We just returned from an overnight trip to Calgary – DH had a business meeting so we tagged along. The kids don’t like to pass up a night in a hotel with a pool and waterslide!
The highlight for me was stopping in at Shuttleworks http://www.shuttleworks.com/ on the way to Calgary. The store carries an unbelieveable [...]
Archive for April, 2007
I’m off!
Posted in trips on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been busy
Posted in finishing work, waterlily quilt on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This week doing finishing work for a couple of lovely stitchers. There is something magical about this relationship - people I have never actually met send me the product of hours of their work, and trust that I will turn it into something they really like! The first pic is of pieces that Cheryl M stitched – and the [...]
Birthdays
Posted in birthday on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Birthdays are amazing times! Since having cancer 3 years ago, I have really come to appreciate birthdays. What a wonderful way to mark the passage of another year filled with living! And this past year has been a good one – the kids have amazed me with their physical and intellectual growth, we have started decorating [...]
My new home
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
welcome to my new space! Let’s see if I can get this to work over the next few days
Felted Slippers and New Starts
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In between all the visiting and travelling of last week, I knit one gigantic pair of wool ankle socks, which I promptly turned into felted slippers for my DH when we returned home. Wish I had taken a ‘before’ pic, as these things were truly huge – at least 18 inches long – before I [...]
We are back!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
and we had a delightful time visiting my mom and my family in BC. We went to Kimberley – just a four hour drive from Lethbridge, and well worth the visit: http://www.city.kimberley.bc.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?bhcp=1
We shopped in the Platzl – where I found a trove of knitting and cross-stitch magazines at one of the local thrift stores, and [...]
Finished!!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
well, I did manage to finish something off before we leave on Friday! This little beauty is the Peacock Chair by The Cats Whiskers Designs. It came together rather nicely today and I could not be more pleased Rather than gluing all the pieces together as per the instructions, I sewed the [...]
Odds and Ends
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It has been one of those weeks filled with lots of little things! The list includes driving not one but both kids to festivals and workshops – on different days of course! – and then spending 3 and a half hours waiting for them to test for their next belts in tae kwon do yesterday. [...]
