Late but - What a great weekend we had.

So my last post was about the weekend that was coming up in which I was hosting...it went fabulously...I had a wonderful time and I hope that the friends who made the journey did as well. I have pictures but here is what everyone else had to say about the weekend...and I know some will complain but they are so much better at telling how the weekend was, I spent a lot of time making tea :-)

Dani - Long Awaited Stitchy Weekend
Christin - Party til you drop
Lynn - Friends and Fun

Also in attendance were...Beatrice, Barb (no blog), Kathy A, Judi (no blog), Trista, Bonnie and my mother-in-law Bev (no blog)

Unfortunately both Beth (no blog) and Ann (of Knowledge and Needles) were taken ill and not able to join us...we missed you both!

And Let the Stitching Begin!

This weekend (starting tonight), I have the best group of stitching friends at my house FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND to stitch! I can't wait. Other than DH throwing a wrench in things with coming home early from hunting (they got bullwinkle) it should be a fun, stitchy, chatting, eating frenzy kinda weekend!

If you are in the area (Kingston-Napanee) send me a quick email for directions (curt underscore reb at hotmail dot com) and stop in for an hour (or more). I have the first of the stitchers arriving around suppertime tonight and then they will be coming off and on all weekend until late afternoon on Sunday.

I'll post pictures on Monday probably...

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND - I know I will :-)

Free Fat Quarters of Fabric?

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The baby

My friend in BC sent me some photos of the sepia tones baby that I stitched for her first born, she had it framed....thought I should share.

Nothing like a deadline to motivate!

DH and I have had plans to paint our livingroom for most of the summer, and yes, it is now October. On Thursday night we decided to do Thanksgiving dinner with his family at our house to change things up since losing GG Hicks. Friday, when I arrived home from work at 7pm, he informed me that we were painting this weekend!

Off to Napanee we went to get ceiling paint as well as the last of the food that I would need in order to put the meal on the table for Saturday evening.

Then the boys were put to bed and DH and I moved everything out of the livingroom. I then made two pumpkin pies and the cranberry sauce while DH painted the ceiling. Here are a couple of "before pictures" with everything moved out of the room (and sorry, the one is not very flattering of my DH) and ready to paint.

Saturday morning we were up at 8am and "my job" of the day was to keep two active boys and the dog out of the livingroom while DH painted the walls. No easy task while making a turkey feast for 12 people! But all in all, I think it turned out well! Both the walls and the feast! We finished putting the furniture back and re-hanging the pictures at around 4:30pm and everyone started arriving at 5pm! (These two pictures were taken on Sunday morning - notice a boy on the couch and the cartoons on the TV ...)

Nothing like a deadline to motivate!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!