Camping and making a baby blanket

We didn't go camping very much this year...

To tell you the truth we didn't do very much this summer with all the hustle and bustle of selling our house...

This past weekend we decided, at the spur of the moment, to go camping with the kids and I have to say we had such a great time .

We went to the Cove Palisades in Central Oregon and the weather was just perfect... (with the exception of a very scary storm while we were passing the most dangerous part of the trip on our way back... it was really scary).

We had sooooo much fun... it was a great weekend and we spent lots of family time together.

And while my family and our friends went fishing ...

I took some time ... 

for crocheting my new project ...

The baby blanket I started about 2 months ago (but had to stop to do the wedding blanket)

I had 2 days to crochet a bit and I have made quiet a lot of progress .

I'll have all the details on my next post... for now I'm just making squares and hoping to finish before the baby shower in a couple of weeks...

Boy I have a way to put myself right there with all these deadlines... after I finish this one I'll try to do something that does not have a date to be finished... but I knew it was going to happen... we have lots of friends having babies this year :)

 We had a wonderful tome together and lots of good memories to last a lifetime... 

The weather turned on us on our way back ...but we didnt let it stop us...

We did have fun:)

Hope you all are having a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by to "see" me , I love to hear from you. 

The wedding Blanket is DONE !!!

 It took 2 months, but the day is finally here ...

tomorrow is my niece's wedding.

So much work and so much energy is going into it ...and the hope she will be forever happy ...

I'm especially happy that I did make it to my deadline and today... yes, today the day BEFORE the wedding, her wedding present is done...

meet ...

the wedding blanket...

I am soooo excited...

It turned out even better than I pictured...

Each stitch... each square... just carries lots of love ...a feeling that cannot be expressed...

I have to say it's one of my favorite blankets that I have made ... 

Maybe its because my heart is filled with happiness and my hope is that they will like it as much as I do... I put all my heart in to it and all the positive energy to wrap them in a life of happiness...

 I know it's bright and colorful and that is exactly what I hope for her and her new husband... a bright and colorful life ...just filled with happy moments and strength to get through the hard times...

 Hope you all enjoy looking at my new finished project as much as I am enjoying it right here near me for one more day... and tomorrow ...

to happily ever after :)

Thank you so much for all your kind comments on my last post and for coming to visit me...

I do love to hear from all of you.

Enjoy your weekend ...

Lots of love :)

  

New Followers and a Blue Cowl

I have to say I feel pretty silly...

I have been noticing that for the last 2 months nobody has joined my blog and silly me... I was thinking ...hmm maybe I have a virus...

well, I don't know where I was when everyone was talking about the google connect or all the other ways we were going to be able to stay connected while in blogland...

I didn't think it was going to affect my blog because I stayed connected by adding the blogs I joined on my sidebar...

Well... I just found out last night that everyone had added google friend connect to their blog and that is how their NEW friends could join them...

Do I feel silly now...

well, not now...today I feel better that I finally figure it out and now yes 

ALL MY NEW FRIENDS CAN COME AND FOLLOW ME IF THEY WANT...

YOU ARE ALL MORE THAN WELCOME AND I'M SO SORRY FOR MY SILLYNESS and for how long it took me to understand what you all have been saying for almost 3 months...

Now I think I'm ready (this weekend I'll try to have other ways to have new friends and new followers to find me :)

If you have visited me and tried to follow my blog and couldn't ...Thanks for your patience and I think I'm ready now :)

Before I go just wanted to show you what I have been working on...

Remember this ???

Now it looks like this ...

It's a very easy pattern and I believe it's a free pattern on Ravelry...but I have made so many of them now I don't remember how I got it. I know a dear friend gave it to me from a free pattern she got.

I promise I'll be better about sharing where I got my patterns ... this process of selling my house is driiiiiving me crazy... (not sold yet and 2 teenagers at home in the summer to keep the house cleaned and beautiful 24/7 is not the funnest thing I have done )...

I made this one for a friend's daughter who just graduated from HS and is going away to college...I hope it will keep her warm on the cold winter days when se is away from home.

Well my dear friends ... I should go now... I had a stressful day at work and stressful afternoon getting 2 people to see our house today...

I'm going to make a cup of tea and go up to watch a bit of tv and work on the border of my niece's blanket (yes! I finished it and am working on the border now... will show the final product here soon).

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me ... hope you have a great rest of the week and for my new visitors if you want to join us now you can.

Big thanks and lots of love to you :)