I Cheated

For weeks, I've been trying to get these hats tagged and ready to send off to the Seaman's Church Institute, but have been dragging my feet.  The thought of signing all of those tags with my chicken scratch handwriting -- which is only getting worse the older I get -- was very offputting.  

Well, today, I got a brilliant idea.  I'd just print labels with my signature and stick those to the tags.  In other words, I'd cheat.   So, after church, I got my address blanks out, got online and found a template, then made up signature stickers that I think will work right nicely. 

I printed them out and got them stuck to the back of the tags in a jiffy, and now they're ready to tie on to the hats.  I was going to dig out my Christmas ribbon, but that might not happen since all of the Christmas paper is stuffed into the back of the closet once again.  

Eh, I ought to get it out, because I've already bought one of Brennan's gifts.  Might as well wrap it before she accidentally finds it.  Not that that will happen, because I probably won't see them again until Thanksgiving anyway.  

The only other noteworthy things I did today was to finish another sailor hat, 

Yarn:  Mainstays 

Colorway:  Blue Blend

Pattern:  Basic Beanie

Needles:  US 8 / 5 mm

and I planted a few of my bachelor's button seeds.  Then I finally got my act together enough to fix my garden hose and dragged it around there and watered everything.  

For those of you with memories like mine, the hose had busted sometime last summer.  I'd gotten one of those hose mender things, but no matter how much I tightened the hose clamps, it still leaked.  Well, last December when the plumber came to fix my sink, he left his little bottle of pipe thread sealant goop.  I messaged him and let him know it was here, but he never came and got it. I figured after all this time, he didn't intend to, so it wouldn't hurt any if I borrowed a little bit. 

I got it out, took the whole hose mending apart, then slathered a good bit of the pipe goo onto the fitting -- and my hands and my screwdriver, and made a right proper mess of things while I was at it.   But no matter, that's what soap and water is for.  

A few minutes later, and I tried it out.  It worked a charm.  No more leaks!  While I was at it, I washed out and filled both the bird bath and deer trough.  It's so nice to have a working hose again.  I mean, it worked before, but if I forgot to turn the water off, it dripped all over the place and likely ran up my water bill.  

That was my day, other than catching up on the most recent season of Call The Midwife on PBS.  I'm kind of getting the idea that this will be the last season.  If so, it's had a good run, and better to end before people get tired of the show, but I sure hope it's not.  

On the bright side, if this is the last season, it won't be long before I can buy the entire series on DVD and will have it forever. 

And finally, the latest on the Carroll County fire is that it's burned 4200 acres, and is only 40% contained.   They're saying the debris from the ice storm and the 2023 tornado -- the same one that hit Rolling Fork -- has made things so much worse.  They're saying it could be days before it's contained. 

What we need is a good rain, but it'll be Thursday before there is any in the forecast.  In the meantime, the Cajun Navy is on the way to help out.