...6.7...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...I finished up the "Enjoy the Ride" bicycle tee that Mom sent...

...this was the starting point...

...and here it is after a little soak in some pretty bleach-y water...

...the first thing I did was to paint the seat, grips, and tires brown...don't worry the paint is not dry in this photo...so it looks a little bit shiny...and I also painted the little bits where the pink is sort of scrubby looking in the white reflection bits grey...along with the handlebars...

...and then I painted the body of the bike black...and I love how it turned out...

...then I removed the sleeves...I'm going to shape it up a little bit...as it's a little bit too big and boxy for me...

...turned it inside out for cutting...

...I used a polo shirt that fits me well as the 'pattern'...

...then I traced a pattern pattern of the sleeve to 'cute-n' those up a bit...

...and after I fought with my sewing machine for an hour to get it to properly sew this super soft and stretchy material...changed the needle...and adjusted the tension and removed the stitches over and over again...arghhhh...I'm finally really happy with the result...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!

...6.6...Tuesdays with Julia...

...we made the creamy and delicious Vegan Ris de Veau à la Crème et aux Champignons...

...and all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version...

~Have a lovely day!

...6.5...Over the Weekend...

...we started the weekend with waffles...always a good thing...

...I did the weekly shopping...nothing really of note...the Silk was on sale two for $7...so I got three...I'm sure I can use those up before the July 9th date...

...oh...this is of note...Philadelphia Water Ice...they had a couple of other flavors I'll be sure to try...

...this one is Blueberry/Coconut/Pineapple...it's very sweet and tropical and yummy...

...just a couple of things on the food prep front...baked tofu of course...some shaped as chick'n for the grill...some scrambled for tofu scramble...and some just in squares...

...and I had bought kale thinking that I would add it to smoothies...but it's flavor is too strong for that...I know people put kale in their smoothies all the time...but it's just not for me...so I just decided to cook it...and the Man asked why I didn't use the InstaPot as it would have been quicker...but it was just a small bunch...so I just put it in a pot on the stove...

...and finally my Niece-in-law (is that a thing)...you've seen her here on the blog before...has a birthday this week...so I crocheted a little facial scrubbie out of some fairly soft cotton scrubby yarn...it's not as rough as the one you use for dishcloths...and got that into the mail...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...6.3...Dinner and a Movie...

...we had curry and crusty bread for dinner...my sweet sissie had mentioned that they were having curry and it made me hungry for some...I love curry...the Man...not so much...he will eat it...but he would never say he loved it...

...and the movie was...not a movie at all...we'd had a really busy week...and so we just spent the evening catching up on the news...not fun...

...but what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

...6.2...Friday Update...

...Our Airman has a birthday coming up...so we had to get his card in the mail to get it to Okinawa in time...and I included a couple of those little magic towels that expand for each of the girls...to remind them of their trip to Disney Tokyo...

~Have a lovely day!

...6.1...What I Ate in a Day...as a Vegan...

...I had a vegan grilled cheese for breakfast...

...it makes a good breakfast...with a mug of milky sweet tea...

...mid-morning snack was just a bowl of blackberries...

...for lunch I had some of the chickpeas I'd made over the weekend...and some leftover seasoned quinoa...and a bowl of greens...it looks pretty bland but it was yummy...

...afternoon snack was a PB&J and a glass of almond milk...

...the Man fired up the grill again...and I Griddler-ed some white sweet potatoes...

...and then we went back outside and used the leftover coals to toast some vegan marshmallows...

...to make the most perfect s'mores...

...so gooey and chocolately and sweet...

...absolutely perfect...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!

...5.31...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...remember the green Bicycle shirt that Mom sent me a few weeks ago...

...I'm getting ready to to make it look just like my bicycle...haha...but first I wanted to make the shirt a lighter colour of green...so I put it into a bucket with some water and bleach...and I got a nice minty green colour...

...next I'm going to paint over the pink bicycle and make it black...and I'll probably take the shirt in so that it fits me a little bit better...

...I'll keep you updated on the progress...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!