Ok- Butter is adorable, my sewing is coming along nicely and farming is farming; more about that later. Today's motivation and blog worthy news is that I qualified as a Rifleman at our most recent Appleseed event! Woo-hoo!
Do you know what the Appleseed Project is? It's so cool- and every American should know this stuff. Check out
www.appleseedinfo.org to read all about it and maybe sign up for one yourself. No clicking for you? Here's a summary... An Appleseed is an event put on by volunteers that aims to teach Revolutionary War History and traditional marksmanship skills. The history is the same stuff we
should learn in schools- but it gets glossed over. It's important. It's our heritage. Everyone should take the time to truly hear it, understand it, and be thankful for it.
The marksmanship part is basic. They teach key techniques you can alway use and build on to become a better marksman. Towards the end, you shoot the Army Qualification Test, and if you score high enough, you can become a Rifleman. It's not easy. I'm so thrilled that I got it. The score is equivalent to an expert score in the Army.
Now I've got this patch- I'm a rifleman! The other patch is Chuck's. We both made it this weekend. M went with us one day, and plans to go back and qualify after some practice here.
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Butter the Rifledog? Tactical support- she'll keep your mat warm.
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See- she's still adorable. growing more and more dense everyday. She's almost 6 months now, and had her spay surgery and cherry eye surgery 2 weeks ago. That all went well. She's finally out if the cone- she was not a fan.
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| Plbbbt! |
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| In the Great Dane bed. |
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Butter? How do you fall out of a bed that big?
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New toy- I made that!
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I've been trying to get some sewing in but it's been busy. Between the kids school, the animals and the rest of the stuff that must be done I haven't gotten a whole lot accomplished. And, I've taken very few pictures of the the things I have finished. Here's what I do have to show...
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| Butter's new owl- no squeak so she can have it night. |
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| T-shirt for Chuck- "Molon Labe" |
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| Corner Monster bookmarks |
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| Coasters- I made sets of these for Mother's Day gifts |
I know I've mentioned it before, but I hate ironing. That and hemming are the worst parts of sewing. On that note, I got an AWESOME iron for my birthday. Having good tools makes the yucky tasks much more bearable. The Oliso iTouch has mechanical feet that pull in when you touch the handle and extend when you let go so it can sit flat on the ironing board and won't tip. This is a fantastic feature if you are constantly having to steady the ironing board when the Great Danes come by. It also heats quickly, has a good weight and a very smooth ironing surface.
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| Oliso iTouch |
On the farm we're getting about a gallon of milk a day. We should have fresh lettuce soon and peas won't be far behind. We had a farm visitor a couple of weeks ago- a Luna Moth. I love these guys- they only live for a week as an adult moth and do not eat in their adult phase. They only fly at night. This one roosted on our screen for a day. Hopefully it laid some eggs nearby.
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| Luna Moth |
That's all for now- hopefully there will be more time for fun stuff when school gets out in a couple of weeks.
