Hunter

I had to add one more picture of Hunter's birthday (from those that Susie put on). I like this one of him licking frosting off the car. He got training wheels for his new bike yesterday and Jeff came over in the evening while Susie went to a decorating party. He rode that bike for about an hour and a half. Don't know how his little legs could pump the pedals that long.

Felted Bag

One of the friends in California that Carissa and Ben know had seen my bag when we were down there. It's the same pattern as this only a different color. She asked me to make her one and she would give me a picture in return. She is a well-known artist (in California). So here is the lovely picture she sent, which I am going to get matted and framed.

Cute Thrift Store Book

Here is a cute thrift store book that I got for Hunter. A couple of the tools are missing, but Tim and I are making them... Why? 'Cause it's fun!

Slippers

Here is Step #2 of my felted slippers. Yes, they look ugly now. I only have one done so it will be a little while before I post a picture of the finished product.

Knitted Slippers

Here are some slippers I started yesterday. The pattern requires thinking, which is probably good for my brain! Very fun, though.

One picture

Here are the four of us girls. We have been busy looking at assisted living places. Some are very nice. I asked the lady at the one that was very nice at what age their youngest resident was - she said 54 - and I am tempted to take dad and move in! Their little "bistro" cafe is so cute where you can buy 1/2 sandwich for lunch for $2.50. I'll put some up on Picasa soon. We didn't take very many, though.

Sewing Stuff again

Here's my latest purchase - these labels are woven - and I figured they would work for either knitting or sewing.

I am going to make a DRESS - I have noticed on sewing blogs that dresses are one of the most popular things that ladies are sewing now. I thought I would use this McCalls pattern - might add a slight flare on the bottom. The fabric is not exactly what I wanted - it's so hard to find just the right fabric. it's thin and has to be lined. Just a little more work, but I am excited about starting it.

Garage Sale and Sewing Project

Here's my garage sale find of the morning (the flowers, not the blouse). I finished up the hand sewing on the blouse this morning. It's some fabric I got at the expo.


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40th Birthday Party

Yesterday Susie, Hunter and I went to the surprise 40th birthday part for Lesia Stolley. She had invited a few ladies over for a brunch and Jeana turned it into a surprise party. Someone else has a trunk full of hats so we each got a hat when we got there. Some of us had taken off our hats after awhile. It was lots of fun. Hunter was such a good boy at the party. He read books and played outside for awhile.

Here's the Bible bag

This bible bag was such an easy, fun thing to knit!! Also, here's some yarn I got at a thrift store yesterday. It's not chunky, and it's not sport weight, somewhere in between. Would probably make a nice sweater. Don't know how much there is - quite a bit.

New Lights

Here is my latest "creation" - our two vines in the back yard needed a haircut so I took twigs and made a swag - these lights are little mini lights.

Also, here is our new mini garden ready for some seeds - we will plant a few of the early stuff, radishes, carrots, peas, pretty soon. I would guess it's 12' X 10'. (Only a guess). So it will be a taste of fresh stuff in the summer. I am hoping it will get adequate sun.

More sewing, what else?

I noticed a thing when I was signing into the blog that says I have done 104 posts - doesn't seem possible - ???

Anyway, here is the mixer cover that I made from the pattern of Susie's mixer cover. Nothing too spectacular.

The windows are open!! Im enjoying the spring day.

Some Sewing

I picked this fabric up at the Expo. I also saw the pattern there and never would have thought to get it, by looking at the picture on the pattern cover. But they had one made up in the booth and I really liked it. It's a basic tee shirt type pattern, for knit fabric. But it has an interesting design on one side, and this also makes it a little more roomy. I decided it needed a pin to make it more dressy and I used the same idea as those pins we made a few years ago. Only I used the serger to make an edging in a slightly lighter color. I guess you can't see the styling too well unless you look closely.

No pictures

to put up this morning. We had a lovely dinner at Jeff and Susie's yesterday with ham and mustard sauce. Sandra made her delicious cinnamon butter and Amy made lemon meringue pie and chocolate meringue pie. Gospel meeting and then an evening to put our feet up.

I guess I didn't say anything about having Hunter overnight on Friday. We had a really fun time with him and you can see it on our Picasa album. It made us remember how busy you are when you are parents of young children.

Saturday was busy with a funeral in the morning and then I cleaned house in the afternoon. If it would stop raining we could start to get some outside work going. Doesn't look like that will happen for a few days.

Another beautiful day

We certainly appreciate beautiful sunny days after our long winter, and I know ours wasn't as long and hard as some.

I just finished reading The Associate by John Grisham, his brand new book. It's another lawyer thriller, and was interesting enough to keep me reading, a page turner, you might say. Nothing too indepth, but a good book. I recommend it.


Here's my new bible bag, too, half done.




Carissa made me this lovely bag for my knitting (second picture). She has a small zipper bag inside to hold smaller things. So I made myself a little zipper bag for mine.

Monday - nothing much new

I will just post one random picture. I don't have any new interesting ones. It looks like spring really will come. Supposed to be nice today for a a change!!!

We really enjoyed having the workers here for a few days. It's very uplifting. Didn't even get a picture :-( I could have put that up.

We were invited out to lunch yesterday. There were 3 other couples there besides the people whose house we were at, and all of the couples were about the same age - mid 50's to mid-60's. It was very enjoyable! Not to mention good food - she had creme brule for dessert.

Tuesday

Hunter is helping grammers put away the silverware from the dishwasher. He's such a good help!



We took the kids wedding cake top out of the freezer, and Hunter thought it should be a birthday cake, so we put candles on it for him to blow out.


Carissa and I spent two full days shopping last week. Here's a photo of us knitting and resting our tired feet.

Thursday

We haven't taken too many pictures since the kids got here. Anyway, here's one and I'll post more later.