A Quick Skoolie Update

 

Hello, friends.  This is one of the paintings I mentioned purchasing last week, and I absolutely love it where it's hanging, above our little couch.

I've been working on sewing curtains.  The door curtain is finished, except for the fact that when we hung it, the fabric above the rod flops over.  I'm waiting on long pins to remedy that problem. 

It turns out we confused ourselves, and in fact, the blackout backing for the window curtains does fit them.  There was quite a bit more curtain than blackout fabric, but when I factored in all the seams I'd turn over to sew, and the fact that I stopped the blackout fabric at the bottom of the large seam for the rod, as instructed, I realized that it was indeed what we had intended.  These are the first two hung, and I think they will work.  I'm a little concerned that there may still be light around the edges, but we can discuss ways to remedy that.  I plan to wash and iron them, so they'll hopefully hang better, once that's done.  

The skoolie had her first outing.  There was a large fundraiser in the community for a little girl with leukemia.  There was a lot going on to raise money, and one of them was a vintage car and truck show.  One of the organizers asked Joseph if he'd bring the skoolie, so we spent part of Saturday there.  I didn't think about taking a photo, until I was walking back to my car, but you can see us on the far right.  The car show was the first thing on the agenda, and many of the vehicles had already left.  We heard they raised over $60K for the family.  We were happy to be a part of it, and realized one little tweak we need to make.  Instead of grabbing the handrail when coming and going, it seems people want to grab the dropdown door on the other side of the steps (to keep us and the pups from falling in the hole when we're inside), which is only held in place by a magnet.  J plans to make some sort of latch for it, so no one gets hurt when touring the skoolie.  That's the latest.