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    Mama’s little helper tea

    You may (or may not) have noticed that I have not posted anything since last Wednesday.
    I had intentions of completing projects but my back had other plans. An ice pack, ibuprofen and my chiropractor have been my friends this past week.
    While sitting and icing, I’ve managed to finish The Help.
    I like to read the novel before seeing a movie based on the book.
     And this, otherwise not comfortable, chair my friend. It has a nice firm straight back…something none of our the seating seems to provide.
    It’s made of elk antlers and is over 100 yrs old.
    I want to recover it in something more interesting than what is currently on it.
    It was my Grandfather’s chair.
    He traded an eye exam and glasses for it with a North Dakota Congressman or Governor in the early 1900’s.
    I’ve heard the story both ways.
    Pretty neat, huh!
    It’s definitely a conversation piece!!

     

    The reason for the doll in the chair is to show one project that I did complete.

     

    A tiny knit hat for Rosie.
    Well my back has had just about enough sitting in front of the computer.
    I’ll have to go check out the rest of the Tea Tuesday links over at Kimmie’s blog later.

     

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    Too late for Tea Tuesday

    KNOCK, KNOCK…
    HELLO…
    Does anyone still care what I have to say and share after all this time. Yikes!
    I’ve been keeping my screen time at a minimum lately…mostly just enjoying our unseasonably warm weather. I was too late to even have tea today.

     

    I actually have been working on a few projects…none of them ready for viewing.

     

    I did want to share Little J’s school project though. She came up with the concept…I just had to help figure out how to make it stand alone.
     I covered a bowl in wax paper then had her glue row after row of mini-marshmallows. After everything set up for several days I was able to remove the bowl leaving the wax paper intact.
    Check out the little fire she thought up as well. Tiny rocks from the sandbox and a synthetic dyed leaf cut into “fire” smooshed into a pool of glue before placing the igloo.
    The photos don’t show it but the whole works was sprinkled with a generous coating of iridescent  glitter for that “authentic” snow look.
    I’m sure everyone else has already left their links over at Kimmie’s blog long ago. Stop by and see for yourself.