A solution for smelly feet

Well, its been awhile since I used my fabulous, far-to-good-for-me birthday present--my baby Bernina. But the other day, I finally found some inspiration that helped me to drag out my sewing pins and get to work.

You see, my work shoes smell. Bad. Its not that my feet are particularly smelly, but all of my pumps are leather and I run around in them all day in bare feet. Hence, they smell. Bad.

I have been debating what to do about this for some time. Then one day, I found a fascinating post on another blog about creating sachets filled with baking soda to hang in smelly rooms (in that case, a nursery). So I thought, why not make baking soda sachets for my shoes?! And I did.

First, I traced out a design using an old shoe insert I had laying around. I was careful to include a lip at the top so that baking soda could be poured in but wouldn't fall out.



Then I sewed around the edges with my fabulous sewing machine (oh, for those who are wondering, I used some left over fleece from making puppy blankets for the fabric).


And ta-da, little shoe sachets.


I keep them in my work shoes and so far (after two+ weeks) they've been working great. Now, my feet smell flowery (I think the baking soda was scented mountain flowers or something) instead of stinky. Not bad for the price of a box of baking soda. Not bad at all...

Fall cleaning

In an effort to save space, Duff and I decided it was time to finally let go of all those clothes we still had from high school and give them away to someone who might actually wear them (or fit into them, as the case may be). This resulted in two lovely, organized closets...

And apparently, a new place for Riley to play. She loves to sneak into my closet and stash her toys (usually her big green ball) behind my shirts. I couldn't get a great picture, but here she is in action.


Yes, those are my work shirts (and suit jackets!).


*sigh. Puppies...

its that time of year

Well, the time of year has come when the dusty boxes of decorations in the basement need to be brushed off and opened up. And that's just what I did a few weeks ago.--I began decorating the house for Halloween. Our decorations consist of mostly a wonderfully spooky mantel.


Some close ups.



Originally, I had placed two of the small pumpkin candle holders on the window sill, but Riley decided that they looked like toys...and tried to carry one around the living room. She soon discovered, however, that ceramic is not as easy to carry in one's mouth as rubber, so the little pumpkin had an unfortunate demise.
The other pumpkin was swiftly moved to safety. Oh, puppies!

A wedding in one day

Yesterday, my former college roommate and I made a little trek up to Rhode Island for the wedding of one of our good friends and teammates. After a four hour drive up to the northeast, in which we didn't stop talking the whole time, we finally reached the wedding location. It was on a beach (which had I name that I cannot pronounce, even after many attempts) and it was beautiful.


The waves were huge yesterday, too!


After a lovely backyard reception, we hoped in the car to return home. All-in-all it was a great day. But, boy, am I tired now!

Worn out

Its been a rough week.

Monsters under the bed

Riley has a new hobby. It is self-explanatory.


Apparently, spelunking is a puppy's favorite activity.