Cheese and Crackers

I finally finished this quilt top. It is a triple irish chain pattern, but with a great pieced border that I absolutely love. I really should have written down the amount of time that I spent working on it. At 83" x 83" ..... it was ALOT of time.

She can knit in the round!

I took a two part class this past week to learn knitting in the round and here is the result! A very simple design, but I like how the variegation in the yarn gives it stripes. Now all I want to do is knit hats! This one will be a Christmas gift for me mom.

Rememberance Day

The eleventh hour of the eleveth day of the eleventh month. This marks the signing of the armastice on November 11, 1918, to signal the end of World War One. It is at this time of the year that we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed thier lives for us during times of war

Lest We Forget

Drum roll Please.....

Well here it is.. a weeks worth of de-cluttering, sorting, and organizing. I have over 80 older scrapbook magazines that I am giving away to a second hand store, and I have some "editing" to do with my magazine stash, as I still have way to many.

Not everything is in the room. I have a laundry basket full of sewing/quilting projects that I need to get into clear boxes as well as a laundry basket of yarn earmarked for certain projects. Once I find some more of the great clear shoe boxes that I like. I will stack them in the left over space in the closet.

I still have to go to Ikea to get a table to replace the blue/gray desk that my scrapbook stuff is on, with the same kind of table that my sewing machine is on. The current scrapbook desk is too dark and it takes up too much space in the room. Of course some pictures on the bare walls smight be nice.

A place for everything.....

....and everything in it's place (Sort of) I am very lucky to have a room in my home that I can completely dedicate to the many things that I love to do. Unfortunately I haven't quite been on top of my organizational skills, and the "stuff" in that room, has become unruly. It was time to take charge, and this great bookcase from Ikea was the perfect solution. I still have a bit to do before I have the room completely set up the way that I would like (notice that you don't see pictures of the rest of the room). I am really happy, however, with the progress so far.

Lights, Camera,....Action!

Kind of an exciting day today. I showed up to work, and the front of the store was covered with a movie crew. We knew that they were going to be filming on the street today, but we had no idea the majority of thier "stuff" was going to be laid out in front of the store. Late this evening they were doing some scenes in front of the store, so they totally decked it out in Christmas decorations. Since the store was in the scenes this evening we got to hang out in the background. and because it was late there really wasn't any other on lookers. They even let us sit in the director chairs for a couple of pictures. All in all a pretty cool experience, considering it doesn't happen everyday. I was really excited for the kids, because they thought that this was pretty cool. Jordan loves acting, and wants to be in the film industry both in front, and behind the camera, so he was REALLY excited to see how it all happens. I believe it is a TV movie called The Mrs. Claus (??) starring Lea Thompson. She is the actress that played Marty McFly's mom in Back To the Future! After they were finished filming the scenes she was very kind and stopped to take a picture with us.

We Hiked!

British Columbia is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts..... and although I wouldn't consider myself an all out enthusiast... I have always liked the idea of hiking. I was given a great suggestion by a coworker, of a good place to try.... and that brought me to Lindeman Lake today!

In all it was about a 3 hour round trip for a total of about 3.4 km. It started out deceptively easy... and then got progressively more rocky and a pretty good climb for most of it.

Unfortunately Darren has really bad knee problems so a hike like this is pretty much not possible for him... and Jordan... well he is a teenager.. and really doesn't want to do much of anything that we would like to do... even if he might actually like it. So Jason was may hiking buddy, and we had a great time. There were some really tough spots and he kept on going with a great attitude.

Now I am on the hunt for our next weekend adventure..... I am sure that it will take at least a week for my butt and leg muscles to recover from todays trek.