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Reasons to be Cheerful

I think I’m overdue for some RTBC around here, so I’m just going to go for it.

1. Feeling the fog slowly lifting after spending the better part of a week battling a cold (is it me, or do those nasty things linger longer the older you get?).  I’m still congested a bit, and more tired [...]

Reasons to be cheerful

1. Thrift shop find: a white vintage sheet that has a border of flowers along the bottom hem. That said “make a shirt out of me!” So, I did, and now I have a lovely new Simplicty 3835 to wear, and a large portion of a plain white sheet with which I can experiment on [...]

Reasons to be cheerful

1. Making RTBC a regular feature, because, hey! cheer is contagious
2. Bitter Betty’s Strawberry Lime Jam, which I feel I really must try.

3. Finding enough leftover pieces of a favorite fabric to cobble together a skirt at 11:00 Saturday night, to wear the following day. And, having time on that particular following [...]

Reasons to be cheerful

1. New pillowcases, because it’s finally hit me that pillows and sheets need not be a matched set. I predict more of these handmade lovelies in my future.
2. Daydreams about new paint colors and cheery makeovers.

3. Strawberry jam, made with local berries I picked myself.
4. Bowls of after-supper ice cream.

5. Putting together mosaics every [...]