Friday, June 22, 2012

Let the vacation begin - sorta

My oldest daughter is with her daddy in Cartersville to pursue her driver's license.  We're hoping she does well as this will be her last chance to do this until after her return from Alaska.   (BTW, she passed!)

What that means for me is - I got off work early today and decided to start my vacation a bit premature.  I decided to make a big list of all the projects I want to do.  I have begun one project, but you'll have to wait to see.

(I've decided Blogger is not very intuitive - at least for an old person like me - another project to add to my list, to learn how to use this.)

I also received four books today from Amazon.  (Remember, if you have one of the Kroger family stores near you BUY GIFT CARDS and use them like cash - usually you get two points for every $1 spent and sometimes you get four points for $1 spent - I'll relay that story soon.)  They are:

Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth by Rayna Gillman
Shibori for Textile Artists by Janice Gunner
Decorative Fusion Knots by J.D. (he also has a YouTube channel - Tying It All Together)
Organice Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourles


I'll give a review on them over the vacation time hopefully.  We'll have to see what Pinterest has in store, if I have enough time to pursue book reviews as well as Pinterest reviews.









I've also begun to gather my ingredients/materials for my projects.  Gordon had to go to Lowe's on the way home from the driver's test to get one of them.  The lye for the Castile soap.  The books were part of the gathering and I have fabric on the way from Fashion Fabrics Club out of Denver.  I went to Joann's, Michael's, Hobby Lobby, the Herb & Vitamin Store in Hiram, and of course, Walmart and Krogers to obtain my supplies.  I haven't been able to find activated charcoal - though at Walmart the pharmacy tech gave me something in a pill form.  (That is not what I was expecting.)

So stay tune....