interiors, revised...and some exteriors

Look, I've got one drawer organized! It's so nice to go in there and find the scissors right away, with no digging at all! Also, I refolded the linen closet upstairs, too, so now the sheets don't fall out at you. I guess it's the beginning of my spring cleaning.

I'm going to sew some aprons for Eva, their family bought my Grandma's place, and could not resist taking a picture while the fabric she sent was on the line yesterday. I just love hanging out the laundry, but mine does not usually look as pretty as this. She also sent me some of the blue flowers from the backyard, and I planted them under the lilac tree by the back fence. I wonder how far they will have spread by the time we leave this house...

And there is Karl, about to bottle his first batch of beer. It should be ready in about two weeks. I hope it turns out to his satisfaction!

Interiors

The dark corners of our lives sure tend to get messy after awhile. Heck, the everyday drawers and shelves can't stand up to scrutiny after continual use, either. It does get tiresome to scrabble for the tape or a sharpened lead pencil month after month! And the idea of sorting out the drawer was, of course, much worse than the actual event. Here's a few pictures to show what sort of interiors tend to reappear in our house (sorry that I don't know how to rotate them on the laptop yet):







Albin is on day 4 of his fever. It's a little low this morning, and he went to bed very early last night. It was low yesterday morning, too, but rose again in the afternoon. He missed his friend's party--sadness!, and won't go to church tonight, either. Erika said her kids' fevers lasted between 6-10 days. We'll see how long Albin's goes.

I found another great new Ravelry group. It's called Opt Out, for people who are opting out of the recession. Media hype tends to fan the flames of fear. How bad would the recession be if people weren't getting scared from what they hear on the news? We're going to do our part of opting out by spending in our community. Maybe I'll go get my hair cut--it's still crooked from when Karl and Elise cut it. Karl and I went out for lunch at Tuvalu yesterday. (The tuna melt was phenomenal!) You know, that sort of thing. I guess we aren't going to change much. We still don't want a lot of stuff in the house, and we like to be frugal. But when we do have extra money, we can support our local businesses by going ice skating, eating out more than once a month, buying fresh flowers for the table...

let them eat cake

Here is the latest fabulous cake. Who knew that decorations could be so much fun? Elise brought it to potluck, where most of it was consumed (after being much admired). Several people said they could just tell it was made by her, had her signature trademark, as it were.

Albin still has a fever this morning--better get tested for strep!