and then felt boom box tutorial tomorrow.
Work them glutes!
- Sarah
October 31, 2011
October 25, 2011
Has it been a month?
Has it been a month? I'm sorry... We've been busy getting outdoors before mother nature decides to dump snow on us. We may live in sunny California, but it's different up here in the mountains. Last year we had a good snow here at the end of October... so really, nothing would surprise me at this point.
Let me share what exactly we've been up to:
Learning to spin thread/yarn on my new spinning wheel. It's really trial and error. Lots of error. I understand the steps, but it's going to take a lot more practice to turn out some non-ugly yarn.
Lots of cooking with homegrown veggies.
Spying on the deer who are spying on the chickens who could care less.
Painting. Gobs and gobs of painting. So much painting that "paint" is Camster's new favorite sign.
Punkin pickin'.
And chicken kissin'... even though chickens don't have lips.
Well, I'll do my very best to keep up with my little blog here. I'm almost done with a certain someone's Halloween costume so I'll have that to share. Plus! The holidays are just around the corner. You know it will be a handmade holiday in this house! Don't give up on me yet...
Let me share what exactly we've been up to:
Learning to spin thread/yarn on my new spinning wheel. It's really trial and error. Lots of error. I understand the steps, but it's going to take a lot more practice to turn out some non-ugly yarn.
Lots of cooking with homegrown veggies.
Spying on the deer who are spying on the chickens who could care less.
Painting. Gobs and gobs of painting. So much painting that "paint" is Camster's new favorite sign.
Punkin pickin'.
And chicken kissin'... even though chickens don't have lips.
Well, I'll do my very best to keep up with my little blog here. I'm almost done with a certain someone's Halloween costume so I'll have that to share. Plus! The holidays are just around the corner. You know it will be a handmade holiday in this house! Don't give up on me yet...
September 24, 2011
Hope Your Weekend is Happy
We are spending our weekend assembling rabbit cages and kissing chickens. Well... I'm not kissing chickens.
- Sarah
Liquid Gold!
Isn't there something else called "liquid gold"? I think so... I just hope it's not dirty, because I am actually referring to honey. Anywho-- we secretly harvested one frame worth of honey from the hive today. Don't tell the bees.
We were just curious as to how our very own honey tasted and just couldn't wait until late spring or even next summer. Honey harvesting officially ended in August, but our hive was started a bit late (June) and we didn't get to harvest anything.
We won't be taking anymore until late spring since the bees will need it to get through the winter. And we are supposed to have a pretty harsh winter this year. Arg! That usually means lots of snow.
In the mean time, we will be holding on tight to our one tiny jar of honey.
- Sarah
September 17, 2011
Halloween 2011 :: the beginning
Voters have chosen their favorite! Okay... It was really just my brother and I casting votes. But we did choose our favorite costume for the Camsters. Drum roll please... 80's Aerobics Instructor! You knew I couldn't resist a weird costume. I've already started on the dark pink top and black leotard, but I thought I would show you my inspiration:
Love the top and the colors, but it needs leg warmers and loose the striped headband. Camsters won't tolerate a headband. Even in the name of humor.
This is a must and totally self-explanatory.
Love the leg warmers!
And last, focus on the "sweatshirt vest". So 80's. God... so 80's.
I hope my daughter doesn't hate me for this, but this may be the last hoorah before the dreaded princessplague phase sets in.
- Sarah
Love the top and the colors, but it needs leg warmers and loose the striped headband. Camsters won't tolerate a headband. Even in the name of humor.
This is a must and totally self-explanatory.
Love the leg warmers!
And last, focus on the "sweatshirt vest". So 80's. God... so 80's.
I hope my daughter doesn't hate me for this, but this may be the last hoorah before the dreaded princess
- Sarah
I think I'm addicted to reading...
I think I'm addicted to reading...
In the last two months I have bought eight books from our local bookstore. Today I bought a ninth. The worst part is that I have actually read all of them in their entirety and have read about half of them twice. This can't be healthy. I haven't even skimped in my motherly duties in order to read them. How could I have this much spare time? I still do all the general cleaning, sweeping, making of beds, laundry, some gardening, chicken herding, child herding, and cooking.
Beware, I may need a storage unit for all my books soon.
- Sarah
In the last two months I have bought eight books from our local bookstore. Today I bought a ninth. The worst part is that I have actually read all of them in their entirety and have read about half of them twice. This can't be healthy. I haven't even skimped in my motherly duties in order to read them. How could I have this much spare time? I still do all the general cleaning, sweeping, making of beds, laundry, some gardening, chicken herding, child herding, and cooking.
Beware, I may need a storage unit for all my books soon.
- Sarah
September 8, 2011
Halloween Once Again
Halloween is upon us once again! If you remember, last year the Camsters was a "girl garden gnome", so I feel I need to keep with the tradition of non-traditional costumes. Some of the costumes considered were: Amelia, 20's flapper, Viking princess, Barred Plymouth Rock chicken, and fortune teller/gypsy. I've narrowed it down to these two.
Sock Monkey
via pinterest.com
OR...
80's Aerobics Instructor (the boom box would be absolutely necessary)
via pinterest.com
- Sarah
Sock Monkey
via pinterest.com
OR...
80's Aerobics Instructor (the boom box would be absolutely necessary)
via pinterest.com
- Sarah
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