Housewife, 54

I have always loved 'useful' crafts.  Now, I understand that the term 'useful' has different meanings for different people.  For me, it means something that I can use on a daily or weekly basis.  Cooking is certainly a craft, but more often thought of as an art or science.  I think it is all three.  Sewing is a craft, but if you have little or no money to buy nice clothes that fit properly, it becomes a daily necessity ;-)   I learned to sew at a very young age, and as a child, most of my clothes were made by my mom or myself.  I also learned other useful crafts as a child: embroidery, macrame (which for me definitely falls into the not-so-useful category, as well as latch-hooking rugs) some crochet and knitting, and tatting.  But other than sewing, all of these other craft skills were at a very basic level. While I was an avid seamstress, I did not have any interest in quilting for a long time.  I blame this on my mom.... she was not a qu...

Well, we are now fully into our fall move.... moving others, that is! My brother decided to change our Dad's moving date up, so on the first weekend in October, my son and I went down to help.  We moved Dad from his house into my brothers new home - Dad will have a bedroom, bathroom and small sitting room on the first floor that are all his.  His rooms can be closed off and heated as he likes, he has access to the garage and has to actually pass through the family kitchen and eating area to get from his bedroom to sitting room, so he most certainly is not isolated!  I think it will work well - it will give him privacy when he wants it, and still keep him surrounded by people when he needs that.  It looks like the ideal arrangement.  Dad's house is not sold, so we just moved what he needed to start settling in.  I will have to go back and help clear out the house - it will take a while ;-) The following week was oriented to Dad again.  He had an app...