Yesterday morning, after channel surfing, I started to think...I hadn't got any translating work from the source that I always get work from in a while...So I made myself rewrite my resume, bid on as many jobs as I could find, and...I got a document! All on my own! The document took maybe 15 hours to do...and I did it in two days. My mind is mush, but I can now relax for a moment and enjoy my trip to see a good friend this evening! I'm hoping that I get much better at translating, but I am just so happy that I can get my own documents now =) One step closer to translating full-time!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Peaches, Vermont, and Unemployment
The good news. Peaches are wonderfully fun to bake with.
Yugoslavian Peach Cookies,
filled with homemade peach jam.
They look like peaches!!!
My attempt to beautifully plate my homemade vanilla pudding with peach sauce.
Another piece of good news: We are thinking of moving to Vermont! Cheap health care, maternity included (someday...!), cheaper housing, and hopefully stonework for Jon! Also, it is Not living with our parents-in-law.
The bad news: I stopped working as a nanny for the kids. Their mom left her job (very good reasons for this), so they don't need me anymore. I miss them so much! I knew it would end eventually, though.
Better news: I have been getting quite a lot of translating work recently. I have pretty much had enough to make it my entire income. This will really work out when we move, because I have no idea when or where in VT we are going! Any suggestions out there for good places to live in VT with lots of stone walls? Jon needs to be able to keep up his work. I have also had more time to catch up on knitting and baking projects, hence the peach cookies that took me an entire day to make. I usually go crazy stuck around the house all day, but I am trying to keep myself busy and productive!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Raw milk and peaches
Today, Jon and I are going to go pick some peaches and pick up a gallon of raw milk that I ordered. I'm very excited! I've been wanting to make some stove top vanilla pudding- it's so much better than pudding from a mix, or even from a microwave recipe! I grew up drinking raw milk and never got sick from it- I believe that it is good for you! A farm that I know posted this link about raw milk:
http://westonaprice.org/press/press/government-data-proves-raw-milk-safe
http://westonaprice.org/press/press/government-data-proves-raw-milk-safe
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Baby phonology
Yesterday, Iorek started moving his lower lip downwards and tensing it, while saying [i]. Today, he said [gi].
He is now 7 months, 3 weeks old.
He is now 7 months, 3 weeks old.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Photos
Baby sling!
I wrapped the extra fabric around the back. I'm very happy with it! The sling works very well, and fit better and more comfortably than any other sling I've tried. Iorek loves it! (Ander, bottom left, approves, also)
Ander poses for a picture.
Iorek, aged 7 months 3 weeks, standing! He's going to take off running any minute.
Here is my first attempt at a onesie. It is infant sizes, so obviously Iorek couldn't model it. I love how it came out! The collar is a bit funny looking, so I need to think up a solution to finish it better. The snaps worked like a dream.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Update on projects.
Summer is going by far too quickly! I've been running back and forth quite a bit for appointments, seeing friends before they move away (JenJen!), and finishing things like the rabbit hutch and thank you notes from the wedding.
The hutch is done, except for shingles, which we will make. These pictures were taken before the roof was put on.
Yeah, JenJen and I are pretty much awesome.
The hutch is done, except for shingles, which we will make. These pictures were taken before the roof was put on.
It is a beautiful, luxury home! Jon did such an amazing job, and I was glad to help him when I could. The rabbits love it, too.
And here the first cucumber of the season, next to a bowl of the most amazing lettuce, all from the garden. I've been getting a ton of greens and not much else, so the cucumber was a big treat. The lemon cucumbers are coming along nicely, I've planted some more greens, the new beans have sprouted, there are little green cherry tomatoes, and the zucchini and summer squash have large blossoms. Jon made me some tomato stakes, and I learned that I am terrible at tying tomatoes. I never got assigned that job at the farm I worked on, beyond clipping tomatoes in greenhouses. I will post pictures later how funny it looks. Did I mention that I used orange yarn?
I finished the baby sling and one onesie. Pictures should follow in the next post. The sling is great! I might want to add some padding for the shoulder, though. The onsie is adorable in the blueberry fabric! I finished two more skeins of yarn and made a little change purse from 12 yards of scrap silk yarn leftover from the yarn I used to make a glasses case for Jon.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Summer of Projects
I pulled out the sewing machine to do a project for a family member:
It is made from a burlap coffee bag and is lined with a pretty fabric. It turned out that my machine couldn't handle the burlap, so I ended up sewing most of it by hand.
The weather has been too warm for me to pull out the wool and work on spinning, and I've been neglecting my sewing skills for a while, so I decided to work on a bunch of sewing projects this summer!
The theme that I am starting out with is baby-related. One of my good friends is expecting, and I figure that this is a good time to start experimenting with what I can sew myself.
Here is a list of projects that I will be working on when I get the supplies I ordered in the mail!
1. Baby Sling.
2. Onsies.
3. Cloth Diapers.
Fabrics: Waiting to get pattern first.
Also knitting:
4. Baby Kimono Style Sweater
I have a lot of work to do! I'm hoping that after I make prototypes, I can modify the patterns and sell some natural material baby things!
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