I really enjoyed yesterday's weather. It only made it up 34, but that's considerably better than the 20s it has been lately. And it was foggy. I normally wouldn't care too much for fog, but I was outside walking to work and the humidity felt so good! The weather app on my phone said it was 93% humidity, and it's just been so dry lately that it was really nice!
I know we still have a LOT of winter left, but now I'm really looking forward to spring and summer!
But I can take of advantage of this colder weather to get more sewing done, since I can't spend time outside. I can sew spring and summer dresses for the upcoming warm weather!

Winter?

What's wrong with winter?! We've hardly had any truly cold (under 32 degrees) days! We've only had snow that stuck once (about 3/4) inch, and a few flurries.
Depressing! I want snow! I want to go sledding. But right now it's 46* out and my mom just took Odo for a walk, and neither of them need their coats (yes, we do have a doggy coat for Odo).
So I bet this means we'll have a snowy spring, when I won't want snow anymore..

I think we need this much snow. Just once...

Come on, spring!

I'm getting really, really impatient for spring! I'm very ready for it to warm up! Right now it's in the 30s, and I see a potential high of 60* this week! Unfortunately, it's supposed to be raining that day too...
Yesterday made it up to about 42, which was really nice. Jeremy, Lizzy and I went for a long walk, and we walked to Frosty Freeze for some ice cream. On the way there it was really sunny and not at all windy, so we actually were too warm in our coats! Unfortunately, after the ice cream the wind picked up, so the walk home was pretty chilly. But still, it was pleasant!
I love warm weather!

February

Here it is February 1st. The year is already 1/12 finished.

It makes being impatient about anything seem rather silly, because time seems to pass very quickly!

February looks like a rather full month, fuller than January, so I'm sure it will pass even quicker. Although that'd be true no matter what since February just has less days than January (even if it was a leap year).

I'm really looking forward to spring. I'm tired of winter. The snow saddens me. Sure, it's pretty, but it really makes me miss doing things outside! I really want to go for a long walk or go to the park or something, but no. The snow won't allow me to.

Although I might help Luke with his snow shoveling business tomorrow. He was a bit under the weather, and though he's feeling better our mom would prefer he not spend too much time outside just yet. He still has a bit of a cough.

He has made enough for his Xbox 360, which he purchased Sunday. Now he wants to save up for more games.

I dislike it when the dogs randomly forget they can use their face to open a door! Lucky was sleeping in my room last night, happy as could be.
At around 1:30 I heard whimpering coming from him. I tried to ignore it thinking he was dreaming, but he just kept whimpering! I finally picked up my phone and used it to light Lucky up and see what was going on. He was laying in front of my door, upset that he couldn't get out. My door wasn't latched, though. It was just swung shut, but he easily could have used his snout to open it...like he always does.
But instead he decided he had to wake me up and get me to open the door. Silly dog!

In other news, it was pretty chilly when I let the dogs out this morning (around 7:00). I forgot to look at the thermometer, but I know that in Rockford it got down to 36 and it was 38 in Chicago last night. So it wasn't too cold, but it was cold enough I'd wished I hadn't walked to the door barefoot! I'll need to get some new slippers soon. I still have my monkey slippers, but I want another pair of slippers that I can destroy and not be sad about. I tend to wear through slippers really fast.

Well, I decided I won't be able to have my doublet bodice outfit done for Stronghold, but that's okay: I'll wear my upper class garb. I don't get to wear that set of garb very often anyway, so I don't mind!
I put it all on today (I find the best way to make sure I'm packing everything or that I don't need to mend anything is to put the entire outfit on), and everything appears to be in order. There's a spot of trim that I need to tack down for now (I'm going to replace it later), but that's about it.
I was wearing my sneakers when I put the garb on, and it's not really what I recommend with upper class garb...

It's supposed to be cold at Stronghold this weekend (Saturday has a high of 58 with a low of 35, and "patchy frost". I'm going to freeze), so tomorrow I'm going to get my cold weather clothes from the top shelf of my closet and put away some of my summer things. I think I'll be packing many layers of pajamas for Saturday night...

I'll probably also do some baking tomorrow or Thursday. I need to make some granola and some sort of sweet.


And in other news, the dogs were greatly displeased today. They all got baths, which they hate. Odo was starting to have signs of fleas, and she's very, very allergic to fleas, so Jeremy and Luke gave all the dogs flea baths, we washed all the dog beds, and used a flea repelling dust on the carpet and dog beds. We should be flea free, now.

This Weekend

It looks like this weekend should be a nice one for faire. It seems we'll have a dry weekend: no rain! Yay!

I have my garb ready. I don't have any new garb ready, but that's okay.
I believe Luke (or at least I hope) has his garb ready. And Jeremy... well, it would be ready if he hadn't lost a bunch of it. At one point he only knew where his venetians and socks were. He found his shirt, though, so now all he's missing is his jerkin, flat cap, and his left shoe. Silly Jeremy.

Update that I'm feeling too uncreative to name.

Our trip to Janesville was very enjoyable. We had bunches of fun and saw some of our favoritest peoples.
I brought my sewing with and got a good amount done. Jeremy's venetians for faire are done, and I'm so close to finishing my one of my dresses. I left in Janesville for now, seeing that I can't sew at home until I get my sewing machine fixed. But we'll be back in Janesville early on next week for Spring break.

Lizzy (my faux-sister) and I decided it would be awesome to make matching dresses. For some reason people always mix us up (we don't look alike at all!), so figured we'd confuse them even more. We had a 40% off coupon for Joanns, so we picked out some bright summery fabric for our dresses. It's a fabric that's smocked at the top, so we call it "Instant dress: just add seam" fabric. We just have to add the seam down the back, attach straps, and possibly hem it. The bottom of the fabric is the selvage, so it wouldn't have to be hemmed, but I probably will anyway.

Lizzy, Jeremy, and I are thinking about going to the theater to see the new Alice in Wonderland next week, but we haven't decided yet.
I'm sure we'll also be filming some Billy Smith videos, and going to the park, and taking walks, and going for ice cream, and just having an all around great time.
I can barely wait! I love Janesville!

But now, back in Illinois (or Crazyville, as I like to call it), I've been working on schoolwork and playing around outside to enjoy the nice weather. I actually hung out laundry today, which was nice. And I was able to wear a dress yesterday and a skirt, short-sleeve shirt, and flip flops today. I love 70 degree weather!

Spring

Here it is, the first day of Spring. You know what the weather's like right now? It's cold, about 35, and snowing!
The past few days have been absolutely amazingly awesome (Oh look, alliteration!) weather-wise. In the 60s and sunny. My Aunt Kathy says it got up to 70 yesterday! the highest I saw the thermometer at was 66, but I would totally be up was up to 70.
And now, the first day of Spring has to come and tease us by being cold and snowy. It's as if it wants to remind us that Spring can still have snow storms.
Thanks Spring, but I don't need your reminder.
*sigh*
And the highest temperature I see for the rest of this week is 51. What a shame.

It's a Beautiful Day!

Today is such a nice day! It's currently 66. We have all of our windows and our back door open. The dogs love when the back door is open, they can just go in and out as they please.
And it's nice to air out the house. Houses get a stale smell when windows are closed for months. It's so nice to have had them open all day so far!
I should have hung some laundry out on the clothes line. I love how fresh laundry smells that way!
Ah well, maybe another day. Certainly not tomorrow: the high is in the low to mid 40s with a chance of snow. Lovely.
It's kind of sad to have a dreary day coming up tomorrow, but at least we have something to look forward to: Emily Nee from Bristol is coming to have us go through some of her unwanted fabric. She has some prints and things that might be good for some of the dresses I plan to make, and she says she has some wool too. I'm very excited to look through it all! I'll have to bake her something as a thank you.

Weather

I'm so glad the weather has warmed up. It may have been cloudy and rainy the past two days, but at least the temperature is warmer; it's so nice not having to wear a coat! And the chickens have been very happy, too. Each time I go out I see them having a blast in their yard. A lot of the grass is surprisingly green already, so the chickies enjoy that and it saves us money on chicken food.
For the past week, every morning I've gone out, there's been a little frog (sometimes lots of little frogs) who jumps in the little pool in the chicken yard. And I saw fish in it this morning! I doubt they were there all Winter; my Aunt must have bought them yesterday.
Right now it's about 48 out, with a high of 52. I can't wait until the weather is in the 60s and sunny; I'll be able to open my window! And even hang some laundry outside to dry. I love the way laundry smells when it can dry outdoors! It's so pleasant.

Allergies

I've been experience terribly, horrendously itchy ear the past few days, and before that I had had mild pain in my ears. Actually, the mild pain had been a few weeks ago, but it seemed to go away after we treated it at home. In the past week the itching started, and the past few nights it was so bad I couldn't sleep. The itching seems all through my ears into my throat, but it's particularly bad in the left ear. On the left side of my throat there's been a white spot (we were worried it was strep at first, but it never changed and hardly even hurt), so we wondered if that was connected to my ears. My left ear started stinging a little bit too, along with the itching, so we decided it was time to go to the doctor.
After asking lots of questions and checking things out, the NP told me that I have allergies. The reason it's affecting me the way it is due to a cold I had not too long ago. Apparently there's liquid stuck in my eustachion tubes, that came from having a cold, and the allergies are making it trapped in there. The spot on my throat seems to be completely unrelated; it's just some viral thing in my tonsils.

The NP did ask if we have any pets, and I said that yes, we have dogs. She asked if any of them ever go into my room, and I told her that my puppy always sleeps in my bed at night. So, that could be a slight contributing factor, therefore I need to be sure to keep my room dusted and swept.

But on the upside, today had fantastic weather! I'm getting excited for spring! My bedroom window is currently open, letting in some of the nice, fresh 64 degree air.

It's Warm!

It's warm (well, at least warmer than it has been) and sunny outside! I put on my purple coat this morning (which I bought on sale for an amazingly low price of $5) and went outside to feed my chickens. I quickly realized that it was too warm for my coat and my denim jacket would have sufficed. I am so thrilled to see that the thermometer says it's 40 degrees! And it's sunny! It makes me feel so happy. Now I want to play outside! Too bad the ground is still rather soggy, but maybe the next few days will be as nice as today! Then maybe Jeremy, Luke and I will go for a walk across the bridge. And maybe I can practice my unicycle or stilts! Maybe we can make a new video!
I love sunshine!