Project fun!

Yesterday the girls and I went wood shopping at one of the large home improvement stores and due to several customer service blunders we spent way more time there than we'd intended to. Armed with plenty of wood for a variety of medieval furniture projects we finally managed to flee the store and get home with barely enough time to fix dinner. We were starving!

Dinner was delightful with grilled pork chops, stuffed baked mushrooms, three different salads from leafy goodness to German potato salad comfort, roasted garlic, delicious bread and tsasiki (sourcream with garlic and minced cucumber) for dipping. We ate until we're bursting at the seams:o)

Of course we still have our projects to do which we were hoping to use at Sunday's Bragging Rights Tournament in the Park. Since hubby knows that my favorite thing to do is spending quality time with him and Finndragon we first picked up his motorcycle, then headed for a picnic in the park flying kites to return home for some project time. While hubby was playing with his bike I happily futzed around with jigsaw and drill and now all wood is cut up into the various base pieces for benches and tables and our brandnew sunshade. That way we save time when getting together to do the fine tuning later this week and actually have a chance at finishing at least some of our to-do-list.

I'm just taking a break from sewing the canvas for the sunshade and I can't wait to see when it's done! $40 in material and so far 1h spent - a simple quick project whch is going to have a major impact on the look of our Squirrel encampment. Ever since we were awarded the Crown's Acclaim for Heraldic Display we have felt like we have to improve our kit by leaps and bounds to be worthy of this honor. And one of the first things that have to go is our modern (albeit covered up) sunshade. It's probably going to have one last appearance on Sunday to provide shade for visitors but then it's going to retire for good :o)It's a nice versatile design which will even allow us to add modules to expand! I promise to show off pictures next week.

Tomorrow I'm off to the dentist *grimace* Wish me luck!