Diaring

I have been thinking... Is writing a diary considered what only teenagers or old-fashioned people do? How many people do you know who do it? Is it needed to be written on daily basis? Is it childish? Is it waste of time or any other doubts anyone would have about it? I often wanted to write it but honestly I was very lazy or feared parents would notice and go later read what I write about. Recently that changed. For starters I believe in my parents more that they would leave it be and secondly I found good reasons why to write it.

What are my reasons?

Doggy vest (sewing)

I'll be honest, when I see pets, especially dogs, dressed walking down the street, it makes me laugh by how silly this looks. As a fellow dog owner, I should have seen a different meaning behind that kind of behavior. It is simple love and care for the pet in cold winter days. To make clear, I don't approve it if a pet wears it at 10 degrees Celsius, its fur should be enough for that, unless it is hairless animal or so. Minus 10 degrees Celsius is big difference and all we owners want is comfort for our pets when we take them for a walk or snowy playground.

For me, I had an idea to make one vest for my furry darling for a while now, ever since I started sewing. I wasn't confident if I can make it and actually had no idea how to even start and make it the right fit. I also doubted if my darling would be ready to cooperate in this project. My doubts were actually meaningless. Some of you saw my video on Facebook and know when I say that he was more than a good boy.

Sack of useful tips #2

Today I decided to share another tip from the sack of useful tips that I use for my clothings. Hangers, oh those all purpose tools we probably all use. But did it happen to you that they cause sometimes damage to your clothings? I especially dislike when I hang my pulover and it ends up having stretched fabric on my shoulders. Happened to someone else too? Even when ironing it, the stretch can be hard to remove or sometimes even impossible. 

I hunted the web and came accross this useful way which I often use now for my stretchy clothings. It is a different way to hang your tops on the hanger without letting it cause damage. 

Krhki flancati (food)

It is time to chase the winter away. Put your masks on, go from house to house, make a lot of noise, eat pig meat on fat Thursday and so on and on with other traditions which are surely different from country to country or even from region to region. 

One such tradition is to eat donuts. In my family we aren't much stuffing ourselves with them. Instead we really like "krhki flancati". I have really no idea how that would be translated in english so I went with the name we use here for crunchy pastry covered in icing suggar. There is still enough time to make it and it is very simple so join me in making them.

Wonder flower

To be honest I am not much of a good caretaker of my inside flowers, I often forget to water them and once I do I pick dry leaves away and water them well. Then on very good days I also brush their leaves so the dust doesn't bother them and so they get refreshed. At such moments they are my treasures and I really pay attention to them. Still, I mainly love the green touch they give to my room and ease my eyes. So I rarely have flowers that bloom, colorful leaves or pretty green leaves satisfy me. Sadly sometimes, due to me not being always good to them, some also die and I am not very proud of that.

Among many flowers I have in my room this one particularily surprised me. I have her third year now and first year I didn't notice her wonders, but this last year, I did.