August, Thus Far

I knew Adam was feeling much better when he decided to make challah bread for church communion at the beginning of the month. We had a second service at a parishioner's home in the afternoon.

Leo is very noble cat. He is almost never naughty. I put that ratty purple collar on him to keep him humble, haha.

At long last I'm back to a little sewing. I don't make clothes; I leave that to Adam. But I found a Youtube tutorial to make these cute "project bags." This keeps you from putting all your yarn/sewing projects into WalMart bags.

They're lined, and have a nice, flat box-pleat bottom, so they sit well and don't dump your yarn ball on the floor for the cat to steal.

The one below I made with scraps that I sewed together first before making the bag.

 Every Sunday Adam puts a good quote in the bulletin from some ancient church father. I cut this one out and have kept it for a long time. It is quite convicting, i.e., a good self-diagnostic.  But it's also useful as our heads are full of the voices of the world: politicians, celebrities, media folk, total strangers. Do they disparage others? Exalt themselves? Make trouble? Something to consider.

Speaking of sewing, I'll go hunt up a picture of the dress that Adam made me last week.

It looks rather plain, hanging there. But it's perfect and I love it. I bought a blue dress recently, and told Adam how much I loved its simple drape and comfort. So he went and whipped up this dress for me! Amazing. It's a nice heavy linen, and he measured me and made it fit me like a glove. 

Now I want about five of them.

Adam fell on the back deck stairs last Wednesday, during the stormy/rainy weather. He did himself a real mischief and was in a good bit of pain. But we knew if we went to the E.R., we'd sit there for a full day before anybody would see him ... ugh. This does happen. And just to get there is a 30 minute drive, and simply getting him out of the house seemed impossible.

So, we waited, and he rested for several days, and it has slowly healed a good bit. We are such a pair of old people!