Target Practice

On Saturday Jonathan invited a college friend to come out and target practice. They shot at a gallon jug of water;Which blew up pretty good.

And they shot at a frozen 2-liter bottle of water;

Which made shaved ice.

They sure had a lot of fun!

My New Iron

Today, after church, the kids and I went to Sam's and I bought myself a new iron.I tried it out on some fabric this evening and it works nicely; hopefully it will last until I find a professional iron.

King Quilt pt. 3

I have been working at cutting strips for the king quilt; But it is going slow since the only working iron I have is a small travel iron.

I am hoping to buy another iron next week when I go to town.

Crochet Success

For quite some time I have been searching for a crochet sweater pattern for the American Girl Doll. But, during my search I kept running into the same problem......reading and understanding the instructions! To me reading the pattern is like trying to read another language. However, I have finally managed to find success thanks to my mom!She has tried to help me over the phone and through e-mail but it has been a little hard. So, yesterday, my mom made up a doll sweater and wrote out the instructions along the way. Then she e-mailed the instructions to me and last night I made my very first doll sweater!

Thank you grandma; now Elizabeth has a sweater for her doll!

IHOP

Today Elizabeth and I took advantage of the free pancakes offered at all International House of Pancakes restaurants; Jonathan had class so he missed out.This location is my favorite;

Because they have the old fashion cooking area where you can see the people at work.

Even though our breakfast was good I have now had my fill of pancakes!

Death of an Iron

Several years ago I purchase a Rowenta iron that I instantly fell in love with. I liked it so much I purchased a second Rowenta iron. Then, several months ago, my first Rowenta made a horrible burning smell, got very, very hot and died.Then today my second Rowenta iron did the very same thing; a horrible burning smell and then death!

So now I am on a search for a replacement iron. What brand of iron do you use? What do you like and dislike about your iron?

King Quilt pt. 2

Out of 26 shirts I only have 4 left to cut up.All the cuffs, collars, front bands and yokes have been put into one box;

And all the cut pieces are in another box.

As soon as the last 4 shirts are finished it will be time to begin cutting lots of strips.