My first mitten

This is a picture of my first attempt at a mitten.  I got a pattern from a fellow blogger at http://www.badschnoodles.com/ - Thank you Claire!  Unfortunately, I am not so good at crocheting yet and I messed up the order of things and didn't quite count the stitches properly.  It is a great pattern, I will take the blame for the crazy way this mitten came out!  I will try again!  I've said before and I'll say it again, this sustainable living can be rather difficult sometimes :)  but well worth it when things come out right....and even when they don't!

We've been very busy at the store cleaning and painting and today - building!  Friend, neighbor, cousin Tad is making us a countertop and it is looking really wonderful, I will post pictures soon!  We got our first sign in the mail and we found a wonderful place to get our seeds to sell - The Page Seed Company.  Today we also painted signs, worked on making paper bricks, and stacking wood for the fireplace in the basement.