Our Cisco has been on a bit of a tear as of late. Getting into this. Getting into that. Fortunately for me, or unfortunately depending on your point of view, he has stayed put when caught in the act of doing something he not supposed to. This lapse of fear has allowed me to get pictures of our little brat at work!
Enjoy!
Yes, the boy actually climbed on the table and then tore a hole in the trash bag. Here he has his entire snout and part of his head in the bag. Munchin away!
The boy can't seem to get enough of my roving that I spin with. This was the first time today he got into my roving. The other two times he dragged it outside on the deck and then tore it up in the family room and entry way. I finally learned and put it up on the piano.
Now on with other news...
Let's start with my canning adventure. The Blackberry Jam is tasty and all the seals sealed. But the jam is runny. So with that I asked a couple of ladies and low and behold the recipe doesn't call for pectin, but did say that the Jam would jelly prior to canning. So with my limited knowledge of canning terms and experience I didn't understand that I was to cook the jam down into a jellied form. Lesson learned and instead of a true jam we have a blackberry syrup that we're using as jam. Still tastes good!
I had the most exciting thing happen to me the other day. My girlfriend, Vicky, offered me her spinning wheel! I just about fell over. I was in such a state of shock that I had to ask if she really meant it. Well she did. What a kind gesture this was. Vicky has MS and is confined to a wheelchair now. She told me that she just wanted to make sure that it went to a "good home". So the wheel is about 6 years old now, but was only used for about a year. It looks brand new and has all the bells and whistles. Its so nice to be spinning on a wheel again. This is a Lendrum Wheel.
I've been practicing. The white is what I've spun today. I know it doesn't look like much, but I've been getting used to using a double treadle. Its a coordination thing...
This last Tuesday I had some friends over for a afternoon of relaxing. LeAnne came and finished her "Persian Tiles" lap throw. Isn't it just beautiful!? 
I get a phone call from the school on Wednesday and its Olivia telling me that she fell, hurt her hand and the nurse wanted her to call me. So I asked her if she wanted to come home? No, she wanted to stay at school. Is your hand swelling up? A little. So with just a couple of hours of school left I let her stay with the proviso that if she started hurting more that she would call home and I'd go get her. So eventually she arrived home and sure enough there was swelling to the point I thought she had broken her hand. So when David arrived home off they went to the ER as the Doctors office was completely booked for the next two days. After a few hours at the ER they finally 
arrive home with her hand all wrapped up, UP to her elbow. They don't know IF she has broken her hand as the bone in question is tiny and they can't tell until they re- X-ray the area in two weeks and see IF there is calcification on said bone. If there is, then there was a break. If there isn't then there is no break but just a bad bruise. In the meantime she has a lovely case of bruising that ascends up to her wrist and possibly will move further up her arm before this is all over. Now our prayer is that she won't need surgery to repair the bone, IF it is broken. We'll find out in 2 weeks.....
