E-book Giveaway by “A High and Noble Calling”

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

I’ve just come across a lovely, God-honoring website
called “A High and Noble Calling”.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

This website/blog is a site dedicated to
giving God the glory through our daily calling as
wives, mothers, and homemakers.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

It is filled with practical helps and resources for
a variety of  “keepers at home” activities —
all the while giving honor to the One who
guides and seeks to direct our every step.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

And for the homeschooling mother,
or any mother of young children,
ahighandnoblecalling.com
is having a special e-book giveaway!

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

~ Listening to Learn by Amy Blevins ~

“Listening to Learn teaches you how to
incorporate audio files in your home school.”

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

You can enter for an opportunity to
win this free e-book by visiting
A High and Noble Calling, using this link.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Gardening and sewing today!

Well, we’re preparing our raised garden beds for our spring garden.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Micah had to do quite a bit of weed-eating,
since the weeds had taken control since last year.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Hannah got the job of re-stringing the beds into 1-foot squares,

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

and Caleb was in charge of making sure the weed debris was cleared off.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

I raked up all the weed-eated (is that an adjective?!) grass,
and then tomorrow we’ll use a mixture of
water, vinegar, and a drop or two of dishsoap to kill off the remaining growth.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

We took a moment to admire the beautiful apple blossoms on the apple trees . . .

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

and then we made sure to check with our supervisors to see that
they approved of our work — they seemed to be pleased!

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Then, it was on the the next stage of the Paisley and Yellow bags —
I was able to assemble the outside of the bags . . .

Tomorrow I’ll be hand-sewing the buttons onto the sides . . .

So far, I’m pleased with the progress — on schedule for my Friday goal!

Paisley and Yellow assembly line . . .

I’ve been asked to make a set of 8 of my Paisley and Yellow
knitting project bags, like this one in my shop:

So, I’ve spent a good part of the afternoon cutting out the pieces for the bags . . .

I’m looking forward to working on these bags in assembly line fashion;
they should work up more quickly this way!

I’ll try to post pics of my progress — my goal is Friday by 3pm!