents and then on Friday evening my husband drives out to pick her up and have dinner with my parents while I have alone time at home.  After a very fruitful (pun intended) to costco I decided my along time would be spent canning applesauce for Madeleine.

15lbs of organic apples from costco 10 lbs red delicious and 5.5 gala apples

 

 

One dozen 12 ounce canning jars

 

My trusty apple pealer that suctions to the counter top

 

Blenda aka the blendtec blender

Hot water bath for the jars full of applesauce.... 

 

The finished product approximately 6 quarts of unsweetened cinamon applesauce.

 

Finished project Photo

As promised here are some photos of the sweater I just finished for my daughter Madeleine.

Finishing Projects

Today I had the opportunity to have a few hours to myself at home.  I got to sleep in and have a leisurely breakfast.  You see my husband was at work and my daughter had spent that night at Gran's house. 

This morning I got spend time working on projects that just needed a little bit of finishing.  So I finished weaving in the ends on the sweater that had been working on for my husband, Paul.  I only have one more thing to do to finish the sweater and that is to sew a patch on the shoulder for him, but otherwise the sweater is complete just in time for the cold rainey season here in Seattle.  Next I had knit two baby sweaters one for my friend's baby - Nugget and one for my daugher, Madeleine.  I'm not sure that Madeleine's sweater will fit her any more but I can add to my list of finished projects.  I might have to wait for another baby or end up as a baby gift for someone else.  Last but not least I blocked a pair of fingerless gloves I had knit for my sister-in-law Sarah to wear at her new job.  A whopping four projects complete today!  I'll post pictures of my finished work soon.

Riding the bus with a toddler

I like to think I do my part for the environment, cloth diapers, use public transportation ... You get the picture. So using public transportation with a toddler who doesn't like to sit still is super challenging...especially with Minimal gear of the ever important diaper bag and stroller. I sometimes feel like a juggler getting on and off the bus... Baby check - stroller check -diaper bag check - not falling down the stairs of the bus important!

Self Care

Lots of people I'm sure have lots of definitions of what self care is to them. For me it's a little bit of "mommy time" no kids and no husband. I like to have what I call "mommy spa" nights, about once a month.

After my husband and daughter have retired for the night. I take care of some of my personal details i.e. remove last months nail polish from my toes, take a nice relaxing shower, shave, sugar and moisturize my legs. You get the picture some pampering time just for me.

It's worth the hour of sleep I miss out on. What do you do for self care?