Stormy nights.....

 I will be super brief as a storm is blowing into our area. It has been super stormy at night lately. Thankfully, no tornado sirens have gone off in area but the lightning has been very intense. 

LS2 is very scared of lightning, so as a good sister, I let her huddle next to me. Watching her jump each and every time she saw lightning was painful to watch. 

I'm ending our post here as we tend to shut off the internet and other big electronics (i.e. tv, computers, ect.) during big storms. It helps to protect them from getting fried in a potential power surge. Surge protectors only do so much you know. They keep the electronics on until you can shut them down properly. If you don't shut down properly, you will fry it. That is their purpose. Sorry for the mini rant. I just heard someone talk about surge protectors like they were an unnecessary thing to have. You are welcome for that life hack, btw.

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P.S. I was talking from experience. I once fried a DVD player as it was play my Dad's favorite movie. I wasn't allowed to touch our new one for a whole month.  And it took me a few years to get the DVD out as I had gotten it stuck inside.

Destiny Redeemed by Vanessa Rhoswen : Review

 Yes, this review is 2 weeks late. I was living my life and forgot to post it. Sorry. Here you are, better late than never.

The game has changed, but the stakes remain deadly...

Lady Ilyana D'Arcane thought she could outmaneuver fate, but the past refuses to stay buried. Newly divorced and determined to forge her own path, Ilyana builds her empire from the shadows, a new threat emerges – one that could unravel everything she's fought to protect.

Prince Anderic Voltaire, once her greatest adversary, has finally met his match in the sharp-tongued lady. As assassination plots and betrayal surround them, their dangerous attraction deepens into something neither can deny.

When enemies from within and beyond the borders converge, Ilyana must choose between revealing her darkest secrets or watching history repeat itself. In a final confrontation that will determine the fate of Aetheria, can a former villainess truly become a heroine?

The gripping conclusion to Villainess's Redemption by Vanessa Rhoswen delivers a heart-pounding finale where love and ambition collide, and the fate of a kingdom hangs in the balance.

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! It was soooooo satisfying. The conclusion picked up right where we left off and the tension was *chef's kiss*. The pacing was gorgeously handled. It was a book that felt like it could've been longer because I don't want to let these characters go. Ilyana and Anderic have such amazing chemistry, I hope Vanessa will write side stories so we can see more of them together. I will be rereading it some time in the future. 

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Here's the Afghan!

 As the title of this post suggests, I am basically done with putting it together. I am just attaching the final strip. I haven't even finished and LB3 is trying to claim it as his. I planned to make it a "whoever is cold at the moment" type of thing so I am going to have to say no. 

Here are the pictures I promised.

You can't see it too well by this is a strip of the squares. I opted to do 5x6 squares so that the blanket can, you know, blanket. Here is the picture of it all together.

I really enjoyed assembling it. I get a kick out of seeing something beautiful come from what seems like a bunch of scrap or throwaway projects. I hope you liked it too.

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I got a new project lined up!

 My aunt swung by today and dropped off a discarded project from one of her clients who asked her to find a new home for it. She was initially planning on making an afghan but stopped right before assembling the pieces she crocheted. 

I had been wanting to make a afghan for a bit but didn't want to do all the piecework. Hee hee, now I don't have to! I am beyond giddy. I will take before and after pictures for you all. 

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Rainy days can mess with plans....

 Outside, it is currently raining. I had planned at the beginning of the week to wash some laundry and hang it outside to dry (I like the scent of sun-dried clothes). LB2 and I also planned on dying a skirt of our mother. But thanks to the rain, it will be a job for future us.

On Monday, I bought some permanent fabric paint. I had all the kids pick out what the wanted to put on their shirts. Now, we just need to gather them all up. Hopefully it goes well. I'll put a picture up when we finally get around to doing it.

The kids ideas were a 50/50 mix of "that sounds cool" and "You will not get me in trouble for putting that on your shirt". They were joking around, trying to get a rise out me. They semi succeeded. I won't tell you what their bad ideas were. I'll just say that if I saw an adult wearing a shirt with their phases, I'd think they have a very, very dark sense of humor. It looks super out of place and concerning on a child. But since I know that said child in question says whatever they think will trigger people for fun, I'm ignoring it. If they had a YouTube channel, I think they would make rage bait.

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Dark rooms are kinda nice.......

 I am in day 2 of a migraine. I'm just going to sit in this dark room like a weirdo and pray I don't puke 'cause the sounds were too loud, this light too bright, and my head was about to become a pinãta post-strike.

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Dyeing Progress

LB2 and I did it! We dyed some shirts and other fabric. I will put the photos below.

These are some before and during the dyeing and drying process pictures. I also included a picture of us getting our mulberry pigment. Yes, we used mulberries and turmeric powder for our two dyes.

We tried to tie-dye some shirts but the end result was way too pastel to be satisfying. We will try again. End result pictures below. (Sidenote: The picture of the purple shirt didn't come out well so I won't include it).

This journey is still ongoing so keep posted. I'll tell you what happens next. As always, feel free to leave me a message below.