Back In The Swing

Trying to get back into the swing of things. Early mornings, schedules, homework, driving and all the other fun things that come with school starting (yuck). I take our son to school which is about 35 miles from our home. I am in the car about 3 hours everyday, Ugh! For three years I have done this with just a radio in the car and not a huge selection of radio stations in our area.For my birthday, I got a new stereo for my car. Now I can listen to Cd's and my i pod. Well, I plugged my i pod in and ...nothing! Something has happened to all the files or something like that. Don't ya just love technology! The one radio station that I did enjoy I now cannot get on the new stereo. I did go to the library and get some books on Cd and that's been really good. I don't feel like I'm wasting so much time just sitting. I do love the time I get to spend with Nick in the car (when he's not sleeping or has is headphones on) and I keep trying to remind myself to really appreciate this time we have together because I know how fast the next three years are going to go and then he'll be gone.
This is about the closest thing to craftiness going on around here! I love having a husband that likes to cook and make yummy things. He made this jalapeno jam the other day and since we have about a bazillion tomatoes I think canning those is next on the list!

A Little of This and That

Nothing crafty has been going on here at all. I need motivation! My sewing room is a mess and I can't make myself go in there and just start. So, since I haven't been up to anything new I thought I would share some old-cause it's all new to you, right?



This was a Christmas gift I made for my family a couple of years ago. I scanned photos and printed them out in sepia tones, sandwiched them between thin glass I cut to fit the pics, copper foiled the edges, and and ran a bead of solder around them. Soldered a ring to the top center and tied them to a wire tree I purchased (I think they were a Halloween item) from a local store with sheer ribbon. I love it and I think my family appreciated them also. It was a fun project to do.

This was dinner last night. Fifty pound King Salmon caught by my son when we were in Alaska. He was so proud when he found out that he beat my sister's prize winning catch of 47 lbs. Didn't matter to him that she caught hers in a different river and won the fishing derby in the town she lived in at the time! Nope, he's got bragging rights and he's gonna use them every chance he gets!
` Can't get much fresher than this!
We grilled some last night and had it over angel hair, garlic, fresh tomatoes and basil. YUM!


These are also in our freezer now.

Alaska is so beautiful, words or pictures cannot do it justice.

We just have a few more days of our summer left and then back to the dreaded old routine. We've been doing a lot of nothing. Hanging out on the back porch, reading, eating too much, but mostly just sitting and not feeling a bit guilty about it! That's what summer's all about, right!?!