My poor pup would like everyone to know that anti anxiety meds and a thundershirt are still not enough.

What radicalized me? This… I am. Somebody!

Porch sit in February? No way!

Hellooooo Anxiety! I am not a fan when you randomly show up unannounced and with no purpose! Seriously bugger off. I’m off to find cozy less stressful things to fill my day. Knitting, Sewing, reupholstering a chair, or painting the hallway? So many choices.

My youngest is in here. ❤️❤️❤️

In other #oldhouselove news we finally decided on a paint color for the trim in the upstairs hallway after six colors. I am so over grey! Thanks to Skeldale house on All Creatures Great & Small we went with a buttery beige called Sandy Pail. I still like the blue but it was just to dark.

Hey #oldhouselove it feels 44 degrees warmer than the last two days today and it’s only 4 degrees. It looks like we got six inches of lake effect snow this morning also. We usually don’t get that being on the west side of the lake. It usually just snow. 😂

New video shows the man who was killed moments before the shooting. He was peacefully standing in the street observing before ICE agents started pushing him for no reason.

People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is. "That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."

Dystopian shit going on

Made my baby a new fleece just in time for the -25 windchill tomorrow.

She has to be three inches from my face at all times. Also refuses to be held.

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before) Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

It’s fucked up that trad media is barely covering Jack Smith’s testimony, but if you want 8 hours simplified into 1 thread, I got you. And please share so it gets the coverage this deserves…🧵 I'm going to write this as plainly as possible so people who aren't deep in the political sauce can follow

Finished my sailor slippers and started my scarf. I should knit 14” a day to get it done by the 27th. 😬

I finished the looper throw quilt I am making for a Christmas gift. I still need to finish knitting a second pair of Sailor slippers and the start a last minute addition to the Christmas wishlist, a scarf. I just threw the quilt in the washer with a color catching sheet hoping the reds don’t bleed!

Quiet morning knitting up my first pair of Sailor Slippers. I was up early because the dog jumped out of bed very early due to thunder snow. Poor dude can’t catch a break with weather. It looks like we got 8-10” here and it’s a very wet snow. #knitting

I finished the green paint on the exterior walls. Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow 6 inches and then the temperatures plummet and we have no wall insulation so the paint will freeze if I paint at that temperature. Interior storm windows building continues tomorrow. #oldhouselove

Coyote (in the farmers field behind our house) Elk (in Rocky Mountain National Park) Bald Eagles Black bear family (in the UP of Michigan) Raccoons next door, let my coonhound tell you about them.

Ok folks 9 days after finishing painting the living room and I have most of the use of my hand back. It’s still tender in the palm when I apply pressure like when cutting out two layer of thick canvas fabric (did that yesterday) but should be good to paint again today. 😜

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It’s been seven days since I injured my hand painting my living room twice and I was able to cut some fabric today and knit 2 rows of my vest. It’s slow progress and I went and bought two more gallons of paint. I need to figure out how to use a paint roller and not bruise my hand in the process.

I forgot the power of arnica. After two days of use the swelling in the palm/thumb area has gone down. I however helped my son move rooms today so I’m sure that didn’t help it. I just want to knit 😭. I spied the Sailor slippers and now I need to make them!

Day 4 of hand pain (tendinitis of the thumb mostly). I tried to cut out the paper quilt pattern pieces I need for a Looper Quilt but I couldn’t hold scissors and no one in my house was willing to cut them out for me. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow?

Day 3 of resting my hands because a marathon of wall painting caused my tendinitis to flare in a bad way. Can I cut out quilting fabric blocks? I did use a rotary cutter yesterday a little and yes it did hurt. Absolutely no knitting or painting and I still have two walls to finish. 😭

Today I am in so much pain from painting the house the last three days and all I want to do is sit and knit but my trigger thumb is acting up and I don’t want to aggravate it. Sigh.

Yup mine was set to hide. I will decide who is rude !

Our Dog had his 8th birthday today and we spoiled him with a thrift store gift basket with a couple new toys.

Got back on my walking the talk and volunteered at our local food bank’s urban farm this morning. We patched up any holes in the hoop houses to ready them for winter.

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

As a card carrying member of the restore all the original windows brigade, can I just say wtf are they even doing to these windows? Why didn’t they remove them first? #oldhouselove

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Asking for a friend… How many projects is to many projects? #oldhouselove #windowrestoration #garmentsewing #knitting #sockknitting #quilting #crochet #papermache #restoringantiques #plantparent #sourdough

Ueck!!!

Nice work Brewers. Great series

I highly recommend buying a Blu-Ray player and watch and listen to all your old stuff. It’s been fun not having Disney and Hulu.

my full @rollingstone.com story on the likelihood democrats abandon trans people to fund the government unless they face a mass movement calling on them to hold the line cc @parkermolloy.com

An illuminating Report from inside the war zone

#oldhouselove Hi! This is why you don’t want me to prime your basement windows for you. Because the next thing you know I’m pulling off aluminum siding to find the detail trim it’s hiding.

Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."

What’s this? Not a window? Shaking things up this week and throwing the last 2nd floor door on the paint stripping saw horses. There were seven doors with 100 years of paint, I’ve been working on for three years. This door had one coat on one side and I did it. Back on my window B.S. after this.

I have taken up sock knitting! This is some sock yarn I got at the thrift store for $1 a ball and it’s the cutest! My first sock was way to loose so I had to frog it. I also cancelled Hulu and Disney+ because I’m an anti fascist.

We’ve already deleted CBS from our channels that show up on the tv, now this.

I feel like I’m finally getting the window restoration process figured out. This one only took three days of work. It will take longer to complete just because the linseed oil paint takes so long to dry between coats. Maybe I can get three sets of windows done in six weeks.

Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around! 1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video" 2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound

#oldhouselove Another week and I’ve started another window. When I complete this set I’ll have 1 double set finished since the start of summer.

#oldhouselove Folks I’m still plugging away at windows. I have two sets done, tops and bottoms & 1 more bottom is stripped and ready for new glass. My goals is to finish 3 more sets before winter. So that’s why I painted trim today with Linseed oil paint and then it rained. :(

This is very helpful because in my family (and most of us may be on the spectrum) it is impossible to lie.

Oooo and I just received my $8.42 from the Equifax leak…🫠

I stepped out in my hoodie and shorts this morning to drink my coffee as I do every morning and had to come inside because it was too cold for shorts. I guess flannel was the answer.