Needledom Novack

When we got married I had recently graduated from "grad" school and I had to find out what my hobbies are. Since my life up until marriage consisted of school and my "hobbies" or "extra curricular activities" consisted of studying, I really had to discover what my "hidden talents" are.

I played with knitting, but since I live in the South... having a ball of yarn on my lap in the warm months weren't all that thrilling. Not to mention all the monotony and not getting anywhere quickly...

My mother-in-law gave me a cross stitching kit for our first Christmas. I didn't mind cross stitching, but it would cramp up my hands...

Along the lines of knitting, I did partake in crocheting. A much better fit for me. Easy to correct mistakes, fast results, and cool designs to stitch.

One project I crocheted for the front door made out of old jersey knit shirts:

Finally, I toyed with the hobby of sewing! I LOVE sewing! Quick, easy, fun, and versatile. I have sewn a bunch of napkins, placemats, table runner, and table cloth.

Here's some pictures:

I took an Heirloom Sewing class back in March. I didn't really know what I signed up for until I purchased the material! Holy crap, Heirloom Sewing is expensive. Considering the delicacy and intricacy that goes into to sewing it, I now have a new appreciation for fancy dresses and Baptismal gowns! If you have an Heirloom dress or Baptismal gown it is well worth it to ask who made it and give them a HUGE hug and thank you for their time and hard work, those gowns were made with LOVE!!

Nurture Novack

I couldn't find a better word for housework or home improvement that began with the letter N. So I found nurture, which isn't that what you are doing when you clean or fix things around the house?

Back in February, yea yea yea, it's been a while since I blogged. On an unusually warm February day Bryan and I decided to "nurture" our mailbox. The mailbox had, over the years it had cracked and and the door was broken. We never thought we would actually ever replace it, but the time had come... with the post broken (well we did E6000 it so it wasn't going anywhere). We decided to go to Home Depot and get a new one. Luckily, since we don't have a Home Owner's Association controlling every aspect of our home improvements we could pick whatever we wanted.

Some before pictures:

The crack was deep enough that when it was windy the mailbox would twist to a 90 degree angle. No worries, nothing E6000 can't fix.

The door didn't have a lip that would catch to the top... so many times when we went to check the mail we would find it looking like this:

After:

We originally wanted a different post, but the wooden post underneath was too big. So we had to get the same one we had before. Good thing they still make it!

We went with a gray mailbox just to break up the white color.