Much Ado About Nothing

Or

Gone to Pot!

~*~

The day started innocently enough~

as usual, I arose at 4:30 am

to fix Gentleman Farmer's breakfast

and pack his lunch for work.

My routine then is to hop back into bed

and turn on the radio to listen

to the news from our little town.

GF sits on the bed next to me

and brushes his teeth while

we listen together.

When the announcer gets to

sports, GF goes to rinse

and I turn off the radio

and grab a book, magazine or Bible

to read.

(Not interested in the sports! Don't

have or know any kids in school,

and The Mariners....)

Hubby returns to kiss me goodbye,

and heads off to work.

So far, so good!

(TMI for you, I'm sure!

Are you still with me?)

~*~

After I did a little reading/study,

I got up and got dressed, tended

the chickens, fed and let out the cats,

and had a little breakfast while

I caught up reading the newest posts

on some blogs.

(Just a little longer!)

~*~

Then I made some home made laundry detergent,

the liquid kind. This took me quite awhile as

the borax and washing soda had been kept

out in the garage, must have gotten just a tad

bit damp and was very clumpy. Had to work

it with a pasty cutter to get most of the

lumps out. I finished making the soap in

a five gallon bucket. It should last me all Winter!

(I am sharing some with my mom and aunt.)

Let me know if you are interested in the recipe.

I will send it to you.

(Hang in there, not long now!)

~*~

Then I headed out to go into town (12 miles away)

to 'Soup and Sound'. This is a Christmas gift

to the community from the United Methodist Church ~

Free Homemade Soup and a Concert,

which has different preformers each of the

Fridays in December before Christmas!

This was their 28th year and I have

attended all but one or two!

For me, this is when the Christmas Season begins!

After a delightful concert and delicious soup,

I did some shopping and then came home.

I finished up my laundry detergent and then

began on this project.

(Finally! Here are some pictures for you to look at!)

This is something I had wanted to make for

a couple of years, but just never remembered

to get the pots.

(Got any ideas?)

You will need five small terra cotta pots

and one terra cotta tray, some craft paint,

bits of trim and fun fur, and some glue.

(I used a glue gun.)

Paint them to look like

toy soldiers

or

nutcrackers!
(Hope you can paint better than me!)

After your pots are painted,
Hot glue them together and
add some hair, a beard
and some braid trim on his hat.
(I just used what I had.)

Is it just me....

or does he look a bit like...

The Burger King?

(Now, aren't you glad you stuck around?!)

~*~

"...apart from Me, you can do nothing."

John 15:5