Wednesday Meanderings

...I'm back, from a long day on the road with friend Pepper. We drove up to meet a friend in Denver, then drop Pepper off at her hotel...and halfway there, I suddenly realized she'd left a load of clothes in the dryer! So back we went...and found her two-days-missing cellphone. I would have teased her about her absentminded ways, but I couldn't remember where the sewing machine oil was, so Pepper could lube up the Featherweight she was borrowing to teach class. So goes life...
   Speaking of which, we are now gunning for the Strangest Weather in the World awards. Sun, snow, hail, rain, more sun, repeat -- we have everything hit lately but tornados (those poor people in Arkansas and elsewhere) and hurricanes. What the heck is going on here??
   While I try to figure that out, you can take a look at some helpful things I've found via the Internet:


*How to make a braided rag rug, using scraps and strips. (My grandma used to make these from plastic bread bags. Good for scraping off  your feet. Thanks for your help, Vintage Chica!)

*A surprisingly tasty version of pizza -- done with cauliflower for the crust. (Cutie Booty Cakes' homemade Nutella is yummy, too.)

*An interesting post on quilts to piece during travel. (Photos are helpful here. Thank you, Life Under Quilts!)

*A boatload of interesting graduation gift ideas, thanks to Money Saving Mom.


*Wild honeysuckle throat and cough syrup. (We need something! Flu is really plowing its own road around here, and allergies are kicking up as well, thanks to all the growing things. Messy Thrilling Life made this batch up her own self, and says it helps with the allergies.)


*Customizing your own investing plan. If anything, Get Rich Slowly's post reminds that YOU are the one who makes the choices in budgeting and such -- good or bad. And even a little bit, done patiently for a long time, produces wonders.

*A mix of interesting stuff from the vaults of Frugal Upstate.

And now I'll go uncover (because it's sunshining again) the plants I covered when it was snowing (again). Sigh.