Beach, Peanut and Fishing

We had a lovely time at Cobourg beach yesterday. It wasn't too hot and it didn't rain (and I only got a teeny bit burned). We spent about 4 hours there. The water was freezing!

Here are some kid pics. The boys decided to dig a deep hole...

a really deep hole...

Ok so he was on his knees...it wasn't that deep :)

Today DH & DS went to Rice Lake to go fishing. DS caught a large mouth bass - his first.

Learning to fillet it.

And deciding he likes bass.

And finally some pics of Peanut yesterday - she really missed us when we were at the beach so she needed lots of cuddles when we got home. As you can see, she like to cuddle.

Extending long weekend

This weekend is a long weekend here in Ontario. Both DH & I also booked today and Friday off for an extra long weekend.

In a couple hours we will be heading to the beach - it is not super hot out today, but at least for once in the past several weeks, it is not raining!

I went to Walmart yesterday to buy some fabric to make my son some PJ shorts only to find that they had built a brand new Walmart Superstore (can you tell I don't go to Walmart very often? I never even seen the construction) and they have deleted the fabric department completely!

I had to be satisfied with buying a couple small bundles of fat quarters that I plan to use on a new lap quilt - more on that later. They don't even sell thread anymore!

I will head to Value Village and then Fabricland tomorrow for DS's short fabric. I am hoping I can find a nice old sheet that DS likes at Value Village. Fabricland is now that only fabric store around and their prices are crazy high.

More web surfing...

Great wedding dance video

Cute Creepy Crawlies

Odd but strangely enticing

Rag quilt update

So I've worked a bit more on the rag quilt.

Here are the first 3 rows of 8.


Not the neatest quilt but it is going to be used at my son's soccer games when it is a bit chilly (like now!), so I am not too worried about neatness.

A very late swap post

I joined a sewing swap at Down to earth months ago. We were to make pot holders & a tea towel for our swap partners.

My partner never replied to my emails and so I was given another swap partner who was abandoned by their original partner.

So we were both late getting our packages out and then realized neither of us had taken photos of our creations before mailing them.

So here is what I received from Melanie. I love the colours and isn't that flower sweet?



I'll post what I sent her when she sends me the pics.

Managed to get a bit of sewing done

I had cut these denim squares years ago...literally, out of old jeans.



Several weeks ago I bought a 5 pack of flannel fat quarters and decided to finally get around to making that denim rag quilt I always wanted to. So I cut them into 6x6 squares.



And then I did nothing with them.

At 9pm this evening I decided I really had to get back to doing some sewing. I just haven't had the time or energy since I have been back to work.

So I started sewing flannel to denim. This is what I have so far. The flannel side.

And the denim side.

More to come...soon I hope.

Been surfin

the net that is....

Things I've found and liked.

Error messages in Haiku

This sandwich sounds bad for me but I still want to try it.

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