A Sleepy Sunday Afternoon

 

I don't know if it was the heat, the busyness of the past few days, or just sheer laziness...but after church and then cooking lunch today, I sat in the recliner chair...pulled out the leg extension...and fell asleep! Afternoon naps are not usually part of my day so it was a surprise to open my eyes and see the clock had moved forward a couple of hours!

 

 

 

Teen One has another challenge for work this week, to go in dressed up, with the theme being "Around the World."

Having looked through our dressing up box for the kids club and discovering a floral leis,  she thought she might like to dress up as a Hawaiian girl.

 

 

In our box of scraps we found strips of this gold chiffony fabric, and some ribbon, so set to cutting the fabric into thinner strips...

 

 

 

 

...to make a simple grass skirt.

It will of course be teamed up with a pair of leggings for decency sake!

We also found a smaller leis which can go on her head.

 

 

 

 

Whilst in a local shop last week, I saw some cards advertising a "Time Bank"

I hadn't heard of it before, but it sounds like a really good idea!

For every hour I volunteer in the community, I can redeem an hour of someone else's time. So for example, if I do some knitting, form filling, shopping, ironing etc for someone I am credited with how ever much time I spend doing it.

If we then need someone to do something ( it will no doubt involve a ladder as hubby can't do ladders!) we can then have someone do that for us...and all for free! No doubt if materials are required then they are bought by the person wanting the work done. But the time given is free.

I think its a fab idea and have registered our interest and can't wait to see what jobs I get to do! Also what we can then get someone else to do for us.

I have my list started already...touch up the paint work for the top half of the house for starters!

Do you have a group locally?