More Lanterns
Once again today we found ourselves waiting for promised rain. We did end up getting a little bit this afternoon, but not much.
Walter went out this morning to visit friends on campus and update them on our news. I serged a bunch of raw edges on fabric and then washed and dried it in preparation for my next two sewing projects. And also knit a few rows to get to the end of a pattern repeat.
Remember a few weeks ago when I was selling all those lanterns? I sold more than 20 of them. If you thought that was the extent of my lantern collection, you were sadly mistaken. Now I’m working on reducing my oil lantern collection. This afternoon Walter and I worked on cleaning all our oil lanterns so I can sell most of them:
These were used once a month for many years at our legendary chai parties. I will keep three of them “just in case” we end up back here in a few years and want to host a backyard dinner. (Two of them did not make it into the photo.) Tomorrow I’ll work on listing them.
The other thing I did this afternoon was to spend a couple of frustrating hours working on our prayer card design. If I actually knew what I was doing, I’m sure it would take maybe 15 minutes. But for me it’s a painfully slow process of trial and error.
This evening was our monthly ladies’ night out for erstwhile homeschool moms. I got to hang out with these lovely ladies:
Sharon, Sylvia (who is also my neighbor), and Wanda. I will miss our monthly dinners when I am overseas.
After our video tonight, I made the custard for this weekend’s homemade ice cream. Tomorrow after it has frozen I will rebeat it and refreeze it and it should be perfect by Saturday.
Joy Spark: Our ladies’ night out dinner.
Wednesday Word of the Day:
Apparently I was so excited about getting our work permits that I forgot to post his last night!
ecphonesis—an emotional exclamation or passionate outcry. A girl who resorts to ecphonesis on a regular basis will soon find herself ignored.
Parting Shot:
One of our vitex shrubs is now in full bloom.