It has rained all day---enough already!

We have had rain all day---so I got some more hooking done.  Here is the update on my rug.  I'm still wondering if the red is too strong---I love red but I'll have to get more hooked to see what happens.

I also baked a custard pie---my favorite.  My sister and her husband are coming for dinner and to spend the night at the trailer.  It will be lots of fun.  We are having surf and turf---filet and shrimp.

Bon Appetit!!!

Saturday morning

Yesterday was a long day.  The weather was finally a bit warmer but ended up quite rainy.  In the morning we decided to take the ferry from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas and then to South Padre and to Corpus Christi.  We went to Padre Balli Park where the race that I am running in on January 29th will be held.
I finally got to run on the beach.

Here are a few pictures I took.

Here is an update on my rug progress---didn't get much done yesterday---just a bit in the morning before we left.  We ended up helping out at my sister's shop---Doug did some computer work for her and in the evening her husband cooked us some oysters.  I'm still enjoying the seafood.

Here is an update on my rug.  I didn't get much done since my last post but am planning to do more today.  It is still raining and I think it is supposed to continue for most of the day.

Have a great day!

Thursday---progress on rug

This is Emma Lou's  Antique Floral runner---I've had it for years and decided it would be a good winter camping project.  The flower was hooked in #8 cut and the leaves in a 8.5 cut.

The runner is 8 feet long---I have a long ways to go.

Their is a potluck dinner tonite at the campground.  I am cooking Chicken Chili and it smells wonderful.

Back to hooking!

Wrapping up week one

Well, week one has come and gone.  We are still figuring things out.  We have another cold day today (39-45) and then we are supposed to start warming up.  I just heard on the news that it is 5 degrees in Kansas City---brrr!  I really want to go fishing, go to the beach etc. so hoping that will start taking place soon.  Today we are going to tour the Fu;ton Mansion.

I started hooking Emma Lou's Antique Floral Runner last night.  Now that I am started I hope to get some hooking done every day.  Yesterday I went to my Sister's shop in Corpus Christi called Gatherings.  She is sending me home with lots of Antique stuff to sell in my shop in Greenwood.  They are remodeling a section of their shop to expand and create a new home for their Pandora Jewelry and other compatible lines.  It is a lot of work but it is going to be wonderful.  If you are in the Corpus Area be sure and check it out in February.

Chelsea and Noah are back in Oakland and are trying to get things posted on their ETSY website.  Be sure and stop by and check it out.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ourhousevintage

I made the best Oyster Chowder last night---I love having all the fresh fish choices here.  The local fish market is just down the street.

My left knee is bothering me but I am hoping to do an easy run this afternoon...trying to do more stretches and using my foam roller more again.

Tomorrow night there is a Potluck dinner in the campground.  I'm going to check it out and try to meet some people---who knows---there might be another hooker here.

Well, I think I'll hook for awhile---Doug is still sleeping and it is still dark outside.

I will take pictures today of my progress on my rug and post tomorrow.

Have a great day.

Anita

Checking in again

Well we are now settled in our home away from home.   This morning around four thirty it rained, hailed and the wind blew hard.  I haven't looked at the outside of the truck and the trailer yet---I wouldn't be surprised if things were dented.  Last night I got to see my sister---we had some great seafood---shrimp, oysters, soft shell crab---yummy.    I am enjoying my first cup of coffee and thinking about going for a run.

I have my hooking unpacked and hope to get hooking soon.

Here are a few pictures from our trip here.

  

This was taken in Victoria Tx where we spent one night.

This is our spot in Rockport.  right now there is an empty spot on one side of us and I'm hoping it stays that way!

This is the bay area across the road in front of us.  It was really windy yesterday when I took these pictures.

Well time to get busy---have a great day.

checking in

We are almost to our final destination---it has been an interesting trip.  We have had some problems with the trailer but have gotten some temporary fixes from the manufacturer.

I am not a good passenger---get nervous with my hubby pulling a 36 foot trailer down the highway.  We will be at our final destination by noon tomorrow in time for potential tornados Saturday night.

I have not hooked yet but plan to soon.

It was 75 degrees here today---love it!!!

I will check in again when we get settled.

Starting a new year---2011

Well, here we are---three days into a new year.  It has been quite eventful around here.  We had a quiet New years eve, with dinner at home and playing games.  New Year's day brought my 40th wedding anniversary with a celebration prepared my kids for a group of ten and what a feast it was.

This was the menu for the dinner.  We also had swiss fondue, and assorted crudites as well as some delicious red wines and coffee and dark chocolates.  They served it course by course---the Steak Diane was flamed with brandy---yummy!  doug and I had Steak Diane for dinner on our wedding night.  We were innocent 20 year olds and ate at the top of the Tower in Kansas City---the dinner in 1971 was $7.50---I can still remember  Doug saying, "it will be a long time before we spend $7.50 for dinner"---now you are lucky to get a hamburger for that!

Here are a few pictures from that night.

Easy does it!  This is a jeroboam---equivalent to 4 bottles of wine---not easy to pour!

My California kids left this morning to go back home---as always I shed a few tears!  They spent yesterday packing all their thrift store and flea market finds---4 boxes for the plane and 2 big and 2 small to ship home at the post office.  Last night we fed them their last supper---Jack Stack BBQ---my favorite in KC.

Here is my dog Fred---he is wishing everyone a very happy new year!

Today will be a busy day as we get ready for our trip to Texas.  I am heading downstairs to pull wool to hook a rug while I am there---it will be weird not to have my whole studio at my fingertips...it will be a good lesson and make me realize what my students go through when they have a  more limited selection to hook from.