Sweet Honey, Tumeric and Tomatoes

My sweet honey is still a little sick today.
We spent half of yesterday nursing for his comfort and the other half sleeping/resting out of boredom.
That afternoon the lights went out after a loud bang (then once they were on, bang, out goes the lights again) and stayed off for a while. Six hours to be exact.

J's attitude was up and down much like his appetite. My poor boy. He sipped on some tea and nibbled here and there on a few things but for the most part he was just so fed up with not being able to properly breathe and not being able to sleep well. Last night was the first night in months that I was up with a crying, unhappy (rather than playful) baby and the first time with a feverish one, I think. I still had to go in to work which left me on edge worrying about him but once I got home his fever was even lower then when I left so, yay, I think the worst has passed.

His nose is a little red and even his hair is calmer today

Now to keep me well and him on the mend. I think a long simmering pot of chicken soup will be in the works tonight.

I moved on to a few things that I've been wanting to do while he played on the floor.

I've been needing to do this for a long time, dye his wrap, but could never find the time. I'm determined now to get going so this was today's project instructions.

We use Tumeric more often than I realized. Tooth remedy, face mask, in the chicken broth sometimes so when I read that I could use it for dye, I wanted to try that too. It does a pretty good job of staining everything so why not. I'm a total newbie but I think it came out well enough to make him look super cute on my back.

I have some more fabric that I'll use berries with for some purples and blues. Since I don't own a dryer (hence the hanging fabric) it will be tomorrow before we get to use it but take my word for it, it will be awesome.

Edit: It will be awesomer. Yeah, I like it that much already.

Speaking of awesome things, I finally got my books yesterday!

  I used to imagine tiny, dirty toddler hands holding a tomato from our garden or helping me pull weeds, walking the yard with me, picking up the eggs, just plain sitting outside with me. For those tiny hands to hold our tomato I would have had to start gardening rather than fantasizing and just planning a long while ago. Here I go though. An older guy that I work with had a farm/garden for over 50 years before he retired. He loved it but said its a lot of work. Count me in!


I want the works in a few years, chickens, horses, all that but for now I am loving the information in the top book and the time I've been able to take out to sit and read even though the majority of it was while I was at work.

Hopefully it wont take long till I'm in the dirt and getting started. J wont have tiny toddler hands for long!