Hubby and I had a wonderful 10 days together doing a lot of visiting with relatives.
First we took off to Maryland to visit with the gang down there.
Our granddaughter is now 17 months old and so much fun to be around.
She has a great little personality and lots of love to give.
Most of our time there was spent just hanging around the house watching kiddie shows, movies and
baseball games. We did watch the US win the World Cup and that was fun.
Since it was US vs. Japan we celebrated by having Japanese for dinner and then a
delicious dessert of Angel Food Cake, Vanilla Ice Cream with Strawberries and Blueberries.
We were all cheering for the US and it paid off!
Then we came home for a quick turn around to Connecticut to visit family there! Good times!
Lots of sitting around the kitchen table reminiscing about days gone by and planning a future trip
to Okinawa. Again, a lot of baseball and movies on the TV.
My husband did ALL of the driving and I did my job of keeping him awake at the wheel, controlling the music and stitching!
I worked on the start of a Grandmother's Flower Garden English Paper Pieced project.
At this point I am not certain of what layout I will be using but I am enjoying the hand stitching process very much. I have quickly become addicted to this. One of the great things about a project like this is how compact and easy it is to travel with. I stitched in the car, on the boat, watching TV, at the kitchen table...fun, fun, fun!
I also had a fantastic day of sewing with friends and completed 10 more Log Cabin blocks for my grandson's quilt. Only 12 more of these large blocks to go and then I need to make 16 of the small 7" blocks. I didn't think it was possible but I am running out of the original blues I had cut. Time to hit up the stash again and cut up some more. This isn't the layout that I have planned (you can see that in a previous post).
Since I mentioned movies and that we watched a lot of them this week, here's a list of which ones we enjoyed (I must admit that I didn't really enjoy ALL of them because blood and guts is not my favorite, but I persevered):
Fury, 47 Ronin, Kingsman, Mad Max Fury Road, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, Million Dollar Arm, Jersey Boys, and The Age of Adaline.
Like I said, we watched a lot of movies, from super gory to super funny and everything in between.
All in all, it was a relaxing and fun-filled vacation!
Now, back to reality and some sewing,
Colleen
