I don’t know who needs to know this, but if your almond butter is more like syrup than butter, mixing in some almond flour does wonders. I recently tried a new brand of almond butter, and it was the “mix first” kind, with the layer of oil on top. When mixed, it was spreadable, but just kept spreading. What a mess. So I stirred in some almond flour and I can now put it on my morning apple without it crawling off. It is the little things.
Little puppy had fur in her line of sight. She is jumpy, and when I file her nails, she chews on the file. I did not want her to flinch or gnaw when I was trimming the hair around her eyes! So I waited until she fell asleep on my lap, and gently, quietly, gave her a little trim. I was worried about making the white hairs look strange, but it came out OK. When she woke from her nap, she could see!
The crop top trend is driving me bonkers. My youngest can only wear leggings (they are the only bottoms flexible enough, and don’t require zippers or buttons or snaps so are easy for school). School rules require that leggings be covered with tops that go lower than fingertips (which I fully support). But the tunic trend for teen girls has made way for the crop trend, which is not school friendly. So I have a solution. We bought a t-shirt three times larger than she needed. I then used one of her nice fitting dresses as a guide to make new side seams. The resulting garment is long enough, but doesn’t look like a tent on her. Hurray!
Having small toys roll under the couch has been driving me batty. So I thought I might stuff pool noodles under the edge of the couches to block errant balls from rolling underneath. Being the end of the pool season, I couldn’t find them in stores, but I found some lovely black pool noodles online. I industrially cut them to size and stuffed them under the edge, only to have the puppy take singular interest in pulling them out and tearing them apart. Sigh. I stuffed them deeper under the couch, which I’m not sure will actually help, but maybe it will a little. Puppies.
Another puppy post! But I managed to squeeze in another life hack/craft project.
I don’t know how big little miss is going to end up. She has a vet appointment soon, but I don’t want to put her in a cat carrier. I don’t want to buy a soft carrier that only holds 10 pounds if she ends up being 17. So I drew on my baby days and sling wearing. I don’t have much time to craft, so I took an old t-shirt with no side seams from the recycle box, and cut it off under the armpits to make a wide tube of fabric.
I put this on cross body, and tucked little miss in. She likes it! I’m using it periodically at home to get her used to it. It also helps when I need to do something and can’t watch her. It isn’t hands free, but it does free up one hand to do things like make tea. I tried one of my husband’s old shirts first, but that held her too low. She actually prefers the sling a little snug.
Critters and Craft 