Rabbit Trails

Friday, while Harvey was approaching the coast of Texas, I started to clean up my sewing room. *Somebody let it get messy.* The above picture is a huge old kitchen pantry from a sale.  It holds yarn, embroidery patterns, holiday fabric, sewing patters and crochet hooks.   The bird bag you see is the bag I take along in the car on long trips. I fix embroidery projects. I don't get car sick, so it's a fun thing to do while driving. It's better than crocheting because when I pull the thread up, I also look up. With crocheting, I never get to look up to see the country side. To the right is where I keep all my embroidery thread. I do have lots, but I do lots of embroidering. It's a low cost hobby and I love it. The top can is full of variegated thread. This is the table my sewing machine is on. It was formerly my Pastor and Wife's kitchen table. It's kind of special. The fabric on the left are hopeful aprons....

      Here is *Pearls of Wisdom* from a book I just bought:   "The best way to clean a house,  is to keep it clean by a daily attention to small things,  and never allow it to get into such a state of  dirtiness and disorder as to require great and periodical cleanings,  which turn comfort out of doors."    I do the Mount Vernon cleaning method, ONE room at a time, Jane A. method, go from one end of the house to the other end. I also do hurricane season cleaning.... I will go through the house and tidy up everything I can, before June, that way when a hurricane blows it away, I will know what I lost. And sometimes you will find me on the couch, eating ice cream. The Blue Bell method.   

I don't make bread very often. I use canned corn. Sometimes frozen. I buy ground coffee. I don't make my own noodles or yogurt But now this..... was fun. I actually made a potion before this one and it is now my shower cleaner. I wanted something that wouldn't put me in the Emergency Room after I was done cleaning! It is a mixture of liquid dish washing liquid and vinegar. It works better than anything I have ever purchased and I don't  mind breathing the fumes of vinegar! I didn't really do it to save money........ I did it in hopes that it would clean better than what I was buying.... and be a little easier on my lungs and hands. Here is the recipe for Summer Cleaner: 5 oz. rubbing alcohol 3 oz. white vinegar 1 tsp. liquid laundry detergent 1 tsp. ammonia 2 drops of oil (lavendar, lemon-grass, violet) fill bottle to 24 oz. with water ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can't remember...