Day 3

Last night I worked on my knitting skills a bit. I think I'm getting better and certainly faster. See? Knitting one row.. purling the next. I think it looks quite stunning. My next lesson is creating a cable. That sounds like great fun.

Today I looked up how to make goat's milk. I found out you can use fresh/frozen milk or even canned milk. Unfortunately the directions I found still just give directions on how to mix the milk with the lye and then substitute the regular water requirement in the soap with this mixture. So.. I guess my next step should be to learn how to make "regular" soap. Then learn the goat's milk twist. Baby steps. I must take baby steps.

I've offered my backyard to a friend for her wedding the end of May. This is a good thing. I have 2 months (or 1/12th of my alotted escape time) to get my back yard in order for her big day. Anything I do will help to sell my house - and that's on my to-do list! This is a win-win situation. Here's where the wedding will take place. It needs some cleaning up, a paint job, flowers & fairy lights but I think it will be lovely. By May 30th the clematis on each end should be in full bloom and with any luck it won't rain on her big day.