Free Bible Study Software

I did a bit of comparing and also tried several Bible study software suites.  This one's the best AND free. 

http://www.e-sword.net/

There's a mobile version for Pocket PC and it works GREAT.  I had free Olive Tree for mobile too, but ended up uninstalling it.  This just works better, and is really easy to navigate. 

String quilt done

I just folded over a bias strip and zigzagged through all the layers.  Only one short section came out lopsided enough to merit picking it out and straightening it.  And it's done!  Well, hey, it's that or lay there on the shelf for another few weeks!  

Dave gets this one and he loves it! 

Word for the day: WAIN

I read in Spurgeon this morning:
"The firstfruits were the pledge of the harvest. As soon as the Israelite had plucked the first handful of ripe ears, he looked forward with glad anticipation to the time when the wain should creak beneath the sheaves."

I've read of wainscoting and figured from the context that it was something on a wall, but hadn't ever looked it up, and hadn't ever heard of a "wain" before...


WAIN


a large and heavy vehicle for farm use : WAGON, CART *a hay wain on a meadow*


WAINSCOT
from Middle Dutch wagenschot, probably from wagen cart + schot shot, crossbar, wooden partition; akin to Old English shot


Britain: a fine grade of oak imported for woodwork
(1): a wooden lining of an interior wall usually paneled
(2): a lining of an interior wall irrespective of material *a tile wainscot*
c: the lower three or four feet of an interior wall when finished differently from the remainder of the wall (as with wood panels, tile, or marble slabs)


WAINSCOT
transitive verb


to line (as a wall) with or as if with boards or paneling
*wainscoted with looking glass*

So that's the proper term for the walls in the dinette of the house I grew up.  The lower half was paneling with wood patterns, and the upper half was wallpaper.

Cool.

Duct tape can't fix that

Nope! 
There is never a reason to say "Duct tape can't fix that!" 

I had to fish the two halves of the shattered pencil sharpener container out of the garbage to fix them.  One of my kids obviously lacked duct-tape imagination  :-) 

My box of scraps

I love my box of scraps. These are the strips too narrow to be cut into any of the collections of squares I've got going on.
I can't explain why I love this box so much.  I just do.  It's so frugal.  It's so nothing-into-something.

When I have five minutes to myself, I pull out that box and add a couple of strings to the latest block, then put it away. When I'm stressed out, sometimes I think about the box of scraps in there waiting for me, and just thinking about it makes me feel better! 

Maybe when I'm an old lady with nothing else to do, I'll make some of those magnificent, organized masterwork quilts.  For now, it's just so soothing to sew a seam here and there without needing to match up anything into any pattern. 

Here's that latest string quilt top, now layered and tied and just needs to be bound. 

There's the 4" squares.  I cut them out of the scraps first, then use the rest for the strings.  This is the style of quilt that I like the appearance of best-- just squares at random.  It looks so homelike and welcoming.  There's no thought to this except to make sure no two pieces of the same fabric end up right next to each other, and I can handle that level of stress  :-) 

Snappy bracelets

Kids brought home some cheap white vinyl-covered snap bracelets.  They were supposed to decorate them with glue or pens or whatnot.  Andrea suggested covering hers with fabric and stood watching while I did it.  (That's the pink leopard pattern, and it was first which explains why it's the dirtiest one by now   :-) 
The boys have come up with a whole pile of the things!  That's my new assignment.

Made a potholder today

Thought I was just fiddling around with my fabric for a few minutes, and turned out a masterpiece. Yes, I really will use it in the kitchen to hold hot pots!  I don't need a hanging tag because I throw them all in a drawer. 

The purple and black fabric underneath is my lap.  I lerve purple and black and white together.  The lady who gave me this fabric knew that  :-)