Duh…

Do you remember back in November I showed you this “jury-rigged clothes hanger”? Here’s a picture to refresh your memory…

Well here’s the new and improved version!!!!

We were watching a movie awhile back…something on Hallmark…and a guy had a string in his workshop with clothespins on it to hold notes and such. Well, a light bulb went off in my head! All I did was tie one end of yarn to the hanger, string on some beads to keep the clothespins apart, add a clothespin by stringing the yarn through the spring on the clothespin rinse and repeat! Here’s one made using wire instead of yarn…

And there are all the previously drilled holes. lol. I like this so much better!!!!!! Bonus – it even looks cute! Someday I’ll paint it up all funky and cool…not today. Today I’m happy to just have them hanging in my back entry looking kinda nice.

In other news we spent the weekend in the fish house on Mille Lacs Lake. We were about eight miles out onto the lake. And about we were with a group of about five fish houses filled with old friends and new friends. Did I ever tell you spending the weekend ice fishing and living in a fish house is like being inside a monster’s belly? The ice on the lake is constantly groaning and grumbling. And at night, when the temperature falls it really goes nuts…sometimes sounds like a thunderstorm. And it’s all “snap crackle pop” when another vehicle drives by. I feel totally safe though so it’s really neat. I didn’t ask but I think the ice was about 2’ thick…I know at one point Grant had a hard time getting the ice auger through. What wasn’t so neat was when our youngest son fell out of the upper bunk at about 3 AM. Phew! We made him get back up there though. He was scared and probably would have slept on the floor but I told him he’d never fall out of it again. I didn’t tell him he’d probably never fall out of the bunk again because he’d never truly relax enough lol. He’ll be hugging the wall from now on. I remember when I fell out of the upper bunk onto my sister…I never fell out again. Then as we were packing up Abby fell into the fishing hole. (They are only 10” around so only one leg fell in.) I can’t believe her foot came back up with her shoe still on it! Yup, exciting times. We caught two “keeper” fish otherwise they were too BIG! Grant got one that was 25” and had to put it back. I didn’t know I was going because Grant had plans with other people…those plans fell through…so we went as a family instead. Anyways, I didn’t get much packed for crafts. I did manage to make a couple rounds on another pillow case. Don’t know if I’ll like this one because I used yarn instead of crochet thread but I’ll finish. Crochet is a great “small space” craft…not many supplies…not much to lose…down the ice hole. (Cause there are 9 spread throughout the floor! Always in danger of losing something…cell phone…iPod…small dog!…) - (First time we went Edith, our 5 pound dog, entered all excited – first one in the door - and tried to jump on the couch…missed the couch…bounced off and landed in a hole! I fished her out and she stuck pretty close to me the rest of the time!)

Have a great week! Happy Crafting!!!