Monday, May 11, 2009

Monday?? really??

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was busy but really nice. It started Friday night with Monica and I shopping for Chris for his birthday .. nothing like leaving it to the last minute! lol .. but we found everything we wanted to get him, got some great deals and had a soup, salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden. It's really nice nice going shopping with Monica .. I do enjoy my "awesome" daughter in law *smile*

Saturday night we went to my Dad's for a bbq to celebrate Chris' birthday with my side of the family .. it was so pretty on Saturday we actually sat outside for dinner .. we usally don't get those kind of days until later in May. Chris and Monica met up with some friends later Saturday night .. doesn't this look yummy??

The restaurant they went to have this on tap! It's called a cadillac margarita .. Chris wasn't feeling too good the next morning! lol

Sunday Chris and Monica came over in the afternoon and we spent the day together. They brought the makings for bagel sandwich and fruit. The peppered turkey was wonderful! Robert bought me a cd by Kate Voegele. We first heard her on One Tree Hill. I really love her voice. Chris and Monica got me some new candles for my fireplace. For Christmas, Monica's dad made me this cool candleholder that fits in my fireplace. It's made of Ash and has cutouts to sit candles on it. C&M got new glass candleholders, some colorful rocks and honeydew scented tealights ... it's really nice and springy looking ... isn't it pretty ...


Sunday morning before the kids arrived I started BBD's Sampler, the one I'm doing in memory of my mom .. I thought starting it on Mother's Day was fitting. I'm using the same fabric I used for my mother-in-law's sampler. I'm using Belle Soie's Chester's Blue. I don't remember my mom having one favorite color, but she loved the Ocean .. any body of water really .. so I thought these blues were perfect! It's stitching up much faster than the first one. Here's my progress so far ...

I received this lovely azalea for Mother's Day from my good friends that live across the street .. it was such a nice surprise .. I'll plant it outside later but for now I'm enjoying it sitting on my fireplace hearth.


Time to go stitch and watch Big Bang Theory .. love that show! I'll leave you with a picture of lilacs from my front yard .. they smell great!


I hope you find your joy in your stitches ...
I'm grateful for flowers, all kinds ...

14 comments:

Kim B said...

I'm sure you are a much easier MIL to get along with than mine. Lucky Monica!!!!!

Sounds like your weekend was a good one :)

Karen said...

what a fun weekend! poor chris on sunday. LOL

love all the flowers! the lilacs are gorgeous!

Carolyn NC said...

Sounds like you had a good weekend! Pics are so pretty with the azaleas and lilacs. Your BBD will be perfect!

mainely stitching said...

OH! Those lilacs!!!

Chris said...

Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Wow, the lilacs are georgeous, love them. Fabric and stitching color you chose for BBD sampler is very pretty, can't wait to see it finished GF.

Karen said...

Yummmmm....that margarita looks so good!!!!

The other stuff looks good too. ;)

Cindy F. said...

Great weekend! So glad Chris had a great birthday! Love your sampler progress:) and your flowers are beautiful!

Michelle said...

Your weekend sounds packed with fun and flowers! I'm so jealous of your lilacs.. Happy Belated Mother's Day.

Michelle

CindyMae said...

Sounds like a great weekend!!! Great stitching progress!!

monique said...

Yay! Another adult who watches OTH... I like Kate Voegele, too :)

Neat candleholder and beautiful flowers!

Tracey said...

You're sampler is coming along beautifully!! And I LOVE your flowers. And I love Big Bang! They crack me up! Too bad this was the season finale.. sigh...

Sally said...

Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend Michele!

Lovely start on your BBD.

Dani - tkdchick said...

Michele, what a beautiful sentiment for your Mom, its going to be gorgeous!

mainely stitching said...

Oh, that's a gorgeous birch candle holder! Love it! And those lilacs! Scrumptious!!