About 2 months ago I read an article in a magazine about decorating rooms and other craft ideas involving chalkboard paint. I went to the hardware store last week and bought a quart of chalkboard paint that was 50% off. The store received a special order for it months ago but it was never picked up and they wanted to get it out of the store. Woot. Unfortunately my gram won't let me doing anything drastic with it in her house, but I've made myself a mini chalkboard using a cookie sheet I bought at the dollar store.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
It took almost no time to paint, though I had to wait at least four hours in between coats. I still have to wait another day before it's ready to be used. And I've decided to crochet a border around the edge, it's just a matter of deciding which yarn to use. Only a little paint was used up so there's more in case I can think of something else to do with it (or Gram lets me make a chalkboard in the kitchen).
Gram and I went to the Bradley-ISU softball game Saturday afternoon and I got too much sun on my arms, hands, and the back of my neck and have been pretty sore since then. I'm determined to not let the sun hit my skin for the rest of the summer. I went around Morocco in the heat and humidity in long sleeve shirts so I think I can handle it for an Illinois summer.
I took this right after we got home from the game.
This fan has been my best friend. My arms turned into two little furnaces that wouldn't cool down unless I was directly in front of the fan. Needless to say, I didn't stray to far from my room for the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday. Gram's poor aloe plant also has some leave missing from it as I've been cutting them open and rubbing them on my arms. Poor Gram has been putting up with my whiny attitude too. She deserves a medal.
Gram and I made homemade chicken salad last week and found an odd-looking, multi-layered celery stalk:
I've been working on our vegetable garden. More or less, Gram tells me what to do and where to put things and I do it. So far we've planted cabbage, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers (for me), and green peppers. We'll also be planting different types of beans and zucchini. I also planted basil in our flower garden. Our rhododendron bush flowered nicely right around Pascha:
A new season of Sherlock on Masterpiece Mystery! (PBS) began last night. It was certainly an exciting episode, which makes me sad that the season is only 3 episodes long.
There's not much to report. I'm still hoping to make it back to Michigan soon but we'll see if it happens or not. There supposedly is a new coffee shop in town not to far away from us. I have yet to explore that area.
Until next time,
~Staci~
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