Last minute finishes of 2012

The Birds & Berries pincushion and scissors case were finished by 11:00 pm, the main piece was stitched in 2005, these two are dated 2012. And by 11:45, I had finished the water on the Nantucket ornament from 1997. Mom and I went to our first big needlework retreat in Nantucket. It was so beautiful and we had so much fun together. This is a wonderful memory of that. These two are for the finishing pile.

Happy New Year to all....

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Engineer in Training

The FE exam is typically the first step in the process leading to the P.E. (Professional Engineer)license. The exam lasts 8 hours and is administered in April and October. In October, Chris took the exam. Last Thursday, he found out he passed! So proud of him and so glad all his hard work paid off. Now he is an EIT, or Engineer in Training. This picture seems more like the kind of engineer his dad would like to be.

November card swap complete

The theme for November was trees. I was lucky as we were using a tree die cut in my die cut card club. The cards are all different and so beautiful this month. The talent of the women involved is great.

Top row: Becky, Fran 2nd row: Sandy, Cheri, Barb 3rd row: Nancy, Tina, Monica Next month the idea is blingy without a sentiment. Can't wait to play with glitter!

Ornaments for my boys

Of course the Packers ornament is for Chris, and Paul loves the 25th anniversary Star Trek ornament.  And what says Christmas to Caleb but John Deere.  But a favorite memory to me is from the Darth Vader ornament. Two years ago when we got new phones, Chris and Paul quickly got the light saber app.  On Christmas day, Star Wars was on tv, it was the big fight scene between Luke and Darth Vader, and there was Chris, fighting as Luke, using his light saber app.

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Block of the Month update

I am TOTALLY up-to-date on the wool block of the month I am doing. That is such a relief for me, as I don't usually keep up with things. These two were done on the drive to Texas for Thanksgiving; thankful to Paul for driving.

Thanksgiving in Texas

Paul and I took my Aunt Mary and my dad to Texas for Thanksgiving. My Aunt Carol and Uncle David live there and my other aunt from California flew in and my cousins from Nebraska drove down too. We had a very relaxing time. We didn't get to tour Cowboy Stadium, sold out the entire weekend. This is as close as we got!

We did go to Southfork on Friday, which was really fun. Paul remembers watching "Dallas" when he was a kid, and we got hooked on the new "Dallas" as well. The odd thing was, Larry Hagman died that evening in Dallas. So the next day it was surrounded by media.