Sunday, November 14, 2010

time away

I spent the most delightful time away from home this week! My friend, Jill, and I went to her mom's home for 2 1/2 days to get some things done. Wow! Two and one-half days of uninterrupted, relaxing time. I got a whole lot done and still managed to find time to relax and play a bit too.

We watched a couple of videos - Sense and Sensibility and Indiscreet. We went to a theater to watch the movie RED which was pretty funny. We also went to lunch at Zinn's Bistro which is a quaint, family-owned tea room. The food was delicious! Jill had a crepe stuffed with chicken, cheeses, spinach, and mushrooms (on the right). Her mom had a BBQ pork crepe with avocado, tomato, and cheese (left).
I had pumpkin ravioli (it looked more like pumpkin lasagna). It was so good!
They also serve a basket of breads. There were popovers, a chocolate-cinnamon swirl bread, chocolate muffins, cinnamon buns, almond scones, and cranberry-orange bread.
I spent time cutting up Brakston's Riverton High t-shirts. They were shirts from soccer, cross-country, track, FCCLA, and the class of 08. I am going to make him a quilt with them.
I also cut apart his club soccer team shirts to make another quilt.
I got the quilts laid out and mapped out on graph paper. Now I'm stuck and will need my mom's help to finish this project.
I made 20 cards (thank-you, wedding, etc) and worked on some knitting.
I sewed a reversible tote bag. Here's one side...
and here's the other...
I also sewed 3 quilts!



I'm feeling pretty proud of myself today! Just think of how much I could accomplish if I could escape like this every month!

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