Messenger Bag Started and Succulents planted
Jun. 19th, 2025 07:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Yesterday, feeling really funky after neurofeedback, I sat out in the yard pulling all the bulbs out of the dirt in the pots. Then, I filled them up with potting soil and planted all the succulents that I bought, along with almost all of the ones in the yard. There is just one huge concrete planter that I didn't deal with. I should probably order another three or four little plants to put in it. I got one little cactus this time and might get another one, since it is really cute. As much as I want to fill all the pots in the yard with succulents, I should probably use some of them for getting herbs going. I think I mentioned that the company that sold us the succulents also sent a card impregnated with lavender seeds, so I tore it in half and planted the two halves in small pots (that used to house succulents). Next, I should plant some rosemary, oregano, and sage. Rosemary isn't supposed to grow well from seed either, but I'll try. If I put all the pots around the concrete table in the yard, it is no problem to water everything. I'll try to do it on Sunday.
In other news, today, I finally got started on the messenger bag. I cut out the exterior and installed a zipper. I've forgotten the technique, but it is the really nice one where you make a really nice rectangle for the zipper, as opposed to the sewing two pieces together and putting the zipper across the seam. It is what you do for welt pockets, but I just skipped the welts and put in the zipper. Anyway, I'm happy with how it turned out. Then, I planned out the rest of the process for making the bag. Yay! Now, I can just check things off, which will be much easier.
We've been trying to deal with our water situation (and the stomach problems it is causing). Boiling helped me more or less. Drinking water from the building next door may have helped Joel but didn't help me. We were going to contact the water company, when we remembered the bottles of water in the shed from when I had the same problem in Lisbon. We thought it would help narrow down the problem, and it definitely seems to be the water, as I'm not having stomach problems now despite the heat. Anyway, then, I discovered that I had actually managed to buy ceramic water filters. Since we really don't want to contact the water company, Joel spent some time and got the filter set up. It occurred to me this morning that we spent 8 years filtering water with ceramic filters when we were in Russia, so this isn't new. However, we would like to get a less ghetto setup. Once we've actually tried the water and made sure that it doesn't bother our stomachs, we'll work on that.
In other news, today, I finally got started on the messenger bag. I cut out the exterior and installed a zipper. I've forgotten the technique, but it is the really nice one where you make a really nice rectangle for the zipper, as opposed to the sewing two pieces together and putting the zipper across the seam. It is what you do for welt pockets, but I just skipped the welts and put in the zipper. Anyway, I'm happy with how it turned out. Then, I planned out the rest of the process for making the bag. Yay! Now, I can just check things off, which will be much easier.
We've been trying to deal with our water situation (and the stomach problems it is causing). Boiling helped me more or less. Drinking water from the building next door may have helped Joel but didn't help me. We were going to contact the water company, when we remembered the bottles of water in the shed from when I had the same problem in Lisbon. We thought it would help narrow down the problem, and it definitely seems to be the water, as I'm not having stomach problems now despite the heat. Anyway, then, I discovered that I had actually managed to buy ceramic water filters. Since we really don't want to contact the water company, Joel spent some time and got the filter set up. It occurred to me this morning that we spent 8 years filtering water with ceramic filters when we were in Russia, so this isn't new. However, we would like to get a less ghetto setup. Once we've actually tried the water and made sure that it doesn't bother our stomachs, we'll work on that.