by Classic Housewife

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Making Home

Tackling the Oven

You’ll never guess what I did yesterday. (Oh, I guess I kind of gave it away with my title, huh?) At any rate… yesterday… I. Cleaned. My. Oven. For the first time. EVER. I don’t know why, but I’ve never cleaned an oven before. Last December when my friends came over and helped me clean my house, one of them cleaned my oven. So it got cleaned at that point. …

Making Home

Tackling Some Sewing

Today I went over to my MIL’s house and finished an apron for Drama Queen. She helped me pick out the fabrics and colors. She really likes it and its really cute on her. However, on the way home one of the ties got stuck under the booster seat and broke!!! Here’s a picture of the front (these images can be enlarged by clicking): I’m still a fairly novice seamstress, …

Our School

Back To School – A Tuesday Tackle

Today is “back to school” for us. We took a rather lengthy (for us) Christmas and New Year vacation (almost three weeks!) and now it’s time to hit the books. Getting back in the groove is always difficult, and after a break of this length, it could be more so. But when I told the girls it was ‘back to school’ today they actually seemed quite excited. One could only …