Summer Update

Friday is always pizza night at our house, but because it gets so hot in the Summer, we didn't want to use to oven. (However, I was baking bread and had the oven on anyways...) Our friend had posted a picture of his grilled pizza and we thought we'd give it a try.
I made my pizza dough like usual (1 c. warm water, scant T. yeast, drizzle of maple syrup, pinch of salt, drizzle of olive oil, 2 c. whole wheat and 1 c. unbleached white flour) and let it rise. I prepared my pizza peel with cornmeal and spread the dough out. My husband slipped it on the grill, let it cook, flipped it, then flipped it once more, so the cornmeal was again on the bottom.
We took the dough off the grill, put on our toppings and put the dough back on indirect heat, just to melt the cheese. Delish!

Just a few minutes ago I was talking to my Mom on the phone. When I hung up, I decided to go out and walk around the garden. I went passed our yellow zucchini plants and saw three that were ready to pick (not too big, less than eight inches), but I didn't grab the harvesting knife. Oh well. I walked over to the green beans because I knew that they were almost ready and to my surprise- there were some beans! I didn't grab a basket to harvest them in... nuts! I'll use my skirt to put them in. I heard some thunder and then some more with skies getting darker. Drop. Drop. Drop. Quickly, I picked beans. More thunder, more rain. I saw a bolt of lightning and ran to the house, making sure I didn't lose one bean. Too bad I didn't go out earlier. Maybe this will be enough for dinner.

Hold on, one more thing to share! Over a month ago a lady at the store I work at, donated a couple pieces of leather. I don't know what she had in mind when she was dropping them off, but I noticed them under the counter below the register. I asked my manager what the story was with them and she didn't know what we'd do with them. I asked if I could have them and I was given permission. For a while, my intent has been to make myself a new purse. Many cute purses have been donated to the store that I passed up on buying because I really wanted to make something myself. After searching for ideas, I finally came up with a game plan. I would use the leather as a base for my bag and crochet the top part of the bag. I bought some hardware at Joann Fabrics for the strap. It will be a cross-body type purse. The crocheted part will be the opening, but also hang over to look like a flap. Here's what I have so far.



Of course, I didn't have a leather hole punch, so to my husband's suggestion, I used a paper punch. Word to the wise: don't use a paper punch. My hand hurt SO bad after punching the almost forty holes across the top. Note to self: invest in a leather hole punch.
This project will have to be put on pause because I have another project started that has a deadline. How is your Summer growing, I mean going? <3