9:50am

Getting all the clothes ready for the graduation and

party today.  I don't hardly iron anymore

and have now resorted to using a spray bottle

filled with water and a couple tablespoons of

fabric softener.  I spritz any wrinkled clothing

with this mix then give gentle tugs on the fabric

while on a hanger and let it sit overnight to dry.

Or in my case this morning for my white blouse

I have it hanging on a hanger on the clothesline.

This concotion is much cheaper than

buying a bottle of Downy's Wrinkle Release!

So yesterday I found a pair of nice, black,

stretchy, form fitting pants to wear today for .99 cents

at the thrift store.

The only problem is I am short and most

pairs of pants I buy are way too long.

These were 5.5 inches too long!

So I cut off the excess and hemmed them

up this morning.  I didn't feel like changing

out the thread in my sewing machine

so being in the hurry that I am in with things

to do I went ahead and used white thread.

Once done I took a black sharpie marker

to the white thread hem line so it could not be seen.

I also bought Christopher a nice outfit to

wear today from the thrift store.

A polo shirt and black dress pants

for a total cost of $1.98.

I'm not sure what to wear to this event

so we are wearing nice casual.

10:30 - 11:30am

Planted 4 Dianthus flowers in the garden.

I got these for $1.00 each in the mark

down area at Lowes a couple weeks back.

 

 Then I started working on a fairy or minuature

garden in my birdbath that I had out front.

So far I have rocks I've collected along railroad tracks

(used for edges of stream),

some blue decorative glass I found at Tony's work

(used for stream),

and some moss I found in the backyard.

(for the grass)

Still a work in progress as I would like to

add a footbridge, a small house, little plants

and a garden area where the dirt is showing

and other things to jazz it up. 

There is a little fox sitting and looking

at the water if y'all are wondering what that is.

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