Friday - Fun Day at St. Maries

On Friday Jeff, Steve, Hunter and I went to St. Maries and spent the day with Todd and Amy on their river property. Todd gave me a ride on the jet ski and I enjoyed watching Jeff, Steve and Todd wakeboarding. Amy got up on the board as well. Here's a couple of pictures.

Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

I heard a review of this book on NPR and decided to read it. The main character is an 11 year old precocious girl. She is interested in mysteries and chemistry. She discovers a dead body and decides to solve the mystery. It's not a children's book, and I have only just started it, but am enjoying it immensely.

Fabric

I did something I have never done before - I bought fabric online. The package came yesterday and I was delighted!! It is beautiful. One piece - the brown - is a jersey knit suitable for a top. The other is a stretch cotton - I'm thinking of a dress. I bought it from Gorgeous Fabrics.




The problem with fabric stores now is that their selection is much more limited than it used to be - I guess not so many people sew now as used to.

Cupcake Pedestal

This is a cute cupcake pedestal from the Craftzine site. They have really neat eclectic stuff. Carissa has been into making cupcakes lately. This pedestal is made using a child's saucer from a dishes set and a candleholder, both purchased at thrift stores. Plus the S'mores cupcake looks yummy.

New Toaster Cover and Pattern

I finally got around to making my new toaster cover. I broke down and bought a piping foot, and does it ever work nicely for putting on piping!!!

Hancocks have their patterns for $1 and I got this nice skirt pattern - quite a few variations on it. Please tell me how to turn the picture!!

Weekend at Quinn's Hot Springs

I recommend this resort if you want to: 1) totally relax and not do much 2) use the hot springs, or 3) tube on the Clark Ford River (or fish). We used the hot springs and, otherwise, not much. Tim was very tired and managed to keep one eye open enough to watch a baseball game on the motel TV. Total relaxation for him. The picture of us eating creme brule was taken by the waiter, and we were laughing because he snapped it just as another waitress walked right in front of him.... Just beyond that far cabin is the Clark Fork River. Lots of fun and we came back totally rejuvinated.

Kite Flying with Hunter

Hunter and Grandpa had fun kite-flying yesterday in the park. Here are some pictures

New knitted purse project

I don't like getting too far behind on my blogging, so while the weather outside is hot, I am enjoying knitting this purse. It is about 13 inches long. The interesting part of it is that the SIDES are felted, to give it strength.

Keyboard purse

Well, here's something I haven't tried yet. Think I will do that today. haha.

Hunter's Swim Lesson

90th Birthday Party!!!

Have you ever been to a birthday party for identical twins that are 90 years old? Well, I was to one today, for Clair and Grant Lundin. The family is very musically talented and we had some good old-time fiddlin' music as well.

Fun Day At Todd and Amy's Property!!

We had a wonderfully fun day at Todd and Amy's property yesterday. Unfortuntely, Grandpa didn't feel well enough to go, but here are a few pictures. The rest of the pictures I will put up on Picasa later today, probably with a few pictures of Tim and my trip on the four-wheeler.

Dad Trims the Hedge

Well, this certainly isn't headliner news, but I thought it was time to put something up on the blog! Dad trimmed the hedge and now we can see the mountains again from the kitchen - he trimmed about 2 1/2 feet of it. I picked up the branches.

Also, here's the little cushion I made for that old stool.

Garden

Here's the garden now - everything's blooming.

New living room look

Here's the sweater from Knitters magazine that I was telling you about.




Got the chairs cleaned and put in place. Here it is.

Father's Day

Yesterday the family came over for Father's Day and we had brats and hot dogs on the grill and some salmon on the grill. Everyone played dice while Hunter and I caught up on some book reading and playing. The weather wasn't too cooperative but we enjoyed an indoor picnic.

New Chairs

Here are the new chairs I purchased at a garage sale on our street. I really love them. They aren't the exact color I would have chosen had I been able to pick a color from a color chart, but I don't hate the color and, for now, may just use pillows to coordinate.

Hunter's Owww-ie