What have I been up to???

Hey guys, I'm still alive. I've been meaning to blog for a while but time just never presented itself. So I have a few things to show.

I finally finished my "O" quilt a few weeks ago! After a huge hiatus from it due to the biggest disaster in sewing room history (lol just kidding) I got back to work on it and once I got on a roll it only took a few weeks to finish (taking spare moments at night and on weekends). Here's a picture of it basted and ready for quilting:


After it was quilted and the binding attached I spent some hours out on my porch with Dexter stitching the binding to the back (boy that took time) but it was nice to look out at the pond and watch the ducks as I stitched. And of course he had to supervise (don't all cats?)


But after all that work, it was finally done. And I was very happy with it!
It was so late when I finished, but I wanted to take pictures and post on my Facebook. That's why the lighting is so terrible. Sorry bout that!


Also, my boyfriend and I went to Sarasota for the 4th of July weekend, to check out the beaches on the west coast of Florida (I grew up on the east coast in Satellite Beach, near Melbourne, FL). We had a great time, and they had free beach wheelchairs to use! JD pushed me all the way down near the water and set up our little area. The sky was overcast so it never got really hot, although we got sunburned. I am not used to going out in the sun and should have put more sunblock on. Oh well, live and learn. I've finally stopped peeling...yuk! Here's the two of us under our umbrella!


There were adorable terns with black heads everywhere, so I snapped a few pics of them, this one appeared to be posing just for me:


JD had a blast, and has been bugging me ever since to go back to the beach. So this weekend we are planning just a day trip to Daytona Beach, which is just an hour away.

By the way, on the way out of town, I saw this:


So I just HAD to stop in! And I finally got my Margo Pattern and some fabric to make my first Margo bag (Lazy Girl Designs).


I can't wait to get started. These are the fabrics I chose, all from the Cherish Nature line by Deb Strain for Moda Fabrics. I JUST LOVE THE BEES!!


So yeah, I know I've been gone a long time, but I spend more time thinking about quilting, blogging, etc. and less time actually doing them. LOL Hope everyone is having a fun summer, I feel like I need another vacation already... :)

One Down, Three to GO!!

The Magic beat the Lakers!!! YAYAYAY!! Boyfriend and I stayed up late to watch the game and it was well worth it to see our boys give it to those silly Lakers. Oh please let the Magic get some respect now...

Oh and I joined Twitter today, in the hopes of winning tickets to tomorrow night's game. I have added Twitter updates to my blog at the right, not that I will be tweeting all the time, as my life is not as exciting as say Dwight Howard or Ashton Kutcher...But who knows, there might be something interesting that happens that I just HAVE to tweet about...lol

GO MAGIC!!

Disappointed...

Ok so Boyfriend and I watched the Magic against the Lakers last night, and it started off good, but then at the half the Magic were down ten points. We got a bad feeling and I needed something to do to keep my hands busy because I was so nervous. So I got out some yard skeins I bought at Joann.com at the beginning of December and started winding them into balls so I can eventually start on another afghan. Oh and I cut my finger with scissors opening the box (OMG can't believe I hadn't even opened the package since December...sigh), ouch!

Well not to turn this blog into a sports blog, but they lost, by a lot (25 points). I'm sad today. I hope they take that beating and use it as inspiration to kick the pants off of the Lakers on Sunday...If they get swept they will never get the respect they deserve.

I only got five balls wound, man that hurts my wrists and arms...I'm such a wimp...

They Did It!!

WOOHOO! The Magic are going to the Finals!! Last night Boyfriend and I went to Hooters (ya ya, they have good chicken fingers!) and watched the game and had so much fun yelling and screaming with all the other patrons. It is so funny, when Mom and I got into watching the Magic in 1994-1995, they went to the Finals. Then we lost interest as I started getting into major college stuff (engineering study left little time for fun *sigh*). And now that Boyfriend has got me into them again, they're going to the Finals again!! Hmmm, could I be a good luck charm??? Just kidding.

GO MAGIC!!

GO MAGIC!!

OMG what a tense basketball game last night. The Orlando Magic are now leading the series 3-1 against Cleveland for the Eastern Conference Finals!! Boyfriend has now made me a Orlando Magic fan like him, although my mom and I watched them in 1994-1995 when Penny Hardaway and Shaq helped the team win the Eastern Conference title and then were stomped by the Houston Rockets who swept them 4-0 for the NBA championship title.

I am hoping against hope that the Magic can beat those silly Cavaliers to win the Eastern Conference and then go on to beat whoever is going to win the Western Conference (will it be the Lakers or the Nuggets?? MMM nuggets...I want Wendy's chicken nuggets...)

The last game Boyfriend and I went to was in the first series against Philadelphia, and were heartbroken when they lost that game. But we came back and won that series! We couldnt get tickets to any of the games against Boston, and forget the home games against Cleveland! They sold out in 6 minutes!! We did get t-shirts though at the game against Philadelphia, although they are XL and I am more like an XS...I told Boyfriend if we beat Cleveland in the Eastern Conference Finals I am cutting down my shirt to make it fit, so I can wear it with PRIDE!! He laughed and said make it a tiny bikini...MEN...

Anyway, GO MAGIC!