What a nice weekend this is. A long weekend with Monday off. Saturday Carla and I ran up to visit Greg and Diane at Schifferstadt and got a tour of the house. Built in 1756/8 by German immigrants the house is in surprising good shape. Hopefully the owners will be smart enough to allow it to become a real museum. It really needs some conservation work, but the foundation lacks the funds to execute a conservation plan.
It would be a great site for Yule!
Then Sunday was Carla’s birthday and we had a few friends over (and Carla, of course) and Jim did his southern woman imitation by grilling entirely too much food. The beagles and Ladybug had fun running up and down the fence with the pit bulls. Exhausted hounds all around. It was a really nice evening of chatting about embroidery, clothing, and upcoming events. Happiness is having a large dining table surrounded by friends (and wine).

This is also happiness. I’ve been waffling about buying a new laundry set for several months now. The price on new front load machines are extraordinary IMO but the silence from the washer doing a load of sheets as I sit here is making it all worth while. The clincher was the financing by Lowes (12 months same as cash) so I can make it happen now instead of in 12 months. Yea.
You’ll note there are no pedestals. At $200 a piece I think that’s ridiculous. But, I have a plan. I plan to rip out the ‘closet’ they are in now, stack the units, and put in pantry cabinets in the reclaimed space. So I didn’t want to purchase pedestals I would eventually not need.
Soon Jim will be off to the range and I will get some down time to plan some sewing. Maybe even sew something.