Sunday, August 30, 2009

August progress of Beatrix Potter sampler...

Above is my progress for August on my interpretation of the Beatrix Potter sampler reproduction by Needleprint. It was a bit more challenging to get anything stitched since it was a busy month moving my son Peter into his dorm at Cal State Fullerton, and my husband finally got a job, except it's way up North in a town called Seaside and we're still figuring out what to do about the long separations and preparing arrangements to refinance our house.
But I got a few motifs done...at least stitching keeps me balanced.
And I think it's turning out quite well...
I hope to have this finished by the end of the year...

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Dorm Move in...

My youngest son Peter moved into the dorms at Cal State Fullerton yesterday. It was quite an undertaking with the limited parking and the stack of boxes that kept falling over on the cart, but it made it to his room. Above you see him with his roommate Lance, who, by odd coincidence, is half Dutch too! We found this out when I mentioned that I was taking pictures for Peter's Opa and Oma! "Are you Dutch too??" So funny!
Peter did have his priorities straight and first put together his computer with the wireless available there...while I made his bed! Below you see the livingroom area...actually, each dorm has three rooms with two roommates each for a total of six college guys! Be interesting how clean they keep it, huh??
Nice, bright window in dining room area...
And above here is Peter's bed...I hope he slept well his first night there!
Above is the kitchen complete with stove, microwave, refrigerator, and dishwasher! The suite also has ample storage (well, I guess we'll see!) and two full bathrooms with double sinks...amazing...we sure hope Peter learns well and is happy!! I miss him already!!

Monday, August 17, 2009

Ventura Fair...

Kara and I decided that dollar day Wednesday at the Ventura County Fair was more affordable than the $90 plus at Disneyland...we had so much fun!! No, didn't do any of the rides, but admired the ferris wheel. Mostly we looked at the booths, ate samples, and viewed various craft exhibits.
Above you see part of the gardening exhibit...I love the pun contained in this flower bed, and we saw an abundance of vegetable gardens. The trend sure has come away from just flowers and grass!! We saw lots of herbal gardens too.
Kara treated me to some funnel cake. We usually hunt down our usual Pennsylvania Dutch booth since this guy puts a light crispiness to his funnel cakes. Sure was delicious!! You could do strawberries on top, but I did my usual powdered sugar! YUM! Anyway, I couldn't find the chocolate covered bacon anywhere!! Probably just as well!!
Kara and I also looked at the bunnies, cows, lambs, pigs and other live stock...here she is in front of the baby piggies!! The mom was in the cage too feeding her newborns, but this one was the rundt of the litter. So cute!!

So we had an excellent day...Kara and I spent the rest of the week in Moorpark doing a little shopping and going to It's A Grind with our coupon. Kara also prepared her brother Peter by teaching him how to cook!!!

Kara's back in San Jose, and now Peter's getting ready for his move to Cal State Fullerton...