tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23863216763116292862024-03-05T01:07:23.144-06:00Living la vida locaI'm a wife, mom, and doctor. I'm occasionally inappropriate, frequently odd, but not weird yet....I don't think. Bugs Bunny said it best: "It is to laugh."Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.comBlogger1033125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-46829981069480292362024-01-28T17:44:00.003-06:002024-01-28T17:44:52.877-06:00Catch-up: Mardi Gras 2020Yikes, I never reviewed McCall's 7047 and now I don't remember how I found it, other than I think I saw it at Pattern Review. I did find my comment on one lady's version from February 2020, so that must've been it. I remember that it was super-easy to make and my mom didn't have to help me rip or re-sew anything. I'm doing this now so I can keep track of the pattern and dress for future Mardi Gras's.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlulbIBWeoMEf8qZfUCBQUcGejXwVfbtiQsm6S_RT5ZwRUCWHmmCiLCdyIkmZ4YjlKyYDjMAzGdUNzuINsXouSqsYXpA3A4whmTk1H-u5t4y054qFC_9oPiTrhlYE9xce6nH42tuLTytbMNRIQEQM1iS1_0Dfwfudd1Vw_ie5VkOW5rJD8kMo_PutRDrQ/s3333/IMG_2218.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="1204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlulbIBWeoMEf8qZfUCBQUcGejXwVfbtiQsm6S_RT5ZwRUCWHmmCiLCdyIkmZ4YjlKyYDjMAzGdUNzuINsXouSqsYXpA3A4whmTk1H-u5t4y054qFC_9oPiTrhlYE9xce6nH42tuLTytbMNRIQEQM1iS1_0Dfwfudd1Vw_ie5VkOW5rJD8kMo_PutRDrQ/s320/IMG_2218.jpg"/></a></div>
I do love that the huge drape can be styled as conservatively or boldly as you like!
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Here are some more photos from that Mardi Gras:
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Dancing at Lafitte's is always a hoot.
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We stayed in an AirBnB for the first time and I got to enjoy a hot tub during the down time - what a change from staying in a hotel!!!
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My son Drew's BF Omkar's first Endymion extravaganza, and you should consider hard hats if standing close to the floats, as they throw those beads like they're Patrick Mahomes. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUDsCI-AwAi60VkBA9_yO8o1l6eAaLzFToPu4rdihFx8941P42bvSuH0EBFnVsCAQZinHprm_IfUY6MNSxg1EUTP01WkaM6IyFyveWM_DQn4cB-bOqN-x7ybJh-0oHrF5R0a4eddPx-_79ifgz9D9RpG6smhvb3LjrznrMQHlGy2xO1GhaZQ8vrwZhds/s4032/IMG_2282.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUDsCI-AwAi60VkBA9_yO8o1l6eAaLzFToPu4rdihFx8941P42bvSuH0EBFnVsCAQZinHprm_IfUY6MNSxg1EUTP01WkaM6IyFyveWM_DQn4cB-bOqN-x7ybJh-0oHrF5R0a4eddPx-_79ifgz9D9RpG6smhvb3LjrznrMQHlGy2xO1GhaZQ8vrwZhds/s320/IMG_2282.HEIC"/></a></div>
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This is actual Mardi Gras day when everybody dresses up and Dean was in the Pete Fountain's Half-Fast Walking Parade. The most prescient costume I saw was a couple dressed as a beer and a lime with a sign that said, "I'll take my Corona with a Lyme."
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<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg25nkEOw4HHgdwUHJxI_YgwC3_BwLfNEaUJSql5lwx-DeTaeBJ5X2sugdCtlLk00ZkBq7XeQcpr5lqDR7Bnz-8ohPFxvOgc7QyIm9r2fBcVi_wLRPKCqI9TUOoEOaapRJ21_9z3LegU4yMfQq0_Nw_EEVU6U6hYdhg8ur_BItO6Pp2gdTnF6Jcg1gTR-8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg25nkEOw4HHgdwUHJxI_YgwC3_BwLfNEaUJSql5lwx-DeTaeBJ5X2sugdCtlLk00ZkBq7XeQcpr5lqDR7Bnz-8ohPFxvOgc7QyIm9r2fBcVi_wLRPKCqI9TUOoEOaapRJ21_9z3LegU4yMfQq0_Nw_EEVU6U6hYdhg8ur_BItO6Pp2gdTnF6Jcg1gTR-8=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7266597194306021122" /></a></p>And this is Dexter, our rescue Catahoula Leopard/Lab mix. Sweet Jakey left us the week before Christmas of 2020, so that's another terribly sad post for later. Maybe that'll be one big Covid post.
<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7gDEm8bK8kgwhP_Qd_YL5OmxMLf2KZfBcpZIYuTO2mv99K-toxgi50M_WmlCnXd7IdhFf_3vlUvVJCUATav-_uL5VfXJlLBi-7YmhoPvxEBrVkOezvpNoVjeozyj9XVnZgMRNHCV8hS3W8B58P3ZGXSIEUREZyT9c9r17Xo1niyQguBuHOYkQQNKdlsk"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7gDEm8bK8kgwhP_Qd_YL5OmxMLf2KZfBcpZIYuTO2mv99K-toxgi50M_WmlCnXd7IdhFf_3vlUvVJCUATav-_uL5VfXJlLBi-7YmhoPvxEBrVkOezvpNoVjeozyj9XVnZgMRNHCV8hS3W8B58P3ZGXSIEUREZyT9c9r17Xo1niyQguBuHOYkQQNKdlsk=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7266597206221139090" /></a></p>Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-47222780596428484772023-08-13T08:38:00.001-05:002023-08-13T08:38:27.697-05:00Wedding weekend begins! (CATCH-UP POST)We moved Lucas into his Atlanta apartment last Friday (summer internship) then flew back to Mobile to load up for Drew's wedding in New Orleans. <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBRZ5cTcJb101-0jnuxW44wZj05mIsm9bUJSz5O0TObmPJLGCSPkYvn80hEQQdYoLNYeOVjQHL811LA_vE0A1770DX9v_ouGwINmLUvwj2VrCTDJaMQ5BQCtw0Uuvz9soNCOEx4-3Vsz2zw7iX1aHqV0ed4ijuI7nIHPS_AJNkWjjJ3o0WhkV_9vAt"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBRZ5cTcJb101-0jnuxW44wZj05mIsm9bUJSz5O0TObmPJLGCSPkYvn80hEQQdYoLNYeOVjQHL811LA_vE0A1770DX9v_ouGwINmLUvwj2VrCTDJaMQ5BQCtw0Uuvz9soNCOEx4-3Vsz2zw7iX1aHqV0ed4ijuI7nIHPS_AJNkWjjJ3o0WhkV_9vAt=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7099581541998156994" /></a></p>
The boys tried on their suits and I asked Drew to turn around; cute that Lucas did too.
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Once, in New Orleans, Dean and I started at our old breakfast place in Metairie.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRShw9TP4a0SfV0J6MVixqPSdISdxSjcy7m8UocorLHNu4LrNOyLjW6mTn02eMwMd7A_sSWhvjVb-qdGko_okYNF12SMMWCR2udzTI_3DFq53YbtpPMYcRFauLhHaocsHu9HzTloSSR0LY9w0S1PflPwOP1KMOSL3jjNkqq2IBuSES4G3q-YopD-Cx"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRShw9TP4a0SfV0J6MVixqPSdISdxSjcy7m8UocorLHNu4LrNOyLjW6mTn02eMwMd7A_sSWhvjVb-qdGko_okYNF12SMMWCR2udzTI_3DFq53YbtpPMYcRFauLhHaocsHu9HzTloSSR0LY9w0S1PflPwOP1KMOSL3jjNkqq2IBuSES4G3q-YopD-Cx=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7099581565315469346" /></a></p>
Then checked into our suite and set up the space for entertaining family and friends for the weekend.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiysNlT_nZx6X8XSWoIpxxQhB6k0uYVsfzug2wHf49dXuSftgns5wJKrJVFASOnCfB8g1eooGzNJSV02J8VYIep4oE1vv0Y3lFrK0FxVjRK04nxbPvI2zNIFjPCJMtgsG-hMyfCMOw8rfJ9krbXJwpHgbL-6N7tNMwMhmEx8FFpKkvr_bvtxbNdjo61"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiysNlT_nZx6X8XSWoIpxxQhB6k0uYVsfzug2wHf49dXuSftgns5wJKrJVFASOnCfB8g1eooGzNJSV02J8VYIep4oE1vv0Y3lFrK0FxVjRK04nxbPvI2zNIFjPCJMtgsG-hMyfCMOw8rfJ9krbXJwpHgbL-6N7tNMwMhmEx8FFpKkvr_bvtxbNdjo61=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7099581575351593474" /></a></p>
Then set off to entertain ourselves at the Erin Rose bar with a frozen Irish coffee.
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We had a balcony where we overlooked some of downtown. I'm not as good as my sister at editing photos but this was how I showed my brother where his hotel was.
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This one's out of order but apparently now you can get temporary tattooes, which most of the bridesmaids did - hilarious!
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Dean and I picked up the wedding cake - that's a whole story in itself, as it was jostled in the handling and had some missing icing that had to be replaced - oops!
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My sister helped beautify our suite with flowers while I barked orders.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs-rGOB_yahegkK0fw2g9KM8xdpfISM1_xZ7HlMIo9FkGj_vTuH1kf27VoSBzXsMQDQNfw_0jWY-Zti8356kTZ6vLoY1tGarhm0bU6dGcgLpWLF5N0_MEq7KFLkAbd4uOTkfsd6-kn-mNB63WQOtD_7HP5C9R8kLmBc8jQx0DEJQpqwuix0S5kHIZ4WQ/s3088/IMG_6176.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs-rGOB_yahegkK0fw2g9KM8xdpfISM1_xZ7HlMIo9FkGj_vTuH1kf27VoSBzXsMQDQNfw_0jWY-Zti8356kTZ6vLoY1tGarhm0bU6dGcgLpWLF5N0_MEq7KFLkAbd4uOTkfsd6-kn-mNB63WQOtD_7HP5C9R8kLmBc8jQx0DEJQpqwuix0S5kHIZ4WQ/s320/IMG_6176.HEIC"/></a></div>The rest are rehearsal and rehearsal dinner pics.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AvReyvSUBsRurbIrYGRtPqEvTR30wcCxkdXAqoxnzgocm3QfuEuksqNCXJevpoMw8AGAm85ksxrw3hNwvu0KEy9AWOsmk1wldc1_Hz9udNfAMovz21M8Iof9iQdXCA-u1L0URiKtRde2C21PeQc5FzjNAXBzl7BUz-wUHwyIXj9cDsaUKuFN7LpUC78/s4032/IMG_9019.heic" style="display: block; 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Not sure where you found me, Vivine, but thanks for reading!<br />
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And this reminds me that I went with 2 of my sewing buddies, the electrophysiologist and the retinal specialist, to Alabama Chanin in September for the sewing weekend of a lifetime! Alas, I don't have the cable to upload the pics and have no idea where they're stored on the computer, if they even went to the Cloud....oh wait I found one that AC emailed me. This is the famous music studio we toured in Muscle Shoals:
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We did our social distancing part and wore masks while sewing in the Factory, and an aMAZing time was had by all - I'll have to do a better post on the restaurants, the Gun-Runner Hotel which is a post unto itself, and seeing Natalie at dinner that last night at Odette's. Such good times.
Anyhoo, I'll be back soon hopefully with catch-up pics of life, Hurricane Sally and its damage to the beach house where we have our own once-in-a-lifetime sewing weekends, etc. Have a good holiday!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-82843268903815950712020-05-23T10:36:00.000-05:002020-05-23T10:36:05.227-05:00Grand Teton & Yellowstone (Summer 2019 catchup)Continuing the catch-up - sorry! After realizing that the National Parks in the west are amazing and we should've been skipping Disney this whole time, we decided to try Grand Teton and Yellowstone, and stayed right outside Jackson Hole, WY. One of the activities was paragliding, and why not?! YOLO, so the boys and I gave it a shot, and it's quite bracing to run straight down a steep mountain, but it literally was only about 4 steps before my feet lifted off the ground (<i>thank you, Jesus</i>).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXqFIPWNq9eWHKgO__Zw5F4sTWKNBQGTmOjuHQ-x4wEgPeJcgyZWZ5gFYyelu9UCxg8QBHZKkmItvqa_zJBV4tX8oHWzIUHmEvZovRXpX5SGpl5uSBGmUHtpAqGwdRL26xwaBXKEVJQE/s1600/G0018052.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXqFIPWNq9eWHKgO__Zw5F4sTWKNBQGTmOjuHQ-x4wEgPeJcgyZWZ5gFYyelu9UCxg8QBHZKkmItvqa_zJBV4tX8oHWzIUHmEvZovRXpX5SGpl5uSBGmUHtpAqGwdRL26xwaBXKEVJQE/s320/G0018052.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />
Don't have any shots of Drew, but he had lots of video.
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I think these are moose we saw driving through Grand Teton.
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We did a couple of great hikes...
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And Drew made contact with somebody using his portable Ham radio, which was pretty cool. (<i>"CQ, CQ, CQ" - reminds me of our old CB, "Breaker Breaker 1-9!"</i>)
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Oh yeah, their water comes in boxes, which is disconcerting.
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This was at dinner atop a mountain - beautiful weather.
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And you can rent bikes instead of hiking...
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Cool shot Dean took - historic homes...
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And the last day we decided to venture into Yellowstone - first stop was Old Faithful and the restroom. Totally didn't believe this was a thing, but apparently it is!
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Hot springs are amazing...
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Old Faithful was cool but there were TONS of people.
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This is the lobby of the hotel there - very cool to read about how they built it and I think one of my college roommates stayed there but you have to reserve WAY ahead of time.
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This bison was walking around the parking lot at one of the springs and you'd be shocked at the tourists who were oblivious and just walking right by him till the park rangers yelled at them. I also just saw that a woman was injured by one a couple of days ago because she got too close...some people!
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Some of the falls just don't even look real in photos.
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I'm blanking on the name of this particular spring, but it's like being on another planet.
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Saw lots of wildlife just driving around...
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This was back at our hotel watching a paraglider get ready to take off from the highest peak...
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And this was a really weird painting in the lobby that I just had to get a shot of - not sure why swimming foxes are a thing, but I thought it was cool.
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Yay for National Parks! Oh, I didn't get any pics of white water rafting, but that happened too - such good times!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-24222547719786339172020-05-16T08:08:00.000-05:002020-05-16T08:08:35.402-05:00College Trips 2019 (Catch up)Okay I'm trying to catch up here, so I had to go back to Spring Break for the New York-Los Angeles college tour! For some reason I only have 1 pic from NYC. We toured NYU and stayed at the Washington Square Hotel, which was amazing, ate some great food in the neighborhood, and saw Hamilton. There was this funny moment in the restaurant before Hamilton where we all went to the restroom, and this older lady who'd been dancing at her table earlier started talking to the boys about life. I ended up in tears and it was very surreal, but for the life of me I can't remember the specifics of what she said...though it did involve f-bombs. Something about Dean and me letting them grow up without micromanaging them, that they were going to be fine. Anyhoo, this was the week after Pride Week apparently...as we discovered on our neighborhood walks:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BF2oJgZZML7eFzuZTLoASiwfjYjAPWW4ewnH6dKJTkTY5Be0p1Zyohyi7YSOjiFMYe2gziHMicTEaFGWh3WjQEE9Fc0nV4sEF2oHH2twnHRKSuNsQBgtXehbFXpm12oxOopmhbI6vzw/s1600/IMG_1054.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BF2oJgZZML7eFzuZTLoASiwfjYjAPWW4ewnH6dKJTkTY5Be0p1Zyohyi7YSOjiFMYe2gziHMicTEaFGWh3WjQEE9Fc0nV4sEF2oHH2twnHRKSuNsQBgtXehbFXpm12oxOopmhbI6vzw/s320/IMG_1054.jpg" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />
Then we flew to LA to tour USC. We drove around some iconic spots...
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and stayed at the coolest hotel, the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, that had the loveliest property with hidden paths and lots of villas.
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Okay, this is from the epic bicycle tour we took around LA on electric bikes, and this was a famous house but I forget the name:
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I believe this was Lucille Ball's house...or somebody famous....in Beverly Hills now:
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And this is in Venice Beach where we stopped for lunch on the beach before making our way back.
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They have the coolest trees in LA.
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And this is the hotel pool. Apparently lots of musicians stayed here because there's an underground recording studio, so there are lots of photos and memorabilia of them:
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This was the path to our villa with a huge ad across the street - we stayed right off the Sunset Strip.
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Random shot of USC - beautiful campus!
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And we got to go into the recording studio's lobby, but people were actually recording, so they just gave us a coffee mug, Tshirt, and quick speech about who all had recorded there (<i>Lucas knew the names, I did not, but I did later learn that Duran Duran had done something there!</i>). I thought this was a plain black mug until Drew pointed out that it changed colors when hot liquid was added - voila!
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And walking around LA we encountered this in a clothing store window on Rodeo Drive - funny.
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I have no recollection of a plane where they let the boys take over the cockpit, but apparently it happened.
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Needs further investigation.
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And Nancy brought the most interesting cookies from Whole Foods, I believe - yum!
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This was Edith's breakfast burrito, equally yummy! Did I mention that I've gained 5 pounds recently somehow?
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The group has grown to 10 now, though Katrina couldn't make it, so we had to share cutting space...
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and add another sewing station, which worked out well.
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And between Yaffa and Trinh I think there were 4 machines, might've been 5.
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Now this is Yaffa's multi-year project that she finally finished and brought to show off. There were multiple attempts to steal it, but I think she still went home with it.
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Our newbie this year is Stephanie, who has never sewn in her life but is set on making an Alabama Chanin floor length skirt with corset top. I'm trying to finish that second hand-painted sock, and unknit as much as I knit, but progress was eventually made.
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Lunch break was Becky's delicious shrimp and grits - mmmm, gouda grits.
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Another shot of the sweatshop.
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Nancy poses with her tablecloth made from fabric from 2 different countries, if I remember correctly - very exotic, like Nancy!
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Robbie shows off her bathing suit coverup she whipped together from vintage lace napkins and tablecloths - clever!
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Saturday afternoon snack break with deviled eggs topped with caviar - what?!
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And the charcuterie and cheese trays were amazing. I must admit that I fell down as a hostess and didn't realize we were out of rum. Katrina is our usual bartender and would've never let that happen!
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Edith made something like 8 or 9 prayer veils...
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plus used a knitting machine type thing...
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to whip out this beautiful wrap.
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Trinh made several baby bibs and tried out her embroidery skills.
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Ummmm, some type of yoga maneuver after Heidi's white chicken chili...don't quite remember what that was about.
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I successfully put together Trinh's bagel and lox bar for Sunday breakfast, even safely slicing tomatoes and onions with nary an injury!
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I call this Fashionable Jesus - another bathing suit coverup. (<i>She's going to Jamaica soon.</i>)
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Heidi actually knitted this slipper several times then took it back to the starting point each time to try and get it to meet up with the sole.
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It'll be actual wearable footwear when she finishes!
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Yaffa created this bedskirt, which involved a lot of math based on her mumblings at the ironing board and sewing machine, but what a payoff!
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Becky, always one of our most prolific sewers, did this entire shirt from cutting to sleeve gathers with the only thing lacking being the hem.
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And this is part of Stehanie's corset. She finished a whole piece with stitching and clipping out the centers - fabulous!
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This was a serious Saturday snack break observing the rain and wind.
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Heidi always lightens things up!
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This is just to remind me of our setup, and next time we'll set up 2 machines to the left so Robbie may have to share with Katrina. Should work out fine.
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I'll leave you with a post-GCGSW shot. Becky played with single-crocheting this design on a T-shirt using dissolvable stabilizer before she packed up Sunday, and it turned out great!
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We wrapped them in Saran wrap and took them home to steam them for a few minutes...
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Then you rinse it I believe - the instructions are around here somewhere...and allow to dry
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then commence to knitting!
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And here's sock #1 - beautiful!!!
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And at some point Dean got a wild hair to run the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon 10K in New Orleans, so I trained exactly 1.5 weeks or so...
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and actually finished with a halfway decent time and no injuries. It's fun to run in New Orleans!
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Bands playing every so often, which is apparently why it has that name.
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Meanwhile, prior to an 8 AM 5K downtown I actually HAD trained for, we woke up to a fire alarm brought on by this water leak that flooded the fire alarm in the laundry room....and Drew's room. Hello, new pipes!!!
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So I danced at the hospital's <a href="https://youtu.be/aoZpk869b6s">Lights of Love</a> with some volunteers before Christmas vacation....
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And then we flew to Vail for some skiing with the boys and Drew's girlfriend, Camille. My ski boots did not fare so well...being apparently dragged behind the plane on takeoff and landing.
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And my longjohns were in the same bag, sadly.
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While in Vail, I succumbed to a hawker selling youth, and can you tell which eye she spent 30 minutes rubbing serum into? Camille guessed the wrong eye. I did not buy the serum (<i>but found it later on Amazon and bought one for me and one for my MIL - teehee!</i>).
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Here we are in the gondola....
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And the boys on the street....
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And all of us after a snowmobile ride - lots of fun!
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Now back home for actual Christmas. This was a crazy moon at the beach... not a Harvest moon, maybe a Blue Moon? That's not it....I don't remember.
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So everybody came to the beach, thus the Foosball games began. Joe remains the reigning champion.
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I hate waking up early but sometimes it has its rewards.
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This made me think God just woke up behind that condo.
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That water was like a mirror - so cool.
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Later Tracey stitched while Jake guarded.
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And the weather was nice so we decided something different than the usual Christmas activities was called for.
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So we went to <a href="https://visitowa.com/">OWA</a>!!!! Of course the boys had to try out the kiddie rides just to be funny.
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And if you're doing Owa for Christmas, why not the <a href="http://www.florabama.com/">Florabama</a>!!! Bushwackers for Christmas!
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They encourage graffiti, so when I saw these cigarettes sitting on the table, I had to leave something for my Dad (<i>who died of <a href="http://drfunlivinglavidaloca.blogspot.com/search?q=cancer">lung cancer</a> back in 2000 at the age of 58, so of course that made me cry a little</i>).
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And I think my neice sat on my brother's shoulders to write all our names on the banner.
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So aside from that bit of sadness, 2018 ended up being a great Christmas all around - look at these happy cousins.
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<i>I don't remember if this was Tracey hydrating me after Owa or after the Bushwackers...</i>
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And I finished the green socks that were started in Belize!</i>
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Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-48212340059421811912019-12-29T20:56:00.001-06:002019-12-29T20:56:29.314-06:0025th Anniversary in Belize (2018 catchup)But first, the boys made a homemade apple pie for Thanksgiving dessert and that was nice.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QBNXqpGYh2wpkt8Eiw6gVcwWKJKYi1SWDtXLDNDOlEc10mnrqOgpIkfNln-g7xbOAX7R3Jg_ophai02iQ-x0n2JsddVB2ftS7Cj48JFbARbxWCpykKhqFrFXSOtMioUIvAzJjuiNupQ/s1600/IMG_0147.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QBNXqpGYh2wpkt8Eiw6gVcwWKJKYi1SWDtXLDNDOlEc10mnrqOgpIkfNln-g7xbOAX7R3Jg_ophai02iQ-x0n2JsddVB2ftS7Cj48JFbARbxWCpykKhqFrFXSOtMioUIvAzJjuiNupQ/s320/IMG_0147.jpg" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br />
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And we ate on my grandmother's antique china - also very nice.
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I finished this <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/DrFun/the-perfect-tee">sweater</a> just in time, which is a cool pattern where you knit whatever gauge you do and then find the appropriate directions, complete with various sleeves and borders. Little bit see-through.
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And then it was off to Belize! This was our 2nd trip, but the first time we took Lucas for Spring Break and stayed on the mainland. This time we jumped on another tiny plane and headed to Ambergris Cay and the city of San Pedro - Madonna sang about it in La Isla Bonita.
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This is my view from the balcony, and that's the sock I brought to work on. I should mention at this point that when flying within Belize, you may not have knitting needles or tiny scissors of any sort, and so my precious scissors gifted me by Becky were confiscated because I was doing Alabama Chanin sewing on the plane but the knitting was in checked baggage. (<i>Moment of silence please for the sharpest scissors I ever had.</i>)
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Belize is the easiest Central American country in which to vacation (<i>in my humble opinion</i>) because it is 2.5 hours from Houston, the official language is English, it's on Central Standard Time, and they use the American dollar, plus the Belizean dollar is twice the American - no complicated arithmetic! This was new construction being held up by trees, apparently, until more rebar presents itself. Interesting.
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Pause for beauty:
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Haha - that's the dessert the resort (<a href="https://www.victoria-house.com/">Victoria House</a> - fabulous) sent to our room after dinner - total surprise!
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And this isn't beautiful, but there aren't many cars on San Pedro because it's so tiny, so everybody drives a golf cart - precious!
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This was some wildlife that ventured into the open-air restaurant.
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This is a Cuban and fish tacos from the coolest joint in North San Pedro called <a href="http://truckstopbz.com/">Truckstop</a>. It's a bunch of container trucks that all serve different kinds of food and have live entertainment. We took the boys back there for this Thanksgiving - more on that later - and they had a Family Feud game with families from the audience that was hilarious.
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This is behind the containers where they have a huge space with Cornhole games, ping-pong, giant Jenga, and they put up a movie screen behind this pool for movie nights...that you can watch from the pool - what?!
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Dean knew about "Chicken Drop" which is on select nights at a local bar, and for $1 you can pick a number and if the chicken poops on it, you win $100. Very touristy.
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We did take a fishing trip and I caught a bonefish, which you don't eat, apparently, because it's full of bones, but it's sure pretty to look at before you throw it back. And if you wonder why I'm so buttoned up, this was a half-day fishing trip with no roof or shade whatsoever - I was NOT going to burn in Belize!
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And this was in the iconic bar at the airport heading back home where the owner is a little old short guy (<i>think the Oompa Loompa from Johnny Depp's version, and I mean absolutely no disrespect, but he's quite something</i>) who's kind of hard to understand but does all kinds of tricks like yanking your napkin out from under your drink, etc. He's not in the picture but Dean couldn't resist the mooner next to me. We were figuring out how to AirDrop pics to each other on our phones when a chick in the bar yells out, "I got your pictures, Dean!" Good times...
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Just a shot of Atlanta's underground jungle - there are fake birds flying overhead and fake rain - so cool.
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So we arrived Thursday afternoon, had some drinks to get ready for 1.5 hours of dancing with complete strangers, and headed to the resort where the Community Groove was. It was a packed house and definitely culture shock, but kind of liberating. After that, Tracey had to sit in the lobby another hour and wait for me to finish the first official class.
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Our room looked over a lagoon with cool fog every morning, and Tracey stitched and read while I was in classes for 19 hours over the weekend.
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This was the epitome of training - putting in your earbuds, firing up your playlist, and grooving around the resort in public - yikes! We got lots of weird looks but had so much fun.
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After that I had to do 6 practice classes with at least 5 participants each and send one in for evaluation and certification. This entailed lots of research into sound systems, speakers, receivers, headsets, etc. Totally out of my wheelhouse.
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This is my first Groove party at the hospital, and they even had an Azalea Trail Maid come! Unfortunately, I only had 1 patient and her grandmother show up, but the 3 of us danced anyway. The second party was even more interesting, as an elderly couple showed up by themselves, and I talked the husband into dancing with us instead of sitting in the car waiting on his wife. They were completely willing to come to another class, but I broke it to them that I'm only certified for kids and their families, not adults. So I moved on from the hospital to the Crichton Boys & Girls Club, and danced with 40-50 kids over this past summer - lots of funny stories there. The sweetest was having kids run up and hug me when I walked in and one girl telling me I was her best friend. Another was having a couple of the older boys roll their eyes and yell, "Not HER again!" And there was that one escapee who ran out of the gym after the coach broke up a fight and when the coach went after him it sounded like I was in the middle of a prison riot. I'm still working on the appropriate location for future Groove parties.
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Okay, this is Halloween at the office...
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I made my fake fur wrap out of fleece and the black dress is the first one I ever made back in about 1996 or so. Still fit in it - booya!
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This was at the American Heart Association national meeting in Chicago at the employment fair trying to hire a partner. I think I looked more like a cougar on the prowl...hmmmm.
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And this was for "Couples' Weekend" in New Orleans. We bowled, so Dean went all out and found us matching bowling shirts!
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I'm pretty sure this was Trinh's first year - she's on the machine pretending to sew, haha.
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Don't let her fool you - that pillow was made by 2 or 3 other people working on her machine, which gave us fits, but she kept us fed and with drinks in hands, so we let her claim she made it.
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Nancy went from tiny animals the year before to acres of silk and satin - and she finished it!
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I'm totally blanking on what Becky made.....argh!
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Looks like Katrina has some sort of quilt going....
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And I'd bet that Yaffa's beading some jewelry!
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Okay I missed a lot of the projects, but we had some delicious sangria!
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And some precious mini-quiches for breakfast...
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With Trinh's "berries French toast casserole" - yum.
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What an awesome breakfast!
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Calm breakfast, I just can't remember what we did for dinner...
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I do remember that I didn't have a project in mind so I just mindlessly started knitting a random sweater using inappropriate yarn. Frogged that a couple of weeks ago when I organized my yarn stash finally.
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SOOOOO....this year I have a (second) hand-painted sock to finish knitting plus a sweater with cables on the trim in progress, and I toyed with the idea of making another Mardi Gras dress, but I bought the wrong fabric for the pattern I had - boo. Anyway, I'll be better at taking pictures in 2020, and hopefully I'll have time to backtrack for 2019. See ya!
Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-31465400703334211482018-08-12T10:02:00.002-05:002018-08-12T10:02:47.706-05:00Biannual Catchup!Life apparently only gets busier until you retire, I guess! So after Mardi Gras, we did Spring Break in Las Vegas, and the craziest thing we did was indoor skydiving - that's me in the air. Important to note that it's hot, loud, and your mouth will dry out if you don't keep it shut. But it was a great once-in-a-lifetime thing to do.
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Also we went to Red Rock Canyon - beautiful, but my pics don't do it justice.
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Then 2 of my sewing/knitting friends who are also involved with Boy Scouts invited me to join them for a campout - woohoo! We went to Magnolia Creek Branch near Atmore for a weekend, but the trouble began when there turned out to be a Cub Scout Jamboree there too, and they were between our site and the bathrooms.
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He wanted us to pack up the 3 tents and move back into the midst of the kids, so we just decided to enjoy a day knitting by the river, then head home after dinner. Ain't nobody got time to repitch a tent!
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In the spring, Dean suggested a Warrior Dash, which is a kinder, gentler Spartan, so Lucas could see what he and Drew have been up to for years. I was kindly allowed to tag along, and it was way less muddy than I was expecting. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf2K0Xy5bS56jcvHND037y47QYiRo2Bv93CVQJb7XzbMis8Hjdgj46lFv_hWmqb4JJVTXmsu2gRbu6TKjHLkODyyg1OdOfMut2u93a8C8UX0FWeGfXW3w7O6mCItVzXhWoK9DHwFgljY/s1600/warrior+lucas+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf2K0Xy5bS56jcvHND037y47QYiRo2Bv93CVQJb7XzbMis8Hjdgj46lFv_hWmqb4JJVTXmsu2gRbu6TKjHLkODyyg1OdOfMut2u93a8C8UX0FWeGfXW3w7O6mCItVzXhWoK9DHwFgljY/s320/warrior+lucas+2.jpg" width="320" height="213" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1067" /></a><br /><br />Lucas was initially trepidatious (<i>not a word</i>) and wanted to all stick together for the course. After I fell off one of the early climbing walls in a very embarrassing, arms-pinwheeling-as-I-go-to-ground type of maneuver, he realized he had this and asked if he could just meet us at the finish line. We made him stick with us just so we could keep embarrassing him.
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And there was only muddy water along the course until the very end, when you got to slither through mud, so everybody was fairly clean up to this point.
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Pause for beauty:
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And I attempted another T-shirt-yarn crocheted rug, but it didn't turn out as expected this time. I really think it looks better when the color changes are at the end of the row instead of the middle, but I was trying to maximize the yarn.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQL4YZ18Keyw5QP6X7zmaEw2F1ol_4Kgh7WHFb7OBSDyN9MWdyyKoELL0KO330iYSay2EYNbQdmDIoMgWmuADpnpbP2XqK-ptw-BVWuYvNmnwpuIa5hNYWSowIDjqavgp4JphqMCnPQg/s1600/IMG_9121.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQL4YZ18Keyw5QP6X7zmaEw2F1ol_4Kgh7WHFb7OBSDyN9MWdyyKoELL0KO330iYSay2EYNbQdmDIoMgWmuADpnpbP2XqK-ptw-BVWuYvNmnwpuIa5hNYWSowIDjqavgp4JphqMCnPQg/s320/IMG_9121.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Speaking of creativity, Drew wanted to make his girlfriend a king cake for her birthday but didn't have a mixer, so instead of going to Walmart to get one, he carefully cleaned his drill and used it instead.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEctmsGOKLOqgnjwG2awW9MRHLNt7cq0YvKorVXErWrflGJww0z9ob4asqHhTXIXUbUqL4FJybh1P8xgxeBforxo9za1zVIE1urMKnd-LivxhNtsYJG9R-VCovArfAM4gpdklGLv5znM/s1600/IMG_9218.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEctmsGOKLOqgnjwG2awW9MRHLNt7cq0YvKorVXErWrflGJww0z9ob4asqHhTXIXUbUqL4FJybh1P8xgxeBforxo9za1zVIE1urMKnd-LivxhNtsYJG9R-VCovArfAM4gpdklGLv5znM/s320/IMG_9218.JPG" width="320" height="180" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="720" /></a><br /><br />And one last picture of the cake Dean made for Lucas's birthday using a Pioneer Woman recipe - it has Nutella and homemade whipped cream with shaved chocolate on top, and that was the moistest cake I've ever eaten. I have such a talented family!<br />
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I'm tired of uploading photos now and want to get upstairs for some possible sewing, so I'll tell you about the awesome week we spent in Montana later. I bought <a href="https://www.amazon.com/SEW-Garment-Making-Book-Knowledge-Real-Life/dp/1617456047">Barbara Emodi's sewing book</a> and it's inspiring me to get some new projects going. What have YOU been working on lately?Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-75577939454951333372018-02-14T15:52:00.002-06:002018-02-14T15:52:33.795-06:00Mardi Gras 2018Well, we're a little out of order, but whaddaya want?! This was probably my favorite year at Endymion, and doesn't this pic of my 2 friends and Drew's girlfriend look like we're on stage at a play?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGFHPM-9qEmRNOdR7-a4mYZdW2ujBPRK6VZcs4O4RbG7EQG9fdO5aPjWpaXmUBEEudojTgNhSPtgKzAvM5_Z7BXKhfHzt9Kjd0H8IsYaMTCW87mq0SYAWRySYc6RzIubxoXN19DazimM/s1600/IMG_0079.JPEG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGFHPM-9qEmRNOdR7-a4mYZdW2ujBPRK6VZcs4O4RbG7EQG9fdO5aPjWpaXmUBEEudojTgNhSPtgKzAvM5_Z7BXKhfHzt9Kjd0H8IsYaMTCW87mq0SYAWRySYc6RzIubxoXN19DazimM/s320/IMG_0079.JPEG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />
This is possibly the owner of Quarter Stitch in New Orleans wearing her handmade skirt made from Zapps potato chip bags - clever!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1HhLN3pkNJuLqn6BDrGdlsSf_p2otD8pOkN_7R-BvWhil_FUz7NoqgH7nd-nSA_dJvZgzwggMtUL5LaEtwrowqMUyP6Kp5kUvXQDZP3OGtvqXY9XTaNTyGRg5g4cvWVqVORlXqSUc4o/s1600/IMG_8880.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1HhLN3pkNJuLqn6BDrGdlsSf_p2otD8pOkN_7R-BvWhil_FUz7NoqgH7nd-nSA_dJvZgzwggMtUL5LaEtwrowqMUyP6Kp5kUvXQDZP3OGtvqXY9XTaNTyGRg5g4cvWVqVORlXqSUc4o/s320/IMG_8880.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />
And this was just a gorgeous dress spotted on the street.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgS_UKVFFbhW5PlfqzsnfkW5VTfCg7I10C2OIU9LEzDCHEqqiO3ftbTZAZ5E6vUAal4XlwpWJlDLIeNtP2DFlkhWWyz3ZBmHNvsrqWfIGfkjyJihHGx7jy-SFNBhHqond5pyNGOX-EB8/s1600/IMG_8881.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgS_UKVFFbhW5PlfqzsnfkW5VTfCg7I10C2OIU9LEzDCHEqqiO3ftbTZAZ5E6vUAal4XlwpWJlDLIeNtP2DFlkhWWyz3ZBmHNvsrqWfIGfkjyJihHGx7jy-SFNBhHqond5pyNGOX-EB8/s320/IMG_8881.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So then we were dancing at Lafitte's, which was pretty dead this year, and you really have to watch for traffic!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7izEcHegtgnFZNNUG071KdeVqM1RaeUHcgz3ZH2Layz-Czsgt7z3Zr5qwHiXG7bFaUBQD967aUYtlRfPSa8zb1xg62R7zWD5w9QyZA8Mk4zJ9pYcNrG28JsTFOOvasLcIi7FXam1L5po/s1600/IMG_8887.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7izEcHegtgnFZNNUG071KdeVqM1RaeUHcgz3ZH2Layz-Czsgt7z3Zr5qwHiXG7bFaUBQD967aUYtlRfPSa8zb1xg62R7zWD5w9QyZA8Mk4zJ9pYcNrG28JsTFOOvasLcIi7FXam1L5po/s320/IMG_8887.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Which one looks more realistic? Nobody I sent it to really bought it, even after Camille texted it to Lucas and said we were on our way to the ER!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zGn2nGgcS2xPpz7vXxLjm4O_yvQ0uCJp_OMrWv5_Jtl1G86f6YgBVW8BM3WXU-PYgbPBv3YLMztdnxJH8zt16Os2kviX8ZcwkYO-XtI5KdGp30eZFGksLrvXBdeNWOMHFBkeUQEvvY0/s1600/IMG_8891.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zGn2nGgcS2xPpz7vXxLjm4O_yvQ0uCJp_OMrWv5_Jtl1G86f6YgBVW8BM3WXU-PYgbPBv3YLMztdnxJH8zt16Os2kviX8ZcwkYO-XtI5KdGp30eZFGksLrvXBdeNWOMHFBkeUQEvvY0/s320/IMG_8891.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Note the lack of crowd in the street.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOluv4RizG5T_mr7dQ1iji63EloOgGykD8IkG7j9OQ56FGDLpqdUnX1z47SXfaSDLplKc-I4CxFuZD-PfsoeD-Fx_6OCyBFoU4-eyI25aKKjw4ChIUYxiDCqc1NANvqnB3fP5SpKQyvxw/s1600/IMG_8943.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOluv4RizG5T_mr7dQ1iji63EloOgGykD8IkG7j9OQ56FGDLpqdUnX1z47SXfaSDLplKc-I4CxFuZD-PfsoeD-Fx_6OCyBFoU4-eyI25aKKjw4ChIUYxiDCqc1NANvqnB3fP5SpKQyvxw/s320/IMG_8943.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />The only other people dancing at the beginning were the albino guy behind me (<i>cool!</i>) and a homeless guy who danced his poor heart out.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLngjBtsqagQ3SrSgn4a2X4C_eUVHD7rrAhiKK_YKm8VerZl2G3j3CDGZNG_yAHaJLZBv-Yg5Kg4xr9DuJOdpBUOumS1wS3HSzyvlMXL2y-i8zJL1y7Gq3xZp4ezAk3qFqZ6fSlJqcps/s1600/IMG_8950.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLngjBtsqagQ3SrSgn4a2X4C_eUVHD7rrAhiKK_YKm8VerZl2G3j3CDGZNG_yAHaJLZBv-Yg5Kg4xr9DuJOdpBUOumS1wS3HSzyvlMXL2y-i8zJL1y7Gq3xZp4ezAk3qFqZ6fSlJqcps/s320/IMG_8950.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Now this was a surprise. My Cuban friend and I were getting down to a song when a Pedicab driver jumped off his bike and joined us briefly. Awe-inspiring!
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Drew did a little dancing after he got off the float and had a good time with Camille....after Rod Stewart finished his 1.5 hour concert, which was beautiful, but sleep-inducing. When they started playing Kanye after that, Camille became a jumping ball of hair flying and admitted she nearly cried with relief.
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And here's a little of the Alabama Chanin beaded Mardi Gras dress in action - it held up well, although the tiny lipstick I stuck in my tiny bra fell out after this performance. No worries - I found it.
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And here's the last video of the Electric Slide with a group of older ladies who were dancing all night. The lady in red next to me is 79 years old and kept her heels on the whole time! My idol.
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<br />Now did YOU have a good Mardi Gras?
Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-35260748823419235432018-02-04T20:07:00.000-06:002018-02-04T20:07:08.134-06:00Saved by the Cowl!So remember in the last post how frumpy my London top was?<br /><br />
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Adding a cowl just makes it look more finished and balanced, I think. The neckline needed at least some type of collar, so I went through my patterns and found the Silhouettes Ann Top had the perfect one. I actually tried to make that top out of white slinky fabric and the armscyes didn't look good, so it's been sitting in a drawer for years waiting to be redone. I dug out the pattern piece and it worked! I was going to trim down the A-line at the bottom, but I'm afraid it'll be too clingy and tight.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7M4HNX8iaELSetN4tT-FfIonYhPEHIxA6dSFB7Iz31ZxOZlZNCgKGqOYILEMQdg0jgwN_511DPvVWbtXjC8fuskP-0LyT3_c2ORoQp7RtWInYWdcvHDdd-2EMr4j1dgDq9oDBTaY9KQQ/s1600/IMG_8860.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7M4HNX8iaELSetN4tT-FfIonYhPEHIxA6dSFB7Iz31ZxOZlZNCgKGqOYILEMQdg0jgwN_511DPvVWbtXjC8fuskP-0LyT3_c2ORoQp7RtWInYWdcvHDdd-2EMr4j1dgDq9oDBTaY9KQQ/s320/IMG_8860.JPG" width="115" height="320" data-original-width="576" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />These are the leggings with some new boots I finally found that are thin enough for my stick ankles.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER2yV2vq5z0zCubzaJedSyWIo7gQ9wznYU-twGGO949IIdl0yLxleFYc5GrMbwOw8fcttHJkgzFzUQrQ8RzBT7F53cn69yN4kPoNkSuDn4667rhDqOwqxO-bkf_7uvVVlbXDeJCLNDqk/s1600/IMG_8863.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER2yV2vq5z0zCubzaJedSyWIo7gQ9wznYU-twGGO949IIdl0yLxleFYc5GrMbwOw8fcttHJkgzFzUQrQ8RzBT7F53cn69yN4kPoNkSuDn4667rhDqOwqxO-bkf_7uvVVlbXDeJCLNDqk/s320/IMG_8863.JPG" width="123" height="320" data-original-width="613" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Now these are some leggings like hose, and I've decided they can't be worn to work, and probably not even out to eat!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYlzdhBhdgLzsv2aDz6IIpCpDccWk9cKxCfy-xgzif3aoSWohsIMGbpR7VMegBZxNKKmEW3G3LjgjpAYe4HKty2WtJQARSclNW1751QBkD4z6T6sY7XTEXotzMCskep94rxsoXORVmpo/s1600/IMG_8865.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYlzdhBhdgLzsv2aDz6IIpCpDccWk9cKxCfy-xgzif3aoSWohsIMGbpR7VMegBZxNKKmEW3G3LjgjpAYe4HKty2WtJQARSclNW1751QBkD4z6T6sY7XTEXotzMCskep94rxsoXORVmpo/s320/IMG_8865.JPG" width="116" height="320" data-original-width="580" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Maybe if I made a tunic even longer and more like a dress, then I'd be comfortable wearing them.
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And of course it's Mardi Gras time again, and I wanted to wear the one-shoulder column McCall's dress, but the fabric is just falling apart on me. This seam came undone from the serging, so I went back with a regular stitch last year, and this is what I saw when I pulled it out of the drawer today.
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You can see all the stitches I've thrown in there, and the fabric is just unravelling. Any ideas? I thought about FrayCheck, but I don't know. There's another seam that's doing the same thing - so sad.
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Okay, and so far, Tide is my big winner in Super Bowl ads, mostly because I love David Harbour from Stranger Things.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IH2Gm8iaR-LW0vz1aHU_np1DHe1GMita6mUvWwORM_QaUdQso9VZwnh3iL5qjot6b34VyuWGSn8as3xr8pqf4gKm-jnrkUZrRGDpfZcAzu3qCvN4IJRreihpvHcrLux_4b-IJrxVmEY/s1600/TideAd.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IH2Gm8iaR-LW0vz1aHU_np1DHe1GMita6mUvWwORM_QaUdQso9VZwnh3iL5qjot6b34VyuWGSn8as3xr8pqf4gKm-jnrkUZrRGDpfZcAzu3qCvN4IJRreihpvHcrLux_4b-IJrxVmEY/s320/TideAd.jpg" width="320" height="182" data-original-width="650" data-original-height="370" /></a><br /><br />Okay, off to edit the most recent Dr. Fun video, which Lucas agreed to do since one of his friends is in it. He shadowed me in clinic over the Christmas holiday and had no idea what he was really getting into! What was your favorite Super Bowl ad?Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-7124974779968736482018-01-19T05:00:00.000-06:002018-01-19T05:00:40.809-06:00Fashion AdviceOkay, before we went to London I requested a Front Door Fashion mini-box, since I was on call a lot and didn't have time to shop for myself, what with outfitting everybody here with winter clothes. These were 3 outfits that I loved, plus I got a waterproof jacket in black camo that got lots of comments. This first one wasn't actually worn, but WILL be when the weather warms up a bit here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9C8qUyS5Z6fDPIioi1DHjCHsFitsszjFEQj8hs3n-1Jv1pHIEHifzuqjT_g7niOg_K7EjciipGz4tGZFsh1J2OEgQEZflSDZjzPtnJTD7FXD-47g1s4y6yUYoCdPiIq8vv8nKhyBXeY/s1600/bluetop.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9C8qUyS5Z6fDPIioi1DHjCHsFitsszjFEQj8hs3n-1Jv1pHIEHifzuqjT_g7niOg_K7EjciipGz4tGZFsh1J2OEgQEZflSDZjzPtnJTD7FXD-47g1s4y6yUYoCdPiIq8vv8nKhyBXeY/s320/bluetop.jpg" width="134" height="320" data-original-width="670" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />I wore this red sweater twice in London, and did pair it with socks and boots from the 3rd picture.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o3nvrXTwjRQ9TgmujZHBg3QO3FMxaa2lCwOiT90K7zv_r7emn81jUkI0Nh0YnKEfxpqpHnUvfKX0-i2ii1XkFtyVDOxXbalBmQ-jOqMlOIyMjqrguC46_eN3sVIdN7tPtuKPS-dJemA/s1600/redsweater.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o3nvrXTwjRQ9TgmujZHBg3QO3FMxaa2lCwOiT90K7zv_r7emn81jUkI0Nh0YnKEfxpqpHnUvfKX0-i2ii1XkFtyVDOxXbalBmQ-jOqMlOIyMjqrguC46_eN3sVIdN7tPtuKPS-dJemA/s320/redsweater.jpg" width="141" height="320" data-original-width="703" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And this is probably my favorite, with a crazy hi-lo that's very exaggerated. I wore this twice too, and actually wore those 15-year-old boots out, so they've been retired.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ3QIkXHCo2K795f_Om6VYgzXqzyAth5nR4V47km2coSunb6e3qNH_C2Et3DP8tCwgTX-ZXVPE8EdOGCjiLnisbvdRlTGU_LFvyfOufvy6Y-FdG2x61xWVnizCwTefEGoknIkmQgoa7A/s1600/whitesweater.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ3QIkXHCo2K795f_Om6VYgzXqzyAth5nR4V47km2coSunb6e3qNH_C2Et3DP8tCwgTX-ZXVPE8EdOGCjiLnisbvdRlTGU_LFvyfOufvy6Y-FdG2x61xWVnizCwTefEGoknIkmQgoa7A/s320/whitesweater.jpg" width="139" height="320" data-original-width="694" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So I think all those look great, and I decided to make a tunic out of my London fabric to go with these leggings that have to be covered up. Ta-da - I'm frumpalicious!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_lC1HRyhfyrslOYvi3YEyAgY2kt_YVvDNVR2aq6ib9Rr_R2tnX8fZW8QZwvYJuxCUppUV1SYyVwPv7ajhXbUDWa9_5d6F9S_tKN3yNBV7up7vj7xkcnL_FBSyS66V4-IX_iFLiEZCUU/s1600/top3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_lC1HRyhfyrslOYvi3YEyAgY2kt_YVvDNVR2aq6ib9Rr_R2tnX8fZW8QZwvYJuxCUppUV1SYyVwPv7ajhXbUDWa9_5d6F9S_tKN3yNBV7up7vj7xkcnL_FBSyS66V4-IX_iFLiEZCUU/s320/top3.jpg" width="138" height="320" data-original-width="688" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Now what exactly is the problem? Is it too big at the bottom? I initially was disappointed in the neck, so am looking into adding a cowl or some type of collar or something, and this post was actually going to be about that, but then I saw the pictures and realized I've screwed something up! Now this is Burda 3197, and here's my first shirt with it from 2010:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0yeLwf8lnLJHfMRYKT9gZHvecO2hyRPiGpEv02pKiYmIYq8i8DPvws0p3lur1YBAjQEa4fPW5f2xsqhldi2Krk-_5gfbMHpE8KRJLRcSdK-HujbhtA0pYoTbOsRKYBkCHnyh43URjf0/s1600/blueburdatop.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0yeLwf8lnLJHfMRYKT9gZHvecO2hyRPiGpEv02pKiYmIYq8i8DPvws0p3lur1YBAjQEa4fPW5f2xsqhldi2Krk-_5gfbMHpE8KRJLRcSdK-HujbhtA0pYoTbOsRKYBkCHnyh43URjf0/s320/blueburdatop.JPG" width="320" height="180" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="900" /></a><br /><br />Wonderful fit! So apparently it's the tunic length that's doing me in, but then why do the sweaters look good and this doesn't? I think it has to do with the neck and shoulders being wider than my hips in the sweaters. So I tried adding a scarf to see if it would help.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4DIWFJLZZmFxPYQs77Glq7RVN8G7_hva0XEMI-UR_g2oJr4afLOpxdKOnWmJ41prs-Xhd3IJWYS20DEjWK9PCQGfK9frqKu4RWcHA2GWPV4skhU2iVp2_H5gNkOyEv2RrYVPS83kU4E/s1600/IMG_8817+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4DIWFJLZZmFxPYQs77Glq7RVN8G7_hva0XEMI-UR_g2oJr4afLOpxdKOnWmJ41prs-Xhd3IJWYS20DEjWK9PCQGfK9frqKu4RWcHA2GWPV4skhU2iVp2_H5gNkOyEv2RrYVPS83kU4E/s320/IMG_8817+%25282%2529.JPG" width="110" height="320" data-original-width="548" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Um, I guess a little bit. Then I figured maybe there's too much real estate below the waist, so I tried to replicate a hi-lo hem. (<i>Recognize my scarflet, Robbie?</i>)
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Taz3Ww0BMepA7Zlh0WRLwAX4rL4-LW1O7ZsAQaK3M9x5YEyGEsdpGfsqqRHJsxJDSOC5k1IsI9f8Xoir7-wl7kkeOVEojP4ipkCHzaLe5CQgj9klp7L3fj48hkBa8UOb7qHkiuAZcls/s1600/IMG_8818+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Taz3Ww0BMepA7Zlh0WRLwAX4rL4-LW1O7ZsAQaK3M9x5YEyGEsdpGfsqqRHJsxJDSOC5k1IsI9f8Xoir7-wl7kkeOVEojP4ipkCHzaLe5CQgj9klp7L3fj48hkBa8UOb7qHkiuAZcls/s320/IMG_8818+%25282%2529.JPG" width="99" height="320" data-original-width="496" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Hmmm, I'm just not feeling it for some reason. What do you think? I need to be featured on a What Not to Wear or something - feel free to submit my pictures! And please let me know what it is that's off, so I can redo this top!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-53123893377517071182018-01-14T10:32:00.001-06:002018-01-14T10:32:10.459-06:00Holiday Trip to LondonWell, I have a few funny things to share with you. Christmas was delightful, though I was on call. The kids ask for funny things these days: Lucas wanted a Hazmat suit for a video, and Drew wanted a multimeter...well, he is in Engineering so I guess that's not funny.<br />
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<br />I bought for myself the Alabama Chanin Swing Skirt Bundle that goes with the Craftsy class that I didn't need, but bought because I wanted to hear Natalie talk about sewing some more.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHVvEwtB1I5m7Hr03VOhe4YvJeYdLL6hZKxF1xeNG1UnNRITMo5O9CvPd9i9i49jccKSHYVg9OiGyiqTxe2xJElaS7SC_pZFOa57u1MIdbqvjdwScF7hWqlBET-59qvphYnUld3Dd6L4/s1600/IMG_8579.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHVvEwtB1I5m7Hr03VOhe4YvJeYdLL6hZKxF1xeNG1UnNRITMo5O9CvPd9i9i49jccKSHYVg9OiGyiqTxe2xJElaS7SC_pZFOa57u1MIdbqvjdwScF7hWqlBET-59qvphYnUld3Dd6L4/s320/IMG_8579.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2S5htLB1qqkqC3lmTYJnj7-LFsZmuNBoB2D-tPEkF-ExYxhgIPyQdj7L31ORa4geet0DkOVtk0Bo3aPwrnzgRTEFqfmQxQ8_PyBoT33xWLLhguZNuOIb05M3rTRRErlcK4lU_gsQC3s/s1600/IMG_8580.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2S5htLB1qqkqC3lmTYJnj7-LFsZmuNBoB2D-tPEkF-ExYxhgIPyQdj7L31ORa4geet0DkOVtk0Bo3aPwrnzgRTEFqfmQxQ8_PyBoT33xWLLhguZNuOIb05M3rTRRErlcK4lU_gsQC3s/s320/IMG_8580.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGSG_gCMnAnQYrgkhoevYIDCuAB7R3DOWcwq0syGJQNTzvBZUJVBh7uG4C5sg-qNncT7UYfjQlPeGISg8Kj-SXJ6iaLtRFOTXubHBRdACgLcdt4DmJdzHS59TJZ5OpVIGQR-OtK96UeQ/s1600/IMG_8581.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGSG_gCMnAnQYrgkhoevYIDCuAB7R3DOWcwq0syGJQNTzvBZUJVBh7uG4C5sg-qNncT7UYfjQlPeGISg8Kj-SXJ6iaLtRFOTXubHBRdACgLcdt4DmJdzHS59TJZ5OpVIGQR-OtK96UeQ/s320/IMG_8581.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a>
<br /><br />So after Christmas, the school band and chorus took a trip to London to march in the New Year's Day parade there...<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignfirE3k8LGO5GXmGRHV33STo3kg7z9Se32gJjUFMnYq1o_ymfothH0vBitFSvN6tmoMnnBWiaZ6kZt3_jDiAz_1W3zp6QqeWuI0ENXWTLTyrr92toPsrLotO1dSO3GBfbBskMCGEGGk/s1600/IMG_6556.MOV" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignfirE3k8LGO5GXmGRHV33STo3kg7z9Se32gJjUFMnYq1o_ymfothH0vBitFSvN6tmoMnnBWiaZ6kZt3_jDiAz_1W3zp6QqeWuI0ENXWTLTyrr92toPsrLotO1dSO3GBfbBskMCGEGGk/s320/IMG_6556.MOV" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="320" data-original-height="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjNH1YjahW7y9XrsXQ6CcOAxrctcOJxL0RjpqKMsZtXxDpAAi7UgUvE9a5vxWLUx-RYAoWc4x6DzpVaQcXPZqab2UkIuawtfz42Y3muAB07L83yZ8pB4_PYM93TugxakN3u-MirRSiII/s1600/IMG_6593.JPEG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjNH1YjahW7y9XrsXQ6CcOAxrctcOJxL0RjpqKMsZtXxDpAAi7UgUvE9a5vxWLUx-RYAoWc4x6DzpVaQcXPZqab2UkIuawtfz42Y3muAB07L83yZ8pB4_PYM93TugxakN3u-MirRSiII/s320/IMG_6593.JPEG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="480" data-original-height="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHX_o-wp7Q7oMh3OAmDuNDaWRjEtfIZRDWx5T9JVS5-y9M1oE6UqSRPyHKL9HYv4ziUmZYc4CKv7bEvUSAm324q4vZU6sKZtkFiPwIdyccsnToMJRx3eWXh4iOsCKN_erLmOXjFwqatxA/s1600/IMG_8761.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHX_o-wp7Q7oMh3OAmDuNDaWRjEtfIZRDWx5T9JVS5-y9M1oE6UqSRPyHKL9HYv4ziUmZYc4CKv7bEvUSAm324q4vZU6sKZtkFiPwIdyccsnToMJRx3eWXh4iOsCKN_erLmOXjFwqatxA/s320/IMG_8761.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a> <br /><br /> which we have surmised is a money-making scheme for the charities of London to raise money from US families who come to watch their kids march in a parade where the spectators are all family members of marchers! I'm sure that's not really the case, but we met a native Londoner who was going to watch a different parade entirely, and we studied the list of "international" performers to discover that the only act NOT from the US was a group of baton-twirling dancers from Italy. And of course there were the equivalent of Shriner's funny cars and stuff like that from local clubs in London...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOMtGrjPdVpxOTMZdp7LeDtH1QD23oL0J9XuWXDG3USzgbbkIjNKGLvShWe1p8x6Hx2EFH_QtwBP0LaGT8ntKnNa3zbctm7YZH0djxLbp66f35youAa8cSDTvnkxBmr1H6XIHN5cdShA/s1600/IMG_8754.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOMtGrjPdVpxOTMZdp7LeDtH1QD23oL0J9XuWXDG3USzgbbkIjNKGLvShWe1p8x6Hx2EFH_QtwBP0LaGT8ntKnNa3zbctm7YZH0djxLbp66f35youAa8cSDTvnkxBmr1H6XIHN5cdShA/s320/IMG_8754.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqUB2cxiS1V-0ncA7GcNdYMEqStrBYVK6dMUgjFi094BPjVfaCGW02V8SPmU3_VKyE1cUwkftzpMkAIb-pqg61c5ZI5gCcVMU1YLKe6BtF-DNwlVgjg-XeIxToU5HtZ6mgPiWiItPnLk/s1600/IMG_8757.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqUB2cxiS1V-0ncA7GcNdYMEqStrBYVK6dMUgjFi094BPjVfaCGW02V8SPmU3_VKyE1cUwkftzpMkAIb-pqg61c5ZI5gCcVMU1YLKe6BtF-DNwlVgjg-XeIxToU5HtZ6mgPiWiItPnLk/s320/IMG_8757.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a> <br /><br /> but the dancers from Colombia? Just a Colombian social club from London. The Chinese dragon dancers? The local Chinese interest group from London. At any rate, Lucas said it was the best thing he's ever done, with a huge crowd stretching for 2.2 miles, so we won't tell him. It was actually the first parade his school has ever marched in, which should be a clue right there that this is not the Rose Bowl Parade!<br /><br />
So to start at the beginning, we get to the hotel and everyone's just laid out across chairs and the floor in the conference room where we're based because the jet lag is so bad, and the coordinator starts handing out room keys. We're not called till the very end, and the coordinator tells us we have a temporary room because our real room was "soiled by a disabled person," and they're cleaning the rug thoroughly, but we can't get in it until after dinner. Ummmm, okay. So we go to a tiny room to wait an hour for dinner, but we can't unpack or anything. I decide that a room that's required a rug cleaning isn't going to be ideal, so I ask at dinner about having another room. The coordinator assures me they use so many chemicals that we could eat off the floor. She sends us off with our new key after dinner to move to our new freshly cleaned room. Well, as soon as I walked in, I was hit with the overwhelming smell of poo. This was not a cute baby-diaper leaking onto the floor, this was apparently a full adult bowel evacuation all over the carpet from the door to the beds. And not only that, when I stepped into the bathroom, I left brown watery footprints on the tile floor! Unbelievable! We went back down to the front desk where I tried to convey the direness of the situation with words like "reeking" and "suffocating," but the manager said all she could do was move us to another room tomorrow afternoon. She did give us 3 free drink coupons while Housekeeping went to spray some air freshener and open the window, but they didn't cover the hard liquor I wanted, only beer and wine.<br /><br />
So that night, we wore shoes between the beds and bathroom, kept the suitcases away from the wet area, and slept with the window open. The next afternoon while everyone else was doing an audio tour of the palaces and Parliament, we were moving to another room and unpacking. And by that point, the smell had seeped into the hallway, so they actually sent more housekeeping people up to clean the carpet again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQ1QDfoBxs3q0DyGxtit82QflOKgqhMpasuKlKc3xiC_ueAegh0JtdAcRC5J0vz_4BEXfeto9dKPYjv0Bgiq9CLLCDjdn-ykFxkc2eI_jmsHIygwvOgmEwGhesgjIwVUToJm2KYOHK-M/s1600/IMG_8680.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQ1QDfoBxs3q0DyGxtit82QflOKgqhMpasuKlKc3xiC_ueAegh0JtdAcRC5J0vz_4BEXfeto9dKPYjv0Bgiq9CLLCDjdn-ykFxkc2eI_jmsHIygwvOgmEwGhesgjIwVUToJm2KYOHK-M/s320/IMG_8680.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpFmtsRdY35C8xVH1cbbj7VGRjWgmdor5DRYEIuDP-Wf0Riq0OoI18XmDhMCCAO146ZO_f97knPC7MqLEFApgFee-U2UvyVqZGL7G3ot34kSnndUIQFgFmcY0YTo1NhXy0KEy3IdR6g0/s1600/IMG_8683.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" 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One other outrageous event was that we were supposed to pick up tickets for the grandstand where we'd watch the parade on New Year's Day at breakfast that morning. When I went to get them, the coordinator told me I picked them up the night before. I told her that I didn't, because we were out at a lovely Indian restaurant enjoying a New Year's Eve dinner that Dean had booked, <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e9scIOmVpSenJWiEfYAx3ySLYr_0OhpkPxPtyeUiVWH9lv1hcRJbChGAqHcBHptTfjGdCwYzEhvEVfRCY-ZQTYb-Tf8ppNEevEoAyCEH7uMqcXLmwFvig37G-y3eMQAEH3xRKrhozRs/s1600/IMG_8735.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e9scIOmVpSenJWiEfYAx3ySLYr_0OhpkPxPtyeUiVWH9lv1hcRJbChGAqHcBHptTfjGdCwYzEhvEVfRCY-ZQTYb-Tf8ppNEevEoAyCEH7uMqcXLmwFvig37G-y3eMQAEH3xRKrhozRs/s320/IMG_8735.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a>
<br /><br />then we watched fireworks from the banks of the Thames before coming back after midnight. She told me someone had picked them up for us, which also wasn't true. Turns out, everyone wanted their tickets early, so she just handed them out willy nilly, since she thought adults could be responsible and only take what they were supposed to. Apparently someone had friends in France who wanted to see the parade, so they took a couple of extra! Luckily another mom remembered who it was, and we spent the next hour tracking them down. It doesn't sound very dramatic in retrospect, but after the room incident, I had a bad moment where I declared that we would board a plane for the States if we weren't able to watch Lucas in the parade. After all that, it became the running joke that we had the worst luck of anyone in the group. <br /><br />
And speaking of bad luck, I came down with a horrible cough and sinusitis to the point that I stayed in bed instead of going to the Arsenal-Chelsea football game the night before we flew back.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8T-hS62j3MPwmhxs927ePizJgvNL-gS_j8wk6GMDHhr4ZLiQPs8dCMX9HHl8pcNc_MgFyJpUbKts_T2iG_5ZKSi-EU3wPQBDbpHIjunOHZ-zfRH_pcrSi3CwdFxm7tOv8qUFS5NjcKA/s1600/IMG_8798.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8T-hS62j3MPwmhxs927ePizJgvNL-gS_j8wk6GMDHhr4ZLiQPs8dCMX9HHl8pcNc_MgFyJpUbKts_T2iG_5ZKSi-EU3wPQBDbpHIjunOHZ-zfRH_pcrSi3CwdFxm7tOv8qUFS5NjcKA/s320/IMG_8798.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1202" /></a> <br /><br /> On the flight back, I couldn't clear my ears - has that ever happened to you? It's the worst upon landing, so I'm sitting there madly swallowing and blowing my nose, twitching all the while as it feels like I'm being stabbed in the ears and around my face, and holding a napkin in case my eardrums rupture, all while slowly going deaf. It turns out they didn't rupture, but they did hemorrhage to the point the left one will need surgery if it doesn't clear up in a few weeks, and I remain slightly hearing-impaired. Nice.<br /><br />This is Winston Churchill's chair in the cigar shop he frequented, and they let just anyone sit in it! See the indentation in the back of it?<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBU6whmF66ItcoZc_q4JCfXpOpTcI7J4Ew8nWGsFlxSfj9VPY1x2aibtCl0PG1HiLNDStSp_js-fHJvh2g8gjpwhuVU0Z0UMrH60HNJyx_9tgdDJyr2KIfQ3ORyXx7zT15GC92XG4HEg/s1600/IMG_8766.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBU6whmF66ItcoZc_q4JCfXpOpTcI7J4Ew8nWGsFlxSfj9VPY1x2aibtCl0PG1HiLNDStSp_js-fHJvh2g8gjpwhuVU0Z0UMrH60HNJyx_9tgdDJyr2KIfQ3ORyXx7zT15GC92XG4HEg/s320/IMG_8766.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a> <br /><br />
But the funniest story is about the fabric store. I wanted to go to <a href="https://www.theberwickstreetclothshop.com/">The Berwick Street Cloth Shop</a> because I Googled it and it carries exotic fabrics for plays and movies. The reviews were good, and there were no red flags, but Dean insisted on going with me since it was a fair walk from where we were. Well, there's construction in the area, so there's a bit of a tunnel with a sign that says Berwick Street is open and go this way. I did notice the large poster of shirtless men before I saw the name of a store we were walking past, which I can't type here (<i>okay, it was Hot Squirt, sorry</i>), and it occurred to me that we were in the redlight district. Then the posters changed from shirtless men to pantsless men and naked ladies, then the stores changed from products you could buy to, ahem, "services" you could purchase. Dean realized this before I did and stopped walking, calling out my name to get me to stop, but I was plowing right on through with my mouth hanging open. He apparently saw that it appeared to be a dead-end, but I was noticing that normal-looking people were coming our way, and obviously not from these shops, so I assumed there was an exit somewhere ahead, which there was indeed. This prompted a discussion of my gullibility and naivete, but I maintain that I researched the store and knew right where I was going, although I was mighty glad to have Dean and Drew with me. We didn't get any pics of anything, sadly, and when I google-map it now and do a street view, those posters are not in place and there's no hint of seediness! I will, therefore, be leaving a warning about it on Yelp or somewhere in case other women get scared off. Oh, here's a beautiful jersey knit I bought and am making a tunic from:<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidW86WMQBhT1Y2YCL4rkVwUZTMRURxNzB0FTaDxxFaH9_amSb9WLsqtwx0XO-HE88cczDFf4Sx74azFA2OxhkgTiDoOak07aZp_E_8xiDuTuhgRuhhQ3Zd808jrDp3WTrVuLkBvaRLI2w/s1600/IMG_8797.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidW86WMQBhT1Y2YCL4rkVwUZTMRURxNzB0FTaDxxFaH9_amSb9WLsqtwx0XO-HE88cczDFf4Sx74azFA2OxhkgTiDoOak07aZp_E_8xiDuTuhgRuhhQ3Zd808jrDp3WTrVuLkBvaRLI2w/s320/IMG_8797.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Also, here is a cowl I made from some hand-dyed yarn my sister gifted me for Christmas:<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFYFCgnmUr1FJnVXCbQ_9FQlH299Q68myze3UH14Sg_-Pc8tBuDMzEgrK6qNqnei5EbWegkzUrH7Zrem3sEwhiZnfU9XbEX0hLJC6FnaaL1UQ8_Ag4oGlBKDY-IhS2I1-qCgfhtZycjk/s1600/IMG_E8805.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFYFCgnmUr1FJnVXCbQ_9FQlH299Q68myze3UH14Sg_-Pc8tBuDMzEgrK6qNqnei5EbWegkzUrH7Zrem3sEwhiZnfU9XbEX0hLJC6FnaaL1UQ8_Ag4oGlBKDY-IhS2I1-qCgfhtZycjk/s320/IMG_E8805.JPG" width="218" height="320" data-original-width="1088" data-original-height="1600" /></a> <br /><br />And I'll leave you with a bit of Somewhere Over the Rainbow from the choral finale of the New Year's Day parade group, performed in Westminster Central Hall. Lucas is 3rd row up, 2nd boy from the left.<BR /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ima2YaXhtDc" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />I will say it was a fantastic trip and amazing to hear them sing in places like Southwark Cathetral and the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral...illegally. Maybe we need some video of that:<br /><br /> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0L5B1_klw-s" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br /><br />While they were making the travel arrangements, the choir director asked if they could perform inside, and they said no. He asked if they could perform on the steps, and they said no. So apparently while we were touring (they were already dressed in tuxes for another performance), he just told them to run up and sing one song. The crowd and the security guard didn't seem to mind!<br /><br /> Hope you had a great Christmas and that you're avoiding the flu epidemic!
Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-24972529330037075022017-12-03T16:16:00.001-06:002017-12-03T16:16:59.167-06:005th Annual GCGSW!
Oops, I thought it was #6, but it's just #5. So this year we added Edith, who's a prolific knitter, but we missed Katrina, who couldn't make it. And Nancy and Edith couldn't stay Saturday night, so they came Friday night to start the festivities early! And, no, once that bottle was open, there was no sewing,
just talking on the porch until 1:30 AM! (<i>There may have been a second bottle involved</i>.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33YWA0XuR4V10OGJDvBizATxyILcthuHp1DrlqwWkYbIaMQ1mNJR2NA9-vsB5VTzdg55FjbLJ0lWSmLEg2wrpilgTQ2lNI5AAFClSZUFJAGX69VWiA99046BBlIPHLz-OUR3ePw_aiv8/s1600/IMG_8552.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33YWA0XuR4V10OGJDvBizATxyILcthuHp1DrlqwWkYbIaMQ1mNJR2NA9-vsB5VTzdg55FjbLJ0lWSmLEg2wrpilgTQ2lNI5AAFClSZUFJAGX69VWiA99046BBlIPHLz-OUR3ePw_aiv8/s320/IMG_8552.JPG" width="307" height="320" data-original-width="1536" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />We all woke up without headaches, and everyone else arrived, and the big new dish this year was Heidi's <a href="https://againstallgrain.com/2015/07/20/spiralized-thai-salad-recipe/">Thai chicken salad, </a> which was a-MAZ-ing! Here's just the vegetable noodles made with a Spiralizer, which I shall be buying forthwith.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepHQo_gCr-N_prYG8FDVG3A8XKQQ7DqpUtxOiU-J0fuhjcaIE-ZgoHszebe1-XmbqEJ3NceItc0ffq8Qw5qq8vs3lLBbcVNL9if4OQPTE2gpnH3Iz4FlaU6CCurEoddK3Bm7KnS4TdSI/s1600/IMG_8553.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepHQo_gCr-N_prYG8FDVG3A8XKQQ7DqpUtxOiU-J0fuhjcaIE-ZgoHszebe1-XmbqEJ3NceItc0ffq8Qw5qq8vs3lLBbcVNL9if4OQPTE2gpnH3Iz4FlaU6CCurEoddK3Bm7KnS4TdSI/s320/IMG_8553.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And here's with the yummy sauce and chicken added. We ate every bit of it.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHRvd6dDFj-J3NgajbSXD9gt-W_f17ssKY4LU_7X7J0QNLh-3hlFaKKJpI7xzyZbNowtoC2nMeo2ixzNAQxjlMJlQ7iy2h1WVpY7OFe4kqww5W4fY2Qfd85gs89SrL3z-Uo17YQxdYNU/s1600/IMG_8554.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHRvd6dDFj-J3NgajbSXD9gt-W_f17ssKY4LU_7X7J0QNLh-3hlFaKKJpI7xzyZbNowtoC2nMeo2ixzNAQxjlMJlQ7iy2h1WVpY7OFe4kqww5W4fY2Qfd85gs89SrL3z-Uo17YQxdYNU/s320/IMG_8554.JPG" width="315" height="320" data-original-width="1573" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />On to crafting, Nancy made tassels, and Heidi's perusing her tassel-making tool in the background.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibr5He5hbpJMKmpoc56p6AkBaM2PV1GcONFxzTQG-L7zacLYA4HTX2YgCkxtNT2yq7tLAAJmShLtv5xVoKr6lLle4ub8OXGrhpHYiGRyoLtiVgkSmiqF6fYlPxU4fLkPACN5NuGjIRFJA/s1600/IMG_8555.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibr5He5hbpJMKmpoc56p6AkBaM2PV1GcONFxzTQG-L7zacLYA4HTX2YgCkxtNT2yq7tLAAJmShLtv5xVoKr6lLle4ub8OXGrhpHYiGRyoLtiVgkSmiqF6fYlPxU4fLkPACN5NuGjIRFJA/s320/IMG_8555.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Heidi brought her loom and showed us how it worked. She's weaving pieces to sew together for a top!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkz1yqHtFc3h_3K1xXVJ2tC-J0r9u5ldDQm3hmt4Ac7mKsJHfOXyXR66jqcONBADfahIGztMxAWSQRVicb5i_HrF0jEYoiHF0dt-fz7SOvAGApofZc71YGTmPB63S3nGBRl0KELt7KJY/s1600/IMG_8557.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkz1yqHtFc3h_3K1xXVJ2tC-J0r9u5ldDQm3hmt4Ac7mKsJHfOXyXR66jqcONBADfahIGztMxAWSQRVicb5i_HrF0jEYoiHF0dt-fz7SOvAGApofZc71YGTmPB63S3nGBRl0KELt7KJY/s320/IMG_8557.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Nancy contemplates the vintage bell-pull she was working on with crewel work.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecAKXdiUiGBF4T83R3tbBEw_DO_MwU1RfWlBldndIquHxcz5ni-u9Cpvtm6mtq7OotCzu_Htuvk-GS1CorrJreQ9tIuI4slIDHPiN8CYl66WoKsbZRp5LRNaTm2nodGoCuhOi7aG1z_w/s1600/IMG_8561.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecAKXdiUiGBF4T83R3tbBEw_DO_MwU1RfWlBldndIquHxcz5ni-u9Cpvtm6mtq7OotCzu_Htuvk-GS1CorrJreQ9tIuI4slIDHPiN8CYl66WoKsbZRp5LRNaTm2nodGoCuhOi7aG1z_w/s320/IMG_8561.JPG" width="320" height="228" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1141" /></a><br /><br />Yaffa and Robbie discuss deep issues, while Edith knits and Becky sews.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheapge41Frcxi4bMnSd_0b5pcPq8Iy48w03WwcNvAzWH91YnEBN8Mk144E1a5M8Pj_O0-0tu7LvEH33t2izAGetiGy8RwnmeFOPE4oBVVDScCNYn6W7Uk4HgLgmWW_DaHoHH5yTzQqkuU/s1600/IMG_8564.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheapge41Frcxi4bMnSd_0b5pcPq8Iy48w03WwcNvAzWH91YnEBN8Mk144E1a5M8Pj_O0-0tu7LvEH33t2izAGetiGy8RwnmeFOPE4oBVVDScCNYn6W7Uk4HgLgmWW_DaHoHH5yTzQqkuU/s320/IMG_8564.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />This is some jewelry Yaffa made using polymer clay...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydg8T5n7HRzjxR17svGDQg8mafq6Cd0A9theXyc9HVX-oB9b-7UoUdBILySz8m3cihUfy6Vud9DNyd_rNnnlMNlEmV7PGwet4sZzE3lixYSf3JVE0M-B0cpc5JC_CtKiWthsZGOFglSo/s1600/IMG_8565.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydg8T5n7HRzjxR17svGDQg8mafq6Cd0A9theXyc9HVX-oB9b-7UoUdBILySz8m3cihUfy6Vud9DNyd_rNnnlMNlEmV7PGwet4sZzE3lixYSf3JVE0M-B0cpc5JC_CtKiWthsZGOFglSo/s320/IMG_8565.JPG" width="320" height="276" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1379" /></a><br /><br />and beads, sadly out of focus but stunning in person.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsm1e2DJ0mLv3qLAQv5IT3F_9Ho0ABMi-FeQEwt_sb5Cbz9pbdOG74CXKMOk7TtpgQ0926yWuj7HcekchvA28Zabg6USlDXeaXTfzriNmZ-PJzKbr9kCzpEFlptM6P90D84kqW8QTpYU/s1600/IMG_8566.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsm1e2DJ0mLv3qLAQv5IT3F_9Ho0ABMi-FeQEwt_sb5Cbz9pbdOG74CXKMOk7TtpgQ0926yWuj7HcekchvA28Zabg6USlDXeaXTfzriNmZ-PJzKbr9kCzpEFlptM6P90D84kqW8QTpYU/s320/IMG_8566.JPG" width="320" height="298" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1490" /></a><br /><br />Yaffa nearly finished this doll outfit,
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyd5D2_WeaOMSd7HvCguww7iK7TztS4P5PnPPkIQalHrck2qgGbZgF3_Wush__8xTXpEjVuapDNt3CpMeogVsJ9Q3BTdKo11t2Z0ZNRJeF8-Up5haF4G0hw4OwNROg2Y0lUwy7MEMvB6s/s1600/IMG_8568.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyd5D2_WeaOMSd7HvCguww7iK7TztS4P5PnPPkIQalHrck2qgGbZgF3_Wush__8xTXpEjVuapDNt3CpMeogVsJ9Q3BTdKo11t2Z0ZNRJeF8-Up5haF4G0hw4OwNROg2Y0lUwy7MEMvB6s/s320/IMG_8568.JPG" width="284" height="320" data-original-width="1422" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />and Robbie cut out a top then worked on her Alabama Chanin dress.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2viLdPWgJvM5mbW-0J1Ca48VPSt7ViHlt27SPKPoQwPsRYDP5isidttbMDkhHTEjb2AhDomlaTYfoWUszDupxUbGL464IFF4UHm5V1ERWjHNU3cz3EVoLvHG8hy1_rmvsrgpfMue_Q5U/s1600/IMG_8567.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2viLdPWgJvM5mbW-0J1Ca48VPSt7ViHlt27SPKPoQwPsRYDP5isidttbMDkhHTEjb2AhDomlaTYfoWUszDupxUbGL464IFF4UHm5V1ERWjHNU3cz3EVoLvHG8hy1_rmvsrgpfMue_Q5U/s320/IMG_8567.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And this is Becky's paper-pieced project, with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNP9Jji7wbY">tutorial</a> she shared.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPCMpqsLhEZ7osvzJ7dwQN-ZZoRuWWVoW1ZO5XNZwqRmm0b10RqSLxO1N6vK08_3ZmML3LisIgijnAJDl97fomFF1VxeI-95A_uJqUuLouRFEXhNl4ncB_w6AcBmS0F7NEmvaz0nzhng/s1600/IMG_8572.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPCMpqsLhEZ7osvzJ7dwQN-ZZoRuWWVoW1ZO5XNZwqRmm0b10RqSLxO1N6vK08_3ZmML3LisIgijnAJDl97fomFF1VxeI-95A_uJqUuLouRFEXhNl4ncB_w6AcBmS0F7NEmvaz0nzhng/s320/IMG_8572.JPG" width="320" height="291" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1454" /></a><br /><br />I finished a dishcloth and started a sweater that may or may not work out, but I'm not worried about it, because I had a relaxing weekend with cool friends who do fascinating crafts, and cook really good food. Thanks to everybody for bringing all the food and doing all the cooking! Katrina, we definitely missed your signature cocktails! Hopefully you can make it next time, and Pam, I fully expect you next year! Let me know if you're planning a Gulf Coast trip!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-70204649149327481202017-12-03T15:54:00.000-06:002017-12-03T15:54:16.282-06:00Fall Update of Family StuffSo September is the month that Lucas went viral with his YouTube channel taking silly pictures like this (of him, not me) and making an 8-second video at the Battleship. Want to remember this moment when he hits it big.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ1Gh1FMYKQ6bcSFDAGZCJoH2lb2OKiLSncuHevSkQ3ta08GJ4QCks1EiiJp7Gt2ywEFvsWL8KsPuIzt8GREgsByQRRZN0s1ZNFD7Oo_skK91ynyYUDuD9uWwTiSEwrz61KMRO-Szl2k/s1600/IMG_8265.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ1Gh1FMYKQ6bcSFDAGZCJoH2lb2OKiLSncuHevSkQ3ta08GJ4QCks1EiiJp7Gt2ywEFvsWL8KsPuIzt8GREgsByQRRZN0s1ZNFD7Oo_skK91ynyYUDuD9uWwTiSEwrz61KMRO-Szl2k/s320/IMG_8265.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And Drew brought Camille home for a 3-day weekend, which made me feel special, because when your kids choose to spend time with you at this age, it means a lot.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0xBAYRTtkzypRoJiPnQgTq35fGkIZLw4V4Suh0Rm1VB7LXxhbCzn0eeEj2mL3PtZg0uIdzI2tSGlkUmyx6IGjBe23wqJ4AF7mcyRW9RwE7C5OURqh_rjFaftnbamX8X19JH_A5I-o6Q/s1600/IMG_8261.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0xBAYRTtkzypRoJiPnQgTq35fGkIZLw4V4Suh0Rm1VB7LXxhbCzn0eeEj2mL3PtZg0uIdzI2tSGlkUmyx6IGjBe23wqJ4AF7mcyRW9RwE7C5OURqh_rjFaftnbamX8X19JH_A5I-o6Q/s320/IMG_8261.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />I went to Chicago with my college roommates for our big 50th birthday weekend. Everybody arranged one outing or meal, so we did some diverse things like touring a famous recording studio where the Rolling Stones and I think Muddy Waters worked.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAl4DNk2g65Jc3p3A33t2nLYWMgFmrqDbAiJLOEslKwlahApRqF-VEShKAjFc6e2fLK6QJ4KmA35YtkIQMekHARlZUMk5tUWypTujj3dZKseyhRACT7pnKTSL7SwupX80EJtnZowbrqw/s1600/IMG_8280.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAl4DNk2g65Jc3p3A33t2nLYWMgFmrqDbAiJLOEslKwlahApRqF-VEShKAjFc6e2fLK6QJ4KmA35YtkIQMekHARlZUMk5tUWypTujj3dZKseyhRACT7pnKTSL7SwupX80EJtnZowbrqw/s320/IMG_8280.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="960" /></a><br /><br />This was our view from the apartment we rented...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_dnyUdYoJlMcgPPaRwz62L88uWwQkRtv7FT3ghCk5BlYTo6cyyIZIpK7qAySrBcl1xaTzpmE9sUNYEB97ae2sXZ-OinUE4i2pJZiluX87DCknXn9406NIj-D9fbns-lm87G0ibGQKfI/s1600/IMG_8275.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_dnyUdYoJlMcgPPaRwz62L88uWwQkRtv7FT3ghCk5BlYTo6cyyIZIpK7qAySrBcl1xaTzpmE9sUNYEB97ae2sXZ-OinUE4i2pJZiluX87DCknXn9406NIj-D9fbns-lm87G0ibGQKfI/s320/IMG_8275.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />and we did Bobby's Bike Hike to the zoo and around a bunch of neighborhoods.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtd6XQAb5BGLuWoRiTUz341OzzftBZxpDTR_tbGTdsh4yeUH0WzmRsTrvFfedUY9-Zwh0nfSa7_lWfJswH0T1CDkNu0dfNrvdrWd9jtGtnYvSKG1_renEjrDkuq3bshBNMvGwz-7CNTrg/s1600/IMG_8304.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtd6XQAb5BGLuWoRiTUz341OzzftBZxpDTR_tbGTdsh4yeUH0WzmRsTrvFfedUY9-Zwh0nfSa7_lWfJswH0T1CDkNu0dfNrvdrWd9jtGtnYvSKG1_renEjrDkuq3bshBNMvGwz-7CNTrg/s320/IMG_8304.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Let's pause for a beautiful dress my friend wore hosting the Greekfest Gala. I love it - it's like confetti on ice cream!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hd0m4K77kr_BLw5qZxQS1Cu7ng9I4LzPslt1cEkPESJc-qK-T-9yvvTseLuPzQ7nE9q_V0CTknfzbKAWklkC8TN6mGvC5YfLuEYlh040qQNDzToz0qIsQSojUy840QUjlLJXEiCrVRk/s1600/IMG_8307.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hd0m4K77kr_BLw5qZxQS1Cu7ng9I4LzPslt1cEkPESJc-qK-T-9yvvTseLuPzQ7nE9q_V0CTknfzbKAWklkC8TN6mGvC5YfLuEYlh040qQNDzToz0qIsQSojUy840QUjlLJXEiCrVRk/s320/IMG_8307.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And Drew showed up on TV when Auburn played somebody - Jake even started barking at him when I yelled, "There's Drew!"
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmqMEvUH8ajCG-1M4MfKKP-z0CN6YLHbEZmF5KmVcJWh_7yTmL3bOeBqZSF5YUw3fP-f3Px3L5sGl_oQn_XekHORk7aQUIN79Ee41UW1-PKVEKnhDfricalrwBg7AQAw3j8dKYnpuGbQ/s1600/IMG_E8317.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmqMEvUH8ajCG-1M4MfKKP-z0CN6YLHbEZmF5KmVcJWh_7yTmL3bOeBqZSF5YUw3fP-f3Px3L5sGl_oQn_XekHORk7aQUIN79Ee41UW1-PKVEKnhDfricalrwBg7AQAw3j8dKYnpuGbQ/s320/IMG_E8317.JPG" width="114" height="320" data-original-width="571" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So in October my mom and I flew up to Fort Knox to see my sister Tracey and BIL Joe.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbOzh_xUspZSrpypyJW9wv-XEEKxCWpB1HTFEgTKJKH-PPE6hNmRqhywDnISLRfm0AOMyMijIh2r0xz25b39cdb8SXamXkyLSwp54by8IXRnDFQcMfny_qK_WfCbi5oxqAyPWvrGEriw/s1600/IMG_8379.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbOzh_xUspZSrpypyJW9wv-XEEKxCWpB1HTFEgTKJKH-PPE6hNmRqhywDnISLRfm0AOMyMijIh2r0xz25b39cdb8SXamXkyLSwp54by8IXRnDFQcMfny_qK_WfCbi5oxqAyPWvrGEriw/s320/IMG_8379.JPG" width="320" height="259" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1296" /></a><br /><br />Apparently there are deer all over the base that come out at dusk.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQX9MnRpvDCwhyphenhyphenruwYGzrnwgW0M1dNcQgJW26WNgeeWlSORFTLuUk7pfGalQtRx6BOdcxrhLF9lvKOjSfOuLDQEe59HWiNVElpERhG-5K-arOcIBtq7A-9Tf_GWLBYYCoa0oPbQeKTGm4/s1600/IMG_8382.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQX9MnRpvDCwhyphenhyphenruwYGzrnwgW0M1dNcQgJW26WNgeeWlSORFTLuUk7pfGalQtRx6BOdcxrhLF9lvKOjSfOuLDQEe59HWiNVElpERhG-5K-arOcIBtq7A-9Tf_GWLBYYCoa0oPbQeKTGm4/s320/IMG_8382.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Would you believe there are 4 deer in this picture?!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCVBVwkayvSGGmMibZ3fuxqbJVuFcs60B6wXcLiWXUSya-tgIx2cA5fkB-uPhwCQ3vlyJKrY22WaCycO9rE5rnyPQg_72ITMW3Ltob1_s3BBLmboWxpMibgMcTeCVFoxVtYiVCoMqrlE/s1600/IMG_8385.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCVBVwkayvSGGmMibZ3fuxqbJVuFcs60B6wXcLiWXUSya-tgIx2cA5fkB-uPhwCQ3vlyJKrY22WaCycO9rE5rnyPQg_72ITMW3Ltob1_s3BBLmboWxpMibgMcTeCVFoxVtYiVCoMqrlE/s320/IMG_8385.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />And Joe took us for a ride in his cool convertible.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkoBaxrzMZr3-A2SoUFIYxGWKhIDmkJpcYmbDWjW1Jc-xbmxWcCe0KDrFzPXeX0gsu5NldCW-1qlWkEab_S8paPQ5w0sAShvRwnpL4I-wTZJFze4QTR3AFQ2HLNb-34G5rfIhNruiP2Y/s1600/IMG_8389.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkoBaxrzMZr3-A2SoUFIYxGWKhIDmkJpcYmbDWjW1Jc-xbmxWcCe0KDrFzPXeX0gsu5NldCW-1qlWkEab_S8paPQ5w0sAShvRwnpL4I-wTZJFze4QTR3AFQ2HLNb-34G5rfIhNruiP2Y/s320/IMG_8389.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="960" /></a><br /><br /> One other thing we did was groove with Misty Tripoli's CD's I brought. Mother declined to participate, but did provide video evidence of the shimmying.<br />
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Then it was back to work, bleh, and we were Snow White and the Seven Dwarves for Halloween...well, just 5 dwarves, but we walked all over the building asking people if they'd seen the other 2 - such a hoot! ("I think Queasy's in the lab.")
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTJ0eEwjDOxVx9XWaHsAuZF-QXirW_iKfndZO1iWtJc_BfjBPqY17zKICSSfkAnBWHViB7ooTCg_Pxw4C7ZESd6L4_IVVInIv57y7wj_wLiagHMfDX7wh8Ip90ezOQ8OCI6gtlqbXXAc/s1600/IMG_8456.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTJ0eEwjDOxVx9XWaHsAuZF-QXirW_iKfndZO1iWtJc_BfjBPqY17zKICSSfkAnBWHViB7ooTCg_Pxw4C7ZESd6L4_IVVInIv57y7wj_wLiagHMfDX7wh8Ip90ezOQ8OCI6gtlqbXXAc/s320/IMG_8456.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Next up was that I knit a sweater using a book of edgings to make hearts around the sleeves and bottom.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNvkKsh19-WRvjDe1JZqVgyOgJC_CnwEP1Sxl0vRK8nVLwrSdAFy6hUSjYFqL-JWG1Hj4BgkF3wvZdIxBTlv0uUYqWnOMZzd8xqjIrNzThuxZXCe-coAQLFd3YNJ7Ep7E_BFPBC0EDmw/s1600/IMG_8462.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNvkKsh19-WRvjDe1JZqVgyOgJC_CnwEP1Sxl0vRK8nVLwrSdAFy6hUSjYFqL-JWG1Hj4BgkF3wvZdIxBTlv0uUYqWnOMZzd8xqjIrNzThuxZXCe-coAQLFd3YNJ7Ep7E_BFPBC0EDmw/s320/IMG_8462.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Wore it one day and laid on the couch against something sharp, which cut an actual hole in my yarn - arghhhhh!!!!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrSr6SHFu0BM1ia1zWq-n6oNUIZ_iR1F09eWoFt3ixNVH5ppx91pdwlDI3uc_shCKIt7eWQzVooFmpM2kZjtrnIvF0DPBG3RJ50zsEUFTAi_FyEY6BhslSxfJoSw9aIMXyREw9wTyDrA/s1600/IMG_8461.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrSr6SHFu0BM1ia1zWq-n6oNUIZ_iR1F09eWoFt3ixNVH5ppx91pdwlDI3uc_shCKIt7eWQzVooFmpM2kZjtrnIvF0DPBG3RJ50zsEUFTAi_FyEY6BhslSxfJoSw9aIMXyREw9wTyDrA/s320/IMG_8461.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So then Drew turned 21 and we went to Auburn to see the Georgia game and take him out for a birthday dinner.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbuCRsHPC-1rhA3R9U9xjgButUY0JfbGGgTSLGD6ng5Y0C9-8Ao9ZOTLHor5JDAZdL3A4jdvPEUJRbt5AoNYHP4P2kfJlnCG__rmsk6UOAPowxmBtF6Su5ANCvfUflVFfsnJSpxecFjA/s1600/IMG_8487.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbuCRsHPC-1rhA3R9U9xjgButUY0JfbGGgTSLGD6ng5Y0C9-8Ao9ZOTLHor5JDAZdL3A4jdvPEUJRbt5AoNYHP4P2kfJlnCG__rmsk6UOAPowxmBtF6Su5ANCvfUflVFfsnJSpxecFjA/s320/IMG_8487.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1202" /></a><br /><br />It was an amazing game, if you watched it, and we had great seats in the end zone.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4lTK0PzgPtQdpIsdW9M8A4MFRpSBAANumTGDdmRxaYHf7IBg38nxbLqTkrqFnK6hzZdLUYhgL-CLK6RCA3nKUaqABqfIHvVW5Fr23092WyFMa6bIAFLcrnSQwSFOeBTYfxQMflH_8-U/s1600/IMG_8475.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4lTK0PzgPtQdpIsdW9M8A4MFRpSBAANumTGDdmRxaYHf7IBg38nxbLqTkrqFnK6hzZdLUYhgL-CLK6RCA3nKUaqABqfIHvVW5Fr23092WyFMa6bIAFLcrnSQwSFOeBTYfxQMflH_8-U/s320/IMG_8475.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And this is what we found when we finished dinner and walked down to Toomer's Corner.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAIOh5uV2RkW1mnmRX1WV0wMfcqcVEYmsHuBblD9EJKkk1dECswvbliUFzSEUpj-HNpUAe4kBdKArsE0LvstE2Ha31tM2B-m6p__tBqXAVkp2xu5dYcdEsiV-VzeXfiCWqdu86kcQe_s/s1600/IMG_8480.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAIOh5uV2RkW1mnmRX1WV0wMfcqcVEYmsHuBblD9EJKkk1dECswvbliUFzSEUpj-HNpUAe4kBdKArsE0LvstE2Ha31tM2B-m6p__tBqXAVkp2xu5dYcdEsiV-VzeXfiCWqdu86kcQe_s/s320/IMG_8480.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Finally up is Thanksgiving with everybody coming here. Tracey tried out some new hardware on my hair.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuJerftpk57pmsMg9wTjeeXSqtEkyZGmQ4Ocr-nTqjY0C0kVpbkm-KdnbA4UUaGpSt8msLDW8T7cZPJ944_lycF-yvZelYj2V_rdpQSm4O6jtF_QL8AnFJT17GEcPAiks3RFzPYRjXUQ/s1600/IMG_8495.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuJerftpk57pmsMg9wTjeeXSqtEkyZGmQ4Ocr-nTqjY0C0kVpbkm-KdnbA4UUaGpSt8msLDW8T7cZPJ944_lycF-yvZelYj2V_rdpQSm4O6jtF_QL8AnFJT17GEcPAiks3RFzPYRjXUQ/s320/IMG_8495.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="960" data-original-height="1280" /></a><br /><br />Yes, lovely!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AxlygI0y18LU-TcsPmRmnLPWTiooT-3vLFwiL7JHX0eVPrFtbbP193z-BBPT2dmgMtrmo4kUz33p9_QdtAtfxaNj0I0vZpYdVxI98kCPxNqp8tKSzKHxK10zJPTh9Wz3fe4jYsyVaho/s1600/IMG_8496.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AxlygI0y18LU-TcsPmRmnLPWTiooT-3vLFwiL7JHX0eVPrFtbbP193z-BBPT2dmgMtrmo4kUz33p9_QdtAtfxaNj0I0vZpYdVxI98kCPxNqp8tKSzKHxK10zJPTh9Wz3fe4jYsyVaho/s320/IMG_8496.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="960" data-original-height="1280" /></a><br /><br />And Camille provided beautiful flowers for a centerpiece, plus she and Drew polished all the silver - yay! Tracey made place cards with "fun facts" on the back about each person, most of which were outright lies, but were funny.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzwwUIzp6HZjqQi0fxpGuWjRshceJ9isGOlVbhIB8V0YSmjWqVhUVTQYx-xnqOykTlj7IskMioQS1wAxXbdTBLIluGnQkZYwT7kfEIuHc1qqIZkaWqFExUm-v2dlpABjngv-FpNm17CE/s1600/IMG_8509.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzwwUIzp6HZjqQi0fxpGuWjRshceJ9isGOlVbhIB8V0YSmjWqVhUVTQYx-xnqOykTlj7IskMioQS1wAxXbdTBLIluGnQkZYwT7kfEIuHc1qqIZkaWqFExUm-v2dlpABjngv-FpNm17CE/s320/IMG_8509.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Dean made his signature shrimp remoulade.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPsSIRtb0afSHi1jbxbr1Eo9TBH9SCufnRbwNpZ88XQ65Ceya9toknBe9ec5dnjEiS1jY7ZFUwDOreTW4cb3mfUn77dLx_0dAJSgERuQXteMhg5rPNk77O_ZAa-rV3S8QXlCUSSrJgt0/s1600/IMG_8511.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPsSIRtb0afSHi1jbxbr1Eo9TBH9SCufnRbwNpZ88XQ65Ceya9toknBe9ec5dnjEiS1jY7ZFUwDOreTW4cb3mfUn77dLx_0dAJSgERuQXteMhg5rPNk77O_ZAa-rV3S8QXlCUSSrJgt0/s320/IMG_8511.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Here's a little bit of the spread.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBV6HYTYotsdZ2ggHcqM9BHaYirq1tSTLwDrOeqswNpsSDdJ-CYYSO47aEmB0bXQj5Q1FxEil7FMGYJ26CgPiLB0FS8eqFY2jmzxBFqBVNYL_hal0VU9Mm3JT7oA_fbEUCg-spddEdkEM/s1600/IMG_8516.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBV6HYTYotsdZ2ggHcqM9BHaYirq1tSTLwDrOeqswNpsSDdJ-CYYSO47aEmB0bXQj5Q1FxEil7FMGYJ26CgPiLB0FS8eqFY2jmzxBFqBVNYL_hal0VU9Mm3JT7oA_fbEUCg-spddEdkEM/s320/IMG_8516.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />We played some game that I forgot the name of, plus had a fire in the backyard, and lots of good times practicing for a big Dr. Fun performance at the hospital. Thanks to all the teenagers drafted to dance with me...and Joe, who danced briefly!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFS6z2i1-K_5Z1cwes1ULLZjMpaH9y_1AoXh7h3c-3-cjuMPBSqms4T402KRz38nq_G2HziJ72Y-_3rCNrThQKpwFcdTQtC_gStqAXoJiBb818PG4cvg5cKnYznxxTwv8EfQUMvs0EmE/s1600/IMG_8524.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFS6z2i1-K_5Z1cwes1ULLZjMpaH9y_1AoXh7h3c-3-cjuMPBSqms4T402KRz38nq_G2HziJ72Y-_3rCNrThQKpwFcdTQtC_gStqAXoJiBb818PG4cvg5cKnYznxxTwv8EfQUMvs0EmE/s320/IMG_8524.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="960" /></a><br /><br />So that was our Fall roundup, and next up will be the 6th annual GCGSW - stay tuned!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-20800610321458870622017-08-27T22:14:00.002-05:002017-08-27T22:14:53.341-05:00August Update...and My New Mission from GodRandom shot of downtown Mobile at night - police patrol on horseback! Very cool.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5ShGUgbdVDHkNVlmFWJVef5sUG_riWkSQhji_eDMyuVbtAWpH0m2ScEWixg_d_VeSTDsCpuKxsJ-ROfZOWoYs4H9h6fpeD9s3RsjDvjVJ4_hNJfVbBqwmNML4nHhad76ZbN9uOIqP0A/s1600/IMG_8113.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5ShGUgbdVDHkNVlmFWJVef5sUG_riWkSQhji_eDMyuVbtAWpH0m2ScEWixg_d_VeSTDsCpuKxsJ-ROfZOWoYs4H9h6fpeD9s3RsjDvjVJ4_hNJfVbBqwmNML4nHhad76ZbN9uOIqP0A/s320/IMG_8113.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />
We also went to the Journey concert at The Wharf in Orange Beach with friends, and this is in the ladies' restroom at a cigar bar - love it!
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Since Drew had a job as a waiter all summer (<i>thank you, God</i>), we didn't take a big vacation, but did do a deep sea fishing trip out of Orange Beach. This is Drew and his girlfriend, Camille...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo5X5JXZfaVD5gH-SJm-Y7PWDZ3rBMO3qWpossshIvD5e82p8-J56DF5UEG3S67iUMf5rH6CYR48FlIYLfD08RxDHiy-Hjmyl9w9ZWwx4dOXa8M6H7HxE_BQy3TXp27AkCSC1okWNd98/s1600/IMG_8028.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo5X5JXZfaVD5gH-SJm-Y7PWDZ3rBMO3qWpossshIvD5e82p8-J56DF5UEG3S67iUMf5rH6CYR48FlIYLfD08RxDHiy-Hjmyl9w9ZWwx4dOXa8M6H7HxE_BQy3TXp27AkCSC1okWNd98/s320/IMG_8028.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />and this is Camille's sad face when the guide told her she couldn't keep her triggerfish because it wasn't big enough.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0i9vSaMjOZEHto1CO1YAZSv_MsDNlaG5Ssso8zCXDiVX3bmBFo5r-j0k7GtE5tHNr3B5S-YfwOzPInihhxsIfdFSxud0QawZta4KahMV12jLRrFiFAd5LnhqQVJLgJMfm_B4UXnNdlg/s1600/IMG_8040.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0i9vSaMjOZEHto1CO1YAZSv_MsDNlaG5Ssso8zCXDiVX3bmBFo5r-j0k7GtE5tHNr3B5S-YfwOzPInihhxsIfdFSxud0QawZta4KahMV12jLRrFiFAd5LnhqQVJLgJMfm_B4UXnNdlg/s320/IMG_8040.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />I love that you can tell these are brothers, and not just by their haircuts and faces. I took them to Academy to get fishing shirts, and they chose the same style.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GOHgPJFY2qi3YVg1m-mMom-cBSmHRdyjRzGdj8buMSEtysNgmbWYiJ9ZzpA7DaDgdH7RFdLvCS7B6fsOLQM3yvKSa87C43pPgoHOr5P3DmEdf_06gZuse6T-5GG6Fr7RSDdWgb7rffQ/s1600/IMG_8051.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GOHgPJFY2qi3YVg1m-mMom-cBSmHRdyjRzGdj8buMSEtysNgmbWYiJ9ZzpA7DaDgdH7RFdLvCS7B6fsOLQM3yvKSa87C43pPgoHOr5P3DmEdf_06gZuse6T-5GG6Fr7RSDdWgb7rffQ/s320/IMG_8051.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Here's the entire haul - yum!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMX2iRCZv94FYsHLYcbRVSyelH_gTaCAPpcgzDUlHWBs7MgDaBM1HDKWip9xd1WQvqT2B2qHBaAt-oiOk4SHhkRP5JvjIv-nufo9O-jE-lLQTwYByzKLW6fjqYDshtZjGQ_lCuWKnMRds/s1600/IMG_8059.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMX2iRCZv94FYsHLYcbRVSyelH_gTaCAPpcgzDUlHWBs7MgDaBM1HDKWip9xd1WQvqT2B2qHBaAt-oiOk4SHhkRP5JvjIv-nufo9O-jE-lLQTwYByzKLW6fjqYDshtZjGQ_lCuWKnMRds/s320/IMG_8059.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Also, Lucas turned 15 and wanted to take friends to <a href="http://visitowa.com/">Owa</a>, so there he is just above the camera with legs flying around. I loved that place, but wait for the trees to mature or the weather to cool off one, because it is HOT! Nobody passed out, though, and the rides rival Six Flags over Georgia.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREz2KruqpX26iATJKM4u_9X_pXa9uenJuZRA9WRl_4vJrvIY3-mBhjB5LfK2-q6ojjpqYyIzueDcSIJIgGBJvl0YRAjnDDfEYqTgSxzLhMYuqAd8Ldcih5oknNmTZP9fcY5P3saGSacw/s1600/IMG_8117.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREz2KruqpX26iATJKM4u_9X_pXa9uenJuZRA9WRl_4vJrvIY3-mBhjB5LfK2-q6ojjpqYyIzueDcSIJIgGBJvl0YRAjnDDfEYqTgSxzLhMYuqAd8Ldcih5oknNmTZP9fcY5P3saGSacw/s320/IMG_8117.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />And now, the piece de resistance! This is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/silken-straw-summer-sweater">Silken Straw Summer Sweater</a> that I found yarn for last year during our Grand Canyon trip when we stopped in Flagstaff at a <a href="http://drfunlivinglavidaloca.blogspot.com/2016/06/wool-from-flagstaff-and-drew-time-lapse.html">fiber festival</a>. It took me 5 months to do it, but I finished it this weekend. Let's have a look...what a beautiful fabric it makes!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDly75iZJcqxnmoq33XyoU48K1eZwtk6fBT69aViCVh6b2T2PAUr1eP30SC-5PispMqLr_RvyF4IVKYgooSDUs7NMayosEbE67cv8jwA_KICqtxAEhGmhyyaNNGjcVMidYreiSBXER9A/s1600/IMG_8149.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDly75iZJcqxnmoq33XyoU48K1eZwtk6fBT69aViCVh6b2T2PAUr1eP30SC-5PispMqLr_RvyF4IVKYgooSDUs7NMayosEbE67cv8jwA_KICqtxAEhGmhyyaNNGjcVMidYreiSBXER9A/s320/IMG_8149.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />But a wee bit snugger than I was hoping for. Oh well, everybody on Ravelry says it grows, so I'm optimistic.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdtiR_F2nBv2bZtq4qkRyf5VWkeMcxdKWoxr-8pxS4vXm3stM_OiHgPrWglJBSKIT85YkV9HcA56LAt7NwgYIT4k9Upmt0DaHAg1RUAcEFw_hSAY7qI3VFbgPxGSQMGQQ08zETUo9Rgg/s1600/IMG_8146.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdtiR_F2nBv2bZtq4qkRyf5VWkeMcxdKWoxr-8pxS4vXm3stM_OiHgPrWglJBSKIT85YkV9HcA56LAt7NwgYIT4k9Upmt0DaHAg1RUAcEFw_hSAY7qI3VFbgPxGSQMGQQ08zETUo9Rgg/s320/IMG_8146.JPG" width="132" height="320" data-original-width="659" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Well yessiree, they were right! Ignore the mad face, I just make that a lot now that I'm 50. I do wish it wasn't that long, but I'll make it work with better bottoms...because Lucas said it looked "bad" with these pants.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8xLSN_xAc6_-gLHrbbNCD_FmowFPmzRfUXieHnoc0dTrG5nvN9Pyl-TseDkO2X6M_MS7590CMfF-rVRK3a73B8SbnOGrzCRIEdHDdqFPb0moXDzMUsuYXuMGc0AAbgh0Z8TxQEAYNkc/s1600/IMG_8230.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8xLSN_xAc6_-gLHrbbNCD_FmowFPmzRfUXieHnoc0dTrG5nvN9Pyl-TseDkO2X6M_MS7590CMfF-rVRK3a73B8SbnOGrzCRIEdHDdqFPb0moXDzMUsuYXuMGc0AAbgh0Z8TxQEAYNkc/s320/IMG_8230.JPG" width="161" height="320" data-original-width="803" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So here's the unblocked neckline, and I visited Heidi at <a href="http://www.mobileyarn.com/">Mobile Yarn</a> because it said to line the neck and arms with I-cord, but I couldn't do it, so she showed me a crab stitch, which is single crochet going backwards (to the right). That finishes it neatly and keeps the opening from growing like the length does.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqIFA-ykjjRO2ULgrLzklZoHwaWntJn1sT-HJg7iv1rdP25nnTnDsxY0JzZUtaRy5BV0_xkYB3zrQd2ywJK9vQyJw0vWqdfRhVn9gaYoP-X9H0qDoKZ92RBOz1GQ3L96oKa2e9wIg23k/s1600/IMG_8224.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqIFA-ykjjRO2ULgrLzklZoHwaWntJn1sT-HJg7iv1rdP25nnTnDsxY0JzZUtaRy5BV0_xkYB3zrQd2ywJK9vQyJw0vWqdfRhVn9gaYoP-X9H0qDoKZ92RBOz1GQ3L96oKa2e9wIg23k/s320/IMG_8224.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And here's that after blocking - what a difference!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-A9KAECd0e0Ag-h9T1SEjH6I4mJG8jrlk5JbxPuqIzYXSagrgMf5K5GJdbpMiTEk4NWmqS2spsjJTJ_lyI_UTUi5xzIDkft4opS06O17BgHa8VLU4uvG2LMogde8f5FkChZHcht-6Ao/s1600/IMG_8234.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-A9KAECd0e0Ag-h9T1SEjH6I4mJG8jrlk5JbxPuqIzYXSagrgMf5K5GJdbpMiTEk4NWmqS2spsjJTJ_lyI_UTUi5xzIDkft4opS06O17BgHa8VLU4uvG2LMogde8f5FkChZHcht-6Ao/s320/IMG_8234.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1280" data-original-height="960" /></a><br /><br />So yeah, it perfectly matches Dean's most-hated pair of pants I own, so I'll wear these out to dinner with the ladies at some point.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5tQKB0wBSaeQqpRnU34fjn_QTE62oZtZRc4w6TlTqift2wbJBYyA96UWBQopTyUdlVv9EALz65ePQ4z7ky2mEp9z2FnG11VVXj0wW7EQOMzc-ilNow_u5QE92umnbnMKDuU56eNqrz8/s1600/IMG_8237.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5tQKB0wBSaeQqpRnU34fjn_QTE62oZtZRc4w6TlTqift2wbJBYyA96UWBQopTyUdlVv9EALz65ePQ4z7ky2mEp9z2FnG11VVXj0wW7EQOMzc-ilNow_u5QE92umnbnMKDuU56eNqrz8/s320/IMG_8237.JPG" width="101" height="320" data-original-width="506" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And it's perfect with my CVS leggings! Now to find some leggings I can wear with it in public, since I stopped in Target tonight to get an appropriate camisole, as it is indeed see-through. And I have to be more careful with my blocking, as one side sags more than the other to the point that it looks asymmetric on purpose.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEB1FgEEa5UCg_cHmJydweJ-YwLPa9IA0dAevLZA9QU6FeHndoVah31sWRjv39RbF77j8nxPuzfH0wQtWQ5YOFSqb5zaOVBNBAawsdgU6jPRKhbHqWyD-1LshAkPrEvPazX9MNIewm9g/s1600/IMG_8238.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEB1FgEEa5UCg_cHmJydweJ-YwLPa9IA0dAevLZA9QU6FeHndoVah31sWRjv39RbF77j8nxPuzfH0wQtWQ5YOFSqb5zaOVBNBAawsdgU6jPRKhbHqWyD-1LshAkPrEvPazX9MNIewm9g/s320/IMG_8238.JPG" width="152" height="320" data-original-width="759" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />We break for an artistic potato chip dropped in the sand during Dean's birthday beach cookout at Fort McRae near Pensacola.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Rqy7UjkmS1QmUUtLvEHLBNWs_PRZ7WbNVhj1nWUCuOWXz0mBI52N0DJVNczcVpbL-GdfIFhnBBDBjQdQXW9mq5UrI7ieXPxYuqIvmvhmcYSWUgBOij_FWeLBobNQMlvm3PqhoGjSzy8/s1600/IMG_8200.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Rqy7UjkmS1QmUUtLvEHLBNWs_PRZ7WbNVhj1nWUCuOWXz0mBI52N0DJVNczcVpbL-GdfIFhnBBDBjQdQXW9mq5UrI7ieXPxYuqIvmvhmcYSWUgBOij_FWeLBobNQMlvm3PqhoGjSzy8/s320/IMG_8200.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And these are 7 of those ugly dolls that my MIL made in 2 weeks - yes, mine took me a month, and she made 7 in 2 weeks.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DMWwTrs2bSrHcK96Wuqt02qH8MRwiK44cIyxww1Bg2zVp-rifzh9YedtwAO9AZ-igOFqhIHQLg0Ay2wFgyJhD_UrXySuK6HmVr9Ldv62GEOxAlPspwBYlYP_JNsvsy_90i81wkxhmdQ/s1600/IMG_8191.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DMWwTrs2bSrHcK96Wuqt02qH8MRwiK44cIyxww1Bg2zVp-rifzh9YedtwAO9AZ-igOFqhIHQLg0Ay2wFgyJhD_UrXySuK6HmVr9Ldv62GEOxAlPspwBYlYP_JNsvsy_90i81wkxhmdQ/s320/IMG_8191.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />Okay, if you're still here, then I'll tell you about my mission from God. I had a patient who was waiting in the hospital almost 3 months for a heart transplant, and her mom said she could use a smile. I immediately thought about Lucas's videos, but they're a little violent, so I figured we could make a happy video instead, which also would mean starting a new YouTube channel to put it on. I asked for her favorite song, and enlisted Lucas to film my office staff dancing to it (Bruno Mars 24K Magic, if you can believe that). We did it in one take with no prior planning, and only one person knew the words, so that was rough, but I was happy with our effort. The evening after we filmed it I had to drive across the Bayway to go to a work function, and I got this sudden feeling that my patient wasn't going to make it. I mean I even started crying, but then it occurred to me that other kids might be stuck in the hospital and might like to see their own doctors dancing and being silly. This whole plan unfolded over the next 30 minutes or so, and I realized we could even film dances to encourage sedentary kids to get up and dance while they're watching the videos on their phones, and the patients could even request certain songs or doctors, etc. <br /><br />So that was a very weird thing, but I texted Lucas that I'd pay him extra to get the thing edited and uploaded before he went to bed so I could send it to my patient's mom that night. The next day at 10 AM, a doctor from the hospital called to tell me my patient's heart stopped, but they were working on her. That's when I knew that God put that whole plan in my head. She ended up living with the help of machines for another week before she died. And that's all I have to say about that. <br /><br />So we've made 4 videos with a 5th one due out next week, and this is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPmTz_FotH4">biggest one</a> so far that we filmed at the hospital. Pretty good work for a 15-year-old with an iPhone camera, I think, and his editing is superb! Feel free to share it with anybody who could use a smile.Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-13754091109295532017-07-02T18:18:00.000-05:002017-07-02T18:18:16.257-05:00June RoundupYeah, maybe I'll just start doing seasonal posts, since I'm so bad at keeping up with everything. So I decided to go after that boyshort I tried a few years ago when I first attempted a swimsuit,
and I forgot the puny little lining McCall's thinks will suffice. They literally tell you to lay it on either side of the inseam and sew it like this, and you're done!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwFnGy-nUdLAv9u56_OUqPy8c3bYG6bwhiAJ8bUeDouF7PKQAfsR4D5CpgEfY28OBzjx10Rd56EWKf1YWBPjntjiXHqqunEMkYpIlr4xjh5JGNpmyst3mzEihKf5vDmxX5EN_uJ2Jy1o/s1600/IMG_7894.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwFnGy-nUdLAv9u56_OUqPy8c3bYG6bwhiAJ8bUeDouF7PKQAfsR4D5CpgEfY28OBzjx10Rd56EWKf1YWBPjntjiXHqqunEMkYpIlr4xjh5JGNpmyst3mzEihKf5vDmxX5EN_uJ2Jy1o/s320/IMG_7894.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />
This is looking down into it - they don't even have you secure the other end - I thought it would be caught in the leg hem, but nope!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98i3CbkNzQFvXRvfV_qOqrhyI15f1Eg3nc4ZkuK081jm2vUTovHDUO7gyAZHsbVm6dNg80nUUfvA5cT6sYlJymOm4GdaawJnn0AdrWZBMqFta4v8dB2pb8cYzbTZPl78GFyeQZ8-L8pI/s1600/IMG_7896.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98i3CbkNzQFvXRvfV_qOqrhyI15f1Eg3nc4ZkuK081jm2vUTovHDUO7gyAZHsbVm6dNg80nUUfvA5cT6sYlJymOm4GdaawJnn0AdrWZBMqFta4v8dB2pb8cYzbTZPl78GFyeQZ8-L8pI/s320/IMG_7896.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So of course I opted to make a-whole-nother (<i>that should be a word</i>) bottom out of black lining then slide it inside and sew them together with the waistband and leg hems. Now I used my Jalie running short waistband to buy some tummy coverage, and that turned out great, but the legs...not so much. Here's my view of the left leg treated like a bikini bottom with elastic, and the right leg has the leg band from Jalie. The problem is that the boyshort is still too large at the bottom, so it looks like I'm wearing a diaper cover or something.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY-LN6-ZamUylt8C4qY5pRKvzgVxEVTdkfpVYcq-MyiyC4tRYdD1sO-6BPn0w5I5kQobpXyP3j2LKf-KAif4FxTJaGLq0O534scGqQYDfNENyMevlrFzUeRB6F3gu-dyCL4QnlbjEXEk/s1600/IMG_8007.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY-LN6-ZamUylt8C4qY5pRKvzgVxEVTdkfpVYcq-MyiyC4tRYdD1sO-6BPn0w5I5kQobpXyP3j2LKf-KAif4FxTJaGLq0O534scGqQYDfNENyMevlrFzUeRB6F3gu-dyCL4QnlbjEXEk/s320/IMG_8007.JPG" width="320" height="82" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="409" /></a><br /><br />I don't think you can tell from here, but Lucas immediately started shaking his head and declared it looked like I was trying to wear boy's shorts....which is EXACTLY what I'm trying to do! He thought the whole look was ridiculous. Drew had already told me the elastic treatment was terrible, but he also agreed the banded leg was no better. So I guess I'll chop these back down to regular swimsuit legs and add elastic. So much for trying to hide the cellulite!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AB9ArDugo22_KflgSFPIU6eKMpbs3VEKuXadXjOtAnOZAyeHv832fvRxEYMk6Z4VNi9XN5NkcFbK6-yObN4omuEoD8HKiuTq5AF_jaKwnvcIHj_ol0IvgotONbNTUWqVDy5e70tpVb8/s1600/IMG_8010.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AB9ArDugo22_KflgSFPIU6eKMpbs3VEKuXadXjOtAnOZAyeHv832fvRxEYMk6Z4VNi9XN5NkcFbK6-yObN4omuEoD8HKiuTq5AF_jaKwnvcIHj_ol0IvgotONbNTUWqVDy5e70tpVb8/s320/IMG_8010.JPG" width="125" height="320" data-original-width="623" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />In other news, I tried my hand at gardening...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr86Ai0Kdggn_LTiAtkfwPjCPR5Xt3mPEZvB6F7U-cIGA_TmoU2HugBWy_TbEsHLtw8sEuB4lsfi4QvL1QRSweNtzDdMO6QO1_E-SSrenlQfIv3pTgIPx6QquNeideaxIGp7XKRX6DWzE/s1600/IMG_7900.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr86Ai0Kdggn_LTiAtkfwPjCPR5Xt3mPEZvB6F7U-cIGA_TmoU2HugBWy_TbEsHLtw8sEuB4lsfi4QvL1QRSweNtzDdMO6QO1_E-SSrenlQfIv3pTgIPx6QquNeideaxIGp7XKRX6DWzE/s320/IMG_7900.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />and don't you wonder what's buried under there? Lucas also said it looked like a gravesite. Amazingly, 4 of those 6 plants are still alive!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaALnOyMVdz-BI0G5oWVZA_aY6BLzfYHFdvVa3tayr3N1kTyjNigL7HF2dU9Ycx0JePRPlCPiTdWri_YM2GHgapDdsFgG9G_k2WjykS7XexoQoKYrrP9E8vZ8AiFNFVHiyMCpVvgqFuDw/s1600/IMG_7901.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaALnOyMVdz-BI0G5oWVZA_aY6BLzfYHFdvVa3tayr3N1kTyjNigL7HF2dU9Ycx0JePRPlCPiTdWri_YM2GHgapDdsFgG9G_k2WjykS7XexoQoKYrrP9E8vZ8AiFNFVHiyMCpVvgqFuDw/s320/IMG_7901.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />As are both of these lilies...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BU38umFhE9x_dkRS6W0D6Re3SjuWM3TWYeBhQe3ilRzuWiczgytDvO9Mb-QZWSXSqZY1ApIB_K2cB7ZEkRZZQjQLx19sUJRb4cBUnGFsGqEZ7rGplu2CueNLFEPoV0cBixEdGpXEwpc/s1600/IMG_7902.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BU38umFhE9x_dkRS6W0D6Re3SjuWM3TWYeBhQe3ilRzuWiczgytDvO9Mb-QZWSXSqZY1ApIB_K2cB7ZEkRZZQjQLx19sUJRb4cBUnGFsGqEZ7rGplu2CueNLFEPoV0cBixEdGpXEwpc/s320/IMG_7902.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />which actually sprouted even more blooms a week after I planted them.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZFYV7Avktpo1xhXv_73YHzjRq_950mat0whh3Yz2LBQK1jUW8jCAqw0-y7OkL8nS2o7EzrG310MuKjwQV3y82fXtP-ctL2vGHRm_UTSpVmBlTLEPs8XQcyzIjHBxzdLZVBf79i1rw4U/s1600/IMG_7903.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZFYV7Avktpo1xhXv_73YHzjRq_950mat0whh3Yz2LBQK1jUW8jCAqw0-y7OkL8nS2o7EzrG310MuKjwQV3y82fXtP-ctL2vGHRm_UTSpVmBlTLEPs8XQcyzIjHBxzdLZVBf79i1rw4U/s320/IMG_7903.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And in homemade food, Lucas helped me make the "tableta" that we had in Belize, which is a bag of coconut flakes, a can of pet milk, and 2 cups of sugar, and was WAY too sweet, though tasty.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXRNIDo9xv_YdquRdQm_nddlBVHmKwixw1nQJRpGj30hEFrK9n6vPrFbgOY7Nln5BGZ7pRQ8k9sUcWIcQrlrLYQQT_OxsZq0PzJ3d3sHonCM3Nl7yN244_9cDKYkfoudd8dustBCwi1g/s1600/IMG_7928.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXRNIDo9xv_YdquRdQm_nddlBVHmKwixw1nQJRpGj30hEFrK9n6vPrFbgOY7Nln5BGZ7pRQ8k9sUcWIcQrlrLYQQT_OxsZq0PzJ3d3sHonCM3Nl7yN244_9cDKYkfoudd8dustBCwi1g/s320/IMG_7928.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And my Mom got a homemade butter-maker that is a mason jar with a spinner that you turn for about 15 minutes till you've made butter from your cream. Don't forget to add a little salt.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggo43gPJ-euevaHKkW9gnG3mnqZEYVaqdhX93jLMa6V9wF2RHColKlCMAVaEJGh4gf_zwp4f6Y8ZZ5wFar0AbEwwv0Z7INv0wehuy3-DCJlvJqPSpNSLhQEQP-ghyphenhyphenX9uCZ45vi-5Yp1gI/s1600/IMG_7932.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggo43gPJ-euevaHKkW9gnG3mnqZEYVaqdhX93jLMa6V9wF2RHColKlCMAVaEJGh4gf_zwp4f6Y8ZZ5wFar0AbEwwv0Z7INv0wehuy3-DCJlvJqPSpNSLhQEQP-ghyphenhyphenX9uCZ45vi-5Yp1gI/s320/IMG_7932.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And these would be the French sandwiches Lucas made for Dean on Father's Day.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjDhr9pWR_j5U3qdcY8c5f4cqsKUK2ES12pJOnlp-PSF2_mGgXK_8lPrWltW5YNw2r9Wv4ULsd1HqssvwwvGEwsdqcAhTj30sXQcmZjy0phPFhxU-URlBAnE2QiI3gGp_cR4U5brIsaI/s1600/IMG_7956.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjDhr9pWR_j5U3qdcY8c5f4cqsKUK2ES12pJOnlp-PSF2_mGgXK_8lPrWltW5YNw2r9Wv4ULsd1HqssvwwvGEwsdqcAhTj30sXQcmZjy0phPFhxU-URlBAnE2QiI3gGp_cR4U5brIsaI/s320/IMG_7956.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Here's Robbie and me sporting our Alabama Chanin-wear into Ruby Tuesday's for lunch! Robbie's dress was beautiful - wish I caught a picture of the whole thing. And I stretched my shirt out enough to wear it with the blue AC skirt, but not one person said a thing about it at work, though I got plenty of weird looks. That always lets you know that they think it's odd and they don't know what to say. Oh well....
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEzFYdzxfkV3Ruv7_3_c88lhkUjhWjvAijeugYw5IyYWgQTr6ivBJ-rnGy78gXqljWjGNVT3iKRwQTu9nkVRdupMmaVLY7Bd1azBiJcHYeBhPalLv2ldKP-eHLs168CyCB3jWl6PHHAo/s1600/IMG_7937.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEzFYdzxfkV3Ruv7_3_c88lhkUjhWjvAijeugYw5IyYWgQTr6ivBJ-rnGy78gXqljWjGNVT3iKRwQTu9nkVRdupMmaVLY7Bd1azBiJcHYeBhPalLv2ldKP-eHLs168CyCB3jWl6PHHAo/s320/IMG_7937.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="960" data-original-height="1280" /></a><br /><br />Let's pause for a couple of gorgeous sunsets from Fisher's in Orange Beach...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKeuldCmVnajlADX72BU6dlRPDtve6UBF9QgwjxCUL0HIEuKevfvbO4AmqvmjcCsoZWUrvzLTQfqo7t_ajhO0yGVYl0PblXRLOZUwVRaRQWdLT-Mrs1kwdmGHITpKQ1xHRItW5mSMzZ0/s1600/IMG_7950.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKeuldCmVnajlADX72BU6dlRPDtve6UBF9QgwjxCUL0HIEuKevfvbO4AmqvmjcCsoZWUrvzLTQfqo7t_ajhO0yGVYl0PblXRLOZUwVRaRQWdLT-Mrs1kwdmGHITpKQ1xHRItW5mSMzZ0/s320/IMG_7950.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyxHk6h5iio-DU6yHlOZrTeohqr6bgVbTFqDZohYZsnrN5iAmpyYZ8FArZrMuwFYzEiEGzo_k8RMIKtQUlnfU51-gGyEl3jNonpAym4ZnAeAj6D2ahphJJxzVix_rOrddVzsCmja2BD4/s1600/IMG_7951.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyxHk6h5iio-DU6yHlOZrTeohqr6bgVbTFqDZohYZsnrN5iAmpyYZ8FArZrMuwFYzEiEGzo_k8RMIKtQUlnfU51-gGyEl3jNonpAym4ZnAeAj6D2ahphJJxzVix_rOrddVzsCmja2BD4/s320/IMG_7951.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><br /><br />
And in knitting news, here's a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-little-kindness-monster">Little Kindness Monster</a> I knitted for <a href="http://www.mobileyarn.com/home.html">Mobile Yarn</a> to donate to abused children.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqTUIKCVRI76nL2WBY7ISyB40dJq7zYQ2wjVR7JHOX64DFvlLQCG_q_Vk_1g-oUB30VLpJYuQBbqsMGD1y31wIsoDMMfSU-dfhyD7HN_nKRsVY5vtXgaHBzoYD4oSTFSNbIcWEP6LaSI/s1600/IMG_7958.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqTUIKCVRI76nL2WBY7ISyB40dJq7zYQ2wjVR7JHOX64DFvlLQCG_q_Vk_1g-oUB30VLpJYuQBbqsMGD1y31wIsoDMMfSU-dfhyD7HN_nKRsVY5vtXgaHBzoYD4oSTFSNbIcWEP6LaSI/s320/IMG_7958.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />What a cute little hat!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuU2EEqhE7GGOZFzcUc1_LxzheK3siwVjydEa4VQ5sEC5ohN-qr91__YLOEM63wJnE4vIgWb9B-u73rPPSfsbwcpR5l0R8lSN__67gwuCAHU4fo3dIUxAhKAsBmxCl0xPGN97yPNWPAoQ/s1600/IMG_7959.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuU2EEqhE7GGOZFzcUc1_LxzheK3siwVjydEa4VQ5sEC5ohN-qr91__YLOEM63wJnE4vIgWb9B-u73rPPSfsbwcpR5l0R8lSN__67gwuCAHU4fo3dIUxAhKAsBmxCl0xPGN97yPNWPAoQ/s320/IMG_7959.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Lucas wanted me to leave the mouth off, because he said maybe the kid would have a bad secret to tell it, and now it's smirking when it should remain non-judgmental. Hmmm....
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxlTdQtp10kHrydB1mfrnbxlWo703l0hkLyPNeTLasaIqNEIvmYpBdk3-9ao_WR7FVB3V83mGFShwdAJiCpfO2b618YkDOiQOaQWGpuCy3ur4kN3dw8epttN2WfrcSk5gAdxHlQPMOo8/s1600/IMG_7961.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxlTdQtp10kHrydB1mfrnbxlWo703l0hkLyPNeTLasaIqNEIvmYpBdk3-9ao_WR7FVB3V83mGFShwdAJiCpfO2b618YkDOiQOaQWGpuCy3ur4kN3dw8epttN2WfrcSk5gAdxHlQPMOo8/s320/IMG_7961.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />And FINALLY, Drew decided he needed new shirts, but clarified that he wanted to MAKE his new shirts. He figured if he's going in the military after college he needs to know how to sew, though I'm not sure who told him they'd have machines set up. Anyway, I got a Kwik Sew pattern and cut it out for him.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymX_JShZPaaMc2NBCyJJCQHvp0ywKXj1Hh5eYdM8hIW81ob9xuTl-NniXSZovFTTCQLRTgj5H3jEsZyAEAcTT9PospWwaSLjrQGlaaLIKdfcBe2p-MAA-mCtJmM3U6cJpTt6oUskpgwo/s1600/IMG_7966.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymX_JShZPaaMc2NBCyJJCQHvp0ywKXj1Hh5eYdM8hIW81ob9xuTl-NniXSZovFTTCQLRTgj5H3jEsZyAEAcTT9PospWwaSLjrQGlaaLIKdfcBe2p-MAA-mCtJmM3U6cJpTt6oUskpgwo/s320/IMG_7966.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />So this isn't too bad for his very first V-neck which we only basted, but why in the world did Kwik Sew make the band so wide? Obviously we'll go back and fix that, but he also discovered that he has to grade out at the waist since it's tight over the belly.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSC1XQcRgF9ZdrZIteAzicgOsx55IyOskDGQX_ZmhXHkJJzqmNRStWmANaovpn2K9FQKmvimEgXRr9lqBh7cUxu6Dp-IKCoMIrgR-yP3LTCYsSJCqcPj7_hITlM9HQr1o1gTc6aIIJKY/s1600/IMG_7967.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSC1XQcRgF9ZdrZIteAzicgOsx55IyOskDGQX_ZmhXHkJJzqmNRStWmANaovpn2K9FQKmvimEgXRr9lqBh7cUxu6Dp-IKCoMIrgR-yP3LTCYsSJCqcPj7_hITlM9HQr1o1gTc6aIIJKY/s320/IMG_7967.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />From the back, this looks like a folded-over collar, but it fits him well through the shoulders, so he's happy with it.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7ZaGMU-DJjQAVPQRn7Z9pKLX1pnkwIk1g0pqmrdMfRWnakAimrmXy4K3N_jHgpmATypnXv2M3Yk0lM3llDfGytcnLkxmTalwwX8FFTYq99gGTMAbmEeL7c73pUhyltJl49A2bJWzmUE/s1600/IMG_7968.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7ZaGMU-DJjQAVPQRn7Z9pKLX1pnkwIk1g0pqmrdMfRWnakAimrmXy4K3N_jHgpmATypnXv2M3Yk0lM3llDfGytcnLkxmTalwwX8FFTYq99gGTMAbmEeL7c73pUhyltJl49A2bJWzmUE/s320/IMG_7968.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Oh, and it was my birthday yesterday, so here's a neat hair clip my sister sent me. Check out <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/twinkleglow">her website</a> if you put your hair up!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHSYndaNxs-qxf26mkSFlSeTwB25NIZoAAYNDBpDb2akJFZizcjg7VsOrqPWM9XLQkaEstZVG59dyY_-OAfUDb6p4PEQitt1THVVbPyOlYNr9nnNKTNvlTrh8UOVGj19vR6HfCYaxtxI/s1600/IMG_7983.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHSYndaNxs-qxf26mkSFlSeTwB25NIZoAAYNDBpDb2akJFZizcjg7VsOrqPWM9XLQkaEstZVG59dyY_-OAfUDb6p4PEQitt1THVVbPyOlYNr9nnNKTNvlTrh8UOVGj19vR6HfCYaxtxI/s320/IMG_7983.JPG" width="268" height="320" data-original-width="1341" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />We had a lovely dinner, then Dean surprised me with tickets to the Molly Ringwalds concert downtown (<i>because this is my big 5-0 and that's an 80's band - I didn't stop dancing for 2 hours</i>)! Can't you tell Lucas is excited to be there for the festivities?! Maybe he's sad because he didn't get to go to the concert.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5MV9ukOtZxKZcqz66cyNNRkjp3hWZsFr1M1mCUMzgq-g6z7OxJAby1DX7rbwR_b5zXpcJWHJoDSVknhaPPHPL7MRS6EDxQS7egblmLkSQojdcPaKILNBz8CNz1e6H_Pd87Exc6VFsFs/s1600/IMG_8002.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5MV9ukOtZxKZcqz66cyNNRkjp3hWZsFr1M1mCUMzgq-g6z7OxJAby1DX7rbwR_b5zXpcJWHJoDSVknhaPPHPL7MRS6EDxQS7egblmLkSQojdcPaKILNBz8CNz1e6H_Pd87Exc6VFsFs/s320/IMG_8002.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><br /><br />Okay, what have you been up to, and what are you doing for the 4th? And yes, Robbie and I will be having another Alabama Chanin airbrush day when the weather cools off, so start collecting your fabric!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-76052355055299836462017-05-20T16:08:00.000-05:002017-05-20T16:08:23.386-05:00Mother's Day RoundupIt's been a somewhat eventful month - we'll get to the crafting first. I finished the Alabama Chanin T-shirt embellished with daisies that I found on the internet (one daisy, and scattered them on the shirt).
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFzXm23CkxTBH56F5r-ZXAoijyXZzHszzQ5LM8KjLzQgj5JFiW60ikc5FyK9mkfhzybaSs2ZARoqisoPk1z1NrMLgEMXZrqt3-1bn81ylX6CnUHSX4F9bRygXFgwKKcaKkdoy7lQ0pdc/s1600/IMG_7858.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFzXm23CkxTBH56F5r-ZXAoijyXZzHszzQ5LM8KjLzQgj5JFiW60ikc5FyK9mkfhzybaSs2ZARoqisoPk1z1NrMLgEMXZrqt3-1bn81ylX6CnUHSX4F9bRygXFgwKKcaKkdoy7lQ0pdc/s320/IMG_7858.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />Apparently I used an old pattern, or I gained weight since I haven't been running lately, or something, because this sucker is TIGHT!
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<br />I was hoping to wear it to work, despite both boys' opinions that it looks VERY homemade due to the neck and armhole stitching, and the outside knots at the center of each daisy, but for now it has to be home only.
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<br />I'm thinking of adding gussets on the sides, though, to widen it at the hips, since I have more of that T-shirt material left. I think I must've meant to use a pattern from the Craftsy Sewing with Knits class that fits nicely over the hips and that I've made 2 shirts from for work. Dangit! Don't you hate it when you're in love with something until the end and then it disappoints? Very depressing.
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<br />Here's a beautiful carved Indian elephant that a student gave me as a gift - one piece of wood and can you see the baby inside? Bet this guy wasn't depressed when he finished carving this!
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<br />And one night we came back home at night to find 3 HUGE owls sitting on a neighbors' mailbox. They took off right in front of us, then one sat glaring at us from a tree before flying away - very cool.
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So here's our awesome Mother's Day weekend. We went to the beach and Drew's girlfriend joined us since she's gotten a summer job nearby. Lucas was truly thrilled to drive the boat - despite the face and non-chalant attitude.
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<br />Beautiful weather to head to Fort McRae!
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<br />Jake jumped in and out of the boat himself, despite this also being his 11th birthday, and had fun in the water.
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<br />When we got home, Drew cooked teriyaki salmon with vegetables for me.
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<br />Lucas gave me a first aid kit for my purse and a jewelry holder, but I don't have a pic of them - boo.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbJs8v80SVT063leLKKcnst1b56hPo0psQPL-XWKwSr0QHE-yhCra7Yn_NV3qk25DctIX8tae491NNGbNoFF9Rmb7GxM9encI1FygrVx_JWXgxAQtgzXrFWMhN_PxI0rItgyBQ5D5LOM/s1600/IMG_7883.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbJs8v80SVT063leLKKcnst1b56hPo0psQPL-XWKwSr0QHE-yhCra7Yn_NV3qk25DctIX8tae491NNGbNoFF9Rmb7GxM9encI1FygrVx_JWXgxAQtgzXrFWMhN_PxI0rItgyBQ5D5LOM/s320/IMG_7883.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />Jake was worn out, as expected, but apparently he also picked up something, because the next day he went out in the morning to pee and wouldn't come back in. He just lay on the porch and refused to get up all day, so I ran him up to the vet when I got home, and he had a temperature of 105! The hypothesis was near heatstroke due to arthritis flare from all the activity, but the x-rays and labs all showed he was perfectly healthy for his age. The poor baby wouldn't meet any of us at the door for a couple of days, and went about 5 days without eating his dog food. He did eat cheese wrapped around pain medicine, and is slowly getting back to normal, but it was pitiful to watch him avoid us and pant like he was running a marathon.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaBBc2Tak0jpCWu_kvpocuAg2D4XZvDxHKX7cFEStkTRrjhG-zNt_u9uKh2_2mS56-KYphwOjgkzzXOLmZuOga_ukYE799dLwheSjMbcZrT3r8dFeUXEC5W4jAzX4xtEf-Ud9r_zmxOs/s1600/IMG_7893.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaBBc2Tak0jpCWu_kvpocuAg2D4XZvDxHKX7cFEStkTRrjhG-zNt_u9uKh2_2mS56-KYphwOjgkzzXOLmZuOga_ukYE799dLwheSjMbcZrT3r8dFeUXEC5W4jAzX4xtEf-Ud9r_zmxOs/s320/IMG_7893.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br />So he's more active today and actually ate his breakfast on his own - hooray! Now I'm off to rescue that shirt and figure out which pattern I should've used. Hope you're having a productive weekend!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-54753374582400319122017-04-30T20:04:00.000-05:002017-04-30T20:04:18.492-05:00Jonesin' for Alabama ChaninHowdy - it's been awhile! I finally finished my 8 weeks to do a bunch of teaching and be co-director of an actual class, so that explains the absence. I've been continuing to pump out cotton dishrags for people, and here's one of those:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFBGES1D4o-i4wFeo5ttjXvf4Mi8f-Adq3g_uuKmqHPk6D2ErZVGwreamN7YsxBQCBmbch3T2SqU4i2tSmwDIqmKR4nRJzavzx7yjxy2VTtLDxc_H5ESBdpv_80QHDvNfmRzd87Tdev4/s1600/IMG_7739.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFBGES1D4o-i4wFeo5ttjXvf4Mi8f-Adq3g_uuKmqHPk6D2ErZVGwreamN7YsxBQCBmbch3T2SqU4i2tSmwDIqmKR4nRJzavzx7yjxy2VTtLDxc_H5ESBdpv_80QHDvNfmRzd87Tdev4/s320/IMG_7739.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />And I was pining for a camping trip, so I emailed Drew to see if he and his friends were up for it if I came up and paid for the sites, but I never heard back from him. Dean and Lucas weren't feeling it either, and they went out of town while I was on call one weekend, so I set this up in about 30 minutes and camped my DAMN self!
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gQh1C-SC0IOJE76u4NBNhAE9vHK5UyFhlVCAqcJEh_-Dxw-nzfq7JQOZqSjq4yQU5ey6QcytvFWhzEAzLozyMmQp6pmGxlddHEtrHKw9w6Aijw_sJ__KIV2e5Dpcy6heWGlSHtG2H6w/s1600/IMG_7813.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gQh1C-SC0IOJE76u4NBNhAE9vHK5UyFhlVCAqcJEh_-Dxw-nzfq7JQOZqSjq4yQU5ey6QcytvFWhzEAzLozyMmQp6pmGxlddHEtrHKw9w6Aijw_sJ__KIV2e5Dpcy6heWGlSHtG2H6w/s320/IMG_7813.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCHKD_o0pCqhJGEF5MQVdqMDpvw9nJuRq0ue2OlVYAAzyeteh-LrnH6BzwxkcHOGy9SXsYREN3uWFAxz_1zTQYBhv6bKCAuX-fWblFe2fZCbYJbWW51aeVTWvuyJtaNkMVXJAx2fUDkQ/s1600/IMG_7828.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCHKD_o0pCqhJGEF5MQVdqMDpvw9nJuRq0ue2OlVYAAzyeteh-LrnH6BzwxkcHOGy9SXsYREN3uWFAxz_1zTQYBhv6bKCAuX-fWblFe2fZCbYJbWW51aeVTWvuyJtaNkMVXJAx2fUDkQ/s320/IMG_7828.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />And back home (<i>after a painful return trip getting stuck in Houston overnight following an aborted takeoff - THAT's fun!</i>), I had an urge to make an AC Tshirt. Our local NBC anchor wore a dress that was pink with yellow showing through cutouts that reminded me of AC, so that sent me upstairs looking for the right Tshirts. This is what I found, a heathered gray Gators shirt, and the remnants of a blue shirt I used earlier for the crocheted bathroom rug.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOPk7od9SLYTeYXHiTLnrmnNzcmL2vOGLfJgX6he7bxHc4rsNokYgjLushN5EFYQ898qgLTy2H_5wxaf5qv0rvHdaNPJMYooL_6vIBbqdKra59MaoaydW8yWp5L7pGgmAoiZwl6z8Vjs/s1600/IMG_7841.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOPk7od9SLYTeYXHiTLnrmnNzcmL2vOGLfJgX6he7bxHc4rsNokYgjLushN5EFYQ898qgLTy2H_5wxaf5qv0rvHdaNPJMYooL_6vIBbqdKra59MaoaydW8yWp5L7pGgmAoiZwl6z8Vjs/s320/IMG_7841.JPG" width="320" height="274" /></a><br /><br />I drew a couple of ideas from polka dots to the Alabama Chanin spirals, and pored through all her books, then decided on daisies, which I found on Google. All my airbrushing stuff and other stencils are at the beach, so Lucas loaned me an Exacto knife and I cut one daisy out of a coffee box.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY10XcrGZ8ti3RUMyA3eLzMYDU2UK83A8GpcM9uNQ9aqUdgocC-G89FvqijtuldrReIMtN4JHtQaAAuUhRgVhgxG87Dxg3WNcoJsWe1CZKa1HmnBWlBBV6dUbz4kUpJ3AyQYCYgPbd60g/s1600/IMG_7842.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY10XcrGZ8ti3RUMyA3eLzMYDU2UK83A8GpcM9uNQ9aqUdgocC-G89FvqijtuldrReIMtN4JHtQaAAuUhRgVhgxG87Dxg3WNcoJsWe1CZKa1HmnBWlBBV6dUbz4kUpJ3AyQYCYgPbd60g/s320/IMG_7842.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />At first I was planning an all-over pattern, but then I decided on a cluster over the right shoulder.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5akQ9IQmsQJfgwX9JobMteAaHy72bW1OiaYOhjuJqxrb15N-p0XenuEITDm66_RQbalAMKWQtRhhUgVyQ1yuSqqPwjYwHK6g3ld7viH3QPGFG9yFIQBDtyjM29ZuCF1AkHBKChYw5ZjI/s1600/IMG_7843.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5akQ9IQmsQJfgwX9JobMteAaHy72bW1OiaYOhjuJqxrb15N-p0XenuEITDm66_RQbalAMKWQtRhhUgVyQ1yuSqqPwjYwHK6g3ld7viH3QPGFG9yFIQBDtyjM29ZuCF1AkHBKChYw5ZjI/s320/IMG_7843.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />Maybe I'll put a few on the opposite hip, too. I'll let ya' know how it turns out!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5pv3j9-FFBTVO-a0zio4AXgXkJkcde8Xs_E3rYBa4oDlhGqmTVcZqjTc1abswGH9GfDfX7mpXbqNJ70OKkWndIVsez46rAimcsEl7LdpkwsVn1lfWr9Xrd_r0mxhvFhyphenhyphen0AvYkhmaE0Y/s1600/IMG_7845.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5pv3j9-FFBTVO-a0zio4AXgXkJkcde8Xs_E3rYBa4oDlhGqmTVcZqjTc1abswGH9GfDfX7mpXbqNJ70OKkWndIVsez46rAimcsEl7LdpkwsVn1lfWr9Xrd_r0mxhvFhyphenhyphen0AvYkhmaE0Y/s320/IMG_7845.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />So whatchoo been up to? Got big plans for the summer? Wanna get together and airbrush some cotton?!Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-31386082824695794142017-04-02T18:36:00.000-05:002017-04-02T18:36:00.018-05:00Spring UpdateHelloooo! Been a little busy lately, how 'bout you? I've still been knitting, but I also just got back from a meeting in Portland, OR, and have been giving lots of lectures, etc. Let's have a look. I just like this picture of Lucas and Jake sharing a moment on the porch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg8KD7xCl_sR7aUrfkh6KZ1Vas0w3ubpujR5_6vryGOJJmQhRaApJSVdBYE77bcvRFqHuFK9Q77LJup13n5XmWGm1-epVbOlW8VSdCEHDNxJ6l-COTlSgDyr8uO04Zop9EPyFK7UdaJk/s1600/IMG_7650.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg8KD7xCl_sR7aUrfkh6KZ1Vas0w3ubpujR5_6vryGOJJmQhRaApJSVdBYE77bcvRFqHuFK9Q77LJup13n5XmWGm1-epVbOlW8VSdCEHDNxJ6l-COTlSgDyr8uO04Zop9EPyFK7UdaJk/s320/IMG_7650.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />This is a pack of striped cotton yarn I got to make dishcloths - I really should think of something else to make with this stuff, or else I'll have to open an Etsy store to sell them!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx27IOLd5fygDQSsTJaD7MbznMo69yLu20lBfmwwoN1YM0fk1VROup5rokT1HpjD8yMlWvvi-gIOBjlHr8x8BPmmBLmtU-qnWGSwu0_8wR8mSBlFuPILSWDETbyYU9M1wF2TMy-cfrpDg/s1600/IMG_7658.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx27IOLd5fygDQSsTJaD7MbznMo69yLu20lBfmwwoN1YM0fk1VROup5rokT1HpjD8yMlWvvi-gIOBjlHr8x8BPmmBLmtU-qnWGSwu0_8wR8mSBlFuPILSWDETbyYU9M1wF2TMy-cfrpDg/s320/IMG_7658.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />This is a few of the hats my MIL and her friends have been making for our NICU babies...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyL-s1NfriBWUfLJvGTt_aN7wuluF0BOk1azcp7YGrrunwMLlwDn2CFH2Xb4dVFhhGnRspRsNo3pDWrFQHCBgGUxuaNyA3NUEZuRNMhyphenhyphenuwgMb7bw6IN7q6vyd0qU6d2SOlWBwYJD_QO8/s1600/IMG_7663.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyL-s1NfriBWUfLJvGTt_aN7wuluF0BOk1azcp7YGrrunwMLlwDn2CFH2Xb4dVFhhGnRspRsNo3pDWrFQHCBgGUxuaNyA3NUEZuRNMhyphenhyphenuwgMb7bw6IN7q6vyd0qU6d2SOlWBwYJD_QO8/s320/IMG_7663.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />and just a couple of the blankets. These ladies are so creative with the colors and patterns - they freehand these things!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AUVzG2tQqZWlxr2CdgH2KBNxDBXV1Tvstgt0roR2i28IQdqN1a4LWRM7VT93PNbjKNOfRGZaO5QDcXpJohYIdOfJO4wJ8lyUewTz1o_pmh3oSdYjvGCadK-q4AUbMAh07_dO9shg4kg/s1600/IMG_7664.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AUVzG2tQqZWlxr2CdgH2KBNxDBXV1Tvstgt0roR2i28IQdqN1a4LWRM7VT93PNbjKNOfRGZaO5QDcXpJohYIdOfJO4wJ8lyUewTz1o_pmh3oSdYjvGCadK-q4AUbMAh07_dO9shg4kg/s320/IMG_7664.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />So last weekend Dean and I ran the Azalea Train Run 10K, and I shaved a minute or two off my time. Did a 11:47 minute mile - woohoo! I took a couple of pics just because this is the only downhill portion, and you can see I'm behind hundreds of people way off in the distance.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDP364-JaMZboagy_V3Wea2NcYrrRNKXJpzhw9szv_Pvr7rVZwQL0mtO4qAmnpaKXni9KHdBynfXP9bQqSy7oH-VVgcOxvjxL8uox_9VMSqSZPFe6edxHk3CzOa1r2xC-iGNf38PdMws/s1600/IMG_7693.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDP364-JaMZboagy_V3Wea2NcYrrRNKXJpzhw9szv_Pvr7rVZwQL0mtO4qAmnpaKXni9KHdBynfXP9bQqSy7oH-VVgcOxvjxL8uox_9VMSqSZPFe6edxHk3CzOa1r2xC-iGNf38PdMws/s320/IMG_7693.JPG" width="194" height="320" /></a><br /><br />
And the Azalea Trail Maids are scattered along the course - very nice.
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Here's a washcloth I made for Drew's girlfriend.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSmZe6tkx6EQcS0DIxJfbVMnFyqlOVHU_p55sHgrG1S2GrRtb_PqnkAEgsUzGGZxqjzRo4GspYHlF2DtIWnQepOvfBfvo9N06X_31HV4jfU-C2rNlWJ6URgoRRrbmxz31WnW2UVGqxwU/s1600/IMG_7696.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSmZe6tkx6EQcS0DIxJfbVMnFyqlOVHU_p55sHgrG1S2GrRtb_PqnkAEgsUzGGZxqjzRo4GspYHlF2DtIWnQepOvfBfvo9N06X_31HV4jfU-C2rNlWJ6URgoRRrbmxz31WnW2UVGqxwU/s320/IMG_7696.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />And now for my Portland trip! Here's a beautiful sunset from the plane.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9WJGo6bp1tRQvLhAJ7SdcXCk3ih3UVTaAa_FlykNnJg2MYmcMwBe_4sdx92bzLEmLZ5hfnTpdOpMunkWrqkcfe_lJZmRQuVezrdM7TTBsMMGed83nWNihEbczwDnLY2F9m5fwFjVnsc/s1600/IMG_7709.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9WJGo6bp1tRQvLhAJ7SdcXCk3ih3UVTaAa_FlykNnJg2MYmcMwBe_4sdx92bzLEmLZ5hfnTpdOpMunkWrqkcfe_lJZmRQuVezrdM7TTBsMMGed83nWNihEbczwDnLY2F9m5fwFjVnsc/s320/IMG_7709.JPG" width="320" height="320" /></a><br /><br />This is the view from a tram that takes you from the river up to OHSU Medical Center with the VA and the Children's Hospital - cool!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hXgBcfLL-MN1GlPR_YdmT-pOBBb9-Z1ptU0b_l8XTiuXVG1b7CI9KceL-mT-aaa9SQ4S9agQnnOEyF6OBM85PAzMJpRMXtUEtTDrthvnFYnhoRqrPuFHmZItIs0CmW7lUyDrUBKtZUU/s1600/IMG_7720.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hXgBcfLL-MN1GlPR_YdmT-pOBBb9-Z1ptU0b_l8XTiuXVG1b7CI9KceL-mT-aaa9SQ4S9agQnnOEyF6OBM85PAzMJpRMXtUEtTDrthvnFYnhoRqrPuFHmZItIs0CmW7lUyDrUBKtZUU/s320/IMG_7720.JPG" width="320" height="179" /></a><br /><br />Can you imagine having a hospital room overlooking this view? If your bed is aimed that way, I guess, and you're well enough to care.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpj2ftxW4Rz4i1YQOsDWvlNRdvii6rJI7zbh61nZnrFVXqpJar4zjW0zt5hKAlRy9hDqyn0oC4KWzZk2nMjFIyl6Ew_4D30kUdkBwY_AVNP4tpuz1EueabrjaRq8mI60jjK-VKx6OeSI/s1600/IMG_7722.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpj2ftxW4Rz4i1YQOsDWvlNRdvii6rJI7zbh61nZnrFVXqpJar4zjW0zt5hKAlRy9hDqyn0oC4KWzZk2nMjFIyl6Ew_4D30kUdkBwY_AVNP4tpuz1EueabrjaRq8mI60jjK-VKx6OeSI/s320/IMG_7722.JPG" width="205" height="320" /></a><br /><br />
This is the longest covered walkway in the country, reportedly, connecting the main hospital to the VA - and that's a gigantic VA!
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On the way back home, I walked through the Atlanta airport's concourse connector instead of taking the train and was rewarded not only with the history of Atlanta, but this rainforest, complete with chirping birds and dripping water!
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They even have video screens simulating the sky and birds flying overhead periodically. I love this!!!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-mErc2-DBTvc2Ng_QzAbqMDHEiMJZ7sp6oyOQ0YEhXmp4Zj9gt0_5fTVhFjP_q-gTlXvsAmU1ZjcuTOwifyEv_NV4XKCvZhVwJJmdndTeSSDwAFjbXcwUua6FvPPz2iwzOb9l-N8uMQ/s1600/IMG_7726.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-mErc2-DBTvc2Ng_QzAbqMDHEiMJZ7sp6oyOQ0YEhXmp4Zj9gt0_5fTVhFjP_q-gTlXvsAmU1ZjcuTOwifyEv_NV4XKCvZhVwJJmdndTeSSDwAFjbXcwUua6FvPPz2iwzOb9l-N8uMQ/s320/IMG_7726.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />And finally, this was the opening session of my meeting. The president was surprised by a flash mob. And the dinner on the last night was accompanied by a live band and a huge dance floor where about 100 attendees tore it up - I have found my people!<br />
<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Di8_CJE3plA?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386321676311629286.post-16126382199940032142017-03-02T18:09:00.000-06:002017-03-02T18:09:25.238-06:00Valentine's Day and Mardi GrasHomemade stuff first: this is my grandmother's costume jewelry bracelet that matched my Mardi Gras dress perfectly, so I had to get Lucas to snap a pic.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k9eBDP-QUaJAB4D_ouzHS3d6EZwtnI1rb6DR8Wg1a3v7J5FL7tigRVP9oYEbxZcOlRPZGJRWP6zDeermlhFDW8L7lXPYgwRPW_7S1k4PDnqQblps2w942sXNN5RzpokfOfDecE3KA5s/s1600/IMG_7581.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k9eBDP-QUaJAB4D_ouzHS3d6EZwtnI1rb6DR8Wg1a3v7J5FL7tigRVP9oYEbxZcOlRPZGJRWP6zDeermlhFDW8L7lXPYgwRPW_7S1k4PDnqQblps2w942sXNN5RzpokfOfDecE3KA5s/s320/IMG_7581.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />And I finished the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/-257-split-neck-t-shirt-for-women">Split-neck sweater</a> I've been working on since December.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhO1_JeHp7FEtkThn6IbRzAFTenZ6IvQYm0LYuIqPKUTI5v-ySe6GUL1guux-evBm8-MO0sMADzUJP4CXZgA82A2F0LaUj417OIC3zU5ZfgPVcBZg_NSwCMJliy1M2oqxT9UfP40ysdvs/s1600/IMG_7597.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhO1_JeHp7FEtkThn6IbRzAFTenZ6IvQYm0LYuIqPKUTI5v-ySe6GUL1guux-evBm8-MO0sMADzUJP4CXZgA82A2F0LaUj417OIC3zU5ZfgPVcBZg_NSwCMJliy1M2oqxT9UfP40ysdvs/s320/IMG_7597.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />I've worn it to work twice - love it! It just tends to grow in length and become tunic-like, which is fine when being worn with tight pants.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcBAXEW0OfMKjNHx5TOrxkECNf7wu-BIp1ABuiSOp8JukKwW-Jsb9DGhfwNNYOREBbNtdHoVlNZ0uTecELIoaQG4IEL0VIvKvk51CZArN4fOdJroKJ89U7McwYhphBLeStAJKc_d7-AE/s1600/IMG_7595.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcBAXEW0OfMKjNHx5TOrxkECNf7wu-BIp1ABuiSOp8JukKwW-Jsb9DGhfwNNYOREBbNtdHoVlNZ0uTecELIoaQG4IEL0VIvKvk51CZArN4fOdJroKJ89U7McwYhphBLeStAJKc_d7-AE/s320/IMG_7595.JPG" width="136" height="320" /></a><br /><br />I'm happy with the V-neck, too. Next time I'll make the sleeves a wee bit smaller, but that's a minor issue.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhSKVPGNDyzwvXLq-83p96g6UrBTUKTPhYCJpWM2Cm_k8ljtTAfG5F6XRims3zLkRbJlRHU9c0YtmisWzw5cRUDBVX16_2ZvkKT_6Qrw49hID-MmKRwi-rJNk-VZm4qcTlGR3VRkZHEA/s1600/IMG_7601.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhSKVPGNDyzwvXLq-83p96g6UrBTUKTPhYCJpWM2Cm_k8ljtTAfG5F6XRims3zLkRbJlRHU9c0YtmisWzw5cRUDBVX16_2ZvkKT_6Qrw49hID-MmKRwi-rJNk-VZm4qcTlGR3VRkZHEA/s320/IMG_7601.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />And yet another shout-out to Aprons at Publix, where you sample the meal then buy every ingredient right there at the booth. Dean had a meeting, so I opted to cook Valentine's Day dinner myself - GASP! Publix had a delicious lobster pasta dinner already packaged.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSx-hTskOqDDWVT1UaSrV-l8KdSKd5zSg8uEe-wwcm-iEZEHV2xyOtdPF8-i77TXnBY0DM58q49pIJRujdlz2chlXr7hEPDpPK3A9QeqDYixrSegBjbrPBUezWQuHy-r-HcKU8YY9MAc/s1600/IMG_7607.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSx-hTskOqDDWVT1UaSrV-l8KdSKd5zSg8uEe-wwcm-iEZEHV2xyOtdPF8-i77TXnBY0DM58q49pIJRujdlz2chlXr7hEPDpPK3A9QeqDYixrSegBjbrPBUezWQuHy-r-HcKU8YY9MAc/s320/IMG_7607.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />You just throw it on a sheet pan for 11 minutes and voila:
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQWyZ8-FRv8fNfkgluIscuAniwEi6gAc7y4su-E8_jKxzBwd__ulggshDXZfbC-wQyrwnOu1kNZezUDiiKcZvc7iGqEvmoTfygPCWdAMuRwv8lrcsJ0ZdHbXBSa_8sZ21gvaShdMMhKU/s1600/IMG_7610.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQWyZ8-FRv8fNfkgluIscuAniwEi6gAc7y4su-E8_jKxzBwd__ulggshDXZfbC-wQyrwnOu1kNZezUDiiKcZvc7iGqEvmoTfygPCWdAMuRwv8lrcsJ0ZdHbXBSa_8sZ21gvaShdMMhKU/s320/IMG_7610.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />They also had a recommended side item that I fixed, roasted asparagus with tomatoes and pistachios.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcv3ThWoXX4seGY_Sj_qdpKhlgYWyIZqhFU2ooMAG8l2CIpKc9GhNLNKuFnVCXD9_vhPTaVN5xAkitxeJkP9HDnyUpNL3AylRshISYt9Z-Wh9XAq3QYJqgSgOZCX9IQAikkKhSxq9aIQ/s1600/IMG_7608.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcv3ThWoXX4seGY_Sj_qdpKhlgYWyIZqhFU2ooMAG8l2CIpKc9GhNLNKuFnVCXD9_vhPTaVN5xAkitxeJkP9HDnyUpNL3AylRshISYt9Z-Wh9XAq3QYJqgSgOZCX9IQAikkKhSxq9aIQ/s320/IMG_7608.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />And now we pause for our Taiwan cherry tree...which bloomed for approximately 3 days...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtF9EJRKPI1nOoty92-ZNSCzBf5TSPNFMHTPurXp7G7vo2unWxurx4NSqwC5RNI2R175cyquZhO8YWkWHKgCBRIz1Sn4cSeYyp2sSvdx2NcRV1UomFErhyaf0OAYnYvXl_Bzq2R1QsKqo/s1600/IMG_7587.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtF9EJRKPI1nOoty92-ZNSCzBf5TSPNFMHTPurXp7G7vo2unWxurx4NSqwC5RNI2R175cyquZhO8YWkWHKgCBRIz1Sn4cSeYyp2sSvdx2NcRV1UomFErhyaf0OAYnYvXl_Bzq2R1QsKqo/s320/IMG_7587.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />
and somebody else's tree, which also only bloomed for a few days. I was running and shot this, and the next time I ran every flower was gone.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmEpyDormUN7ctQ4nvfVJnQdQZDv-ihyQscW8HSaf0ApOLGyQ4iAIAV4NXqtOEptcKwZCFAe_DMmlc_lSjBvyK9YX3bhR0hj-V93cybrvlDbcacjLha810gTEioXEJ3_hOTICTA8wRWc/s1600/IMG_7611.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmEpyDormUN7ctQ4nvfVJnQdQZDv-ihyQscW8HSaf0ApOLGyQ4iAIAV4NXqtOEptcKwZCFAe_DMmlc_lSjBvyK9YX3bhR0hj-V93cybrvlDbcacjLha810gTEioXEJ3_hOTICTA8wRWc/s320/IMG_7611.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />Now back to homemade stuff. I ordered a 9-skein sample of Willow Sudsy Spray yarn that seems to be targeted at spa items like washcloths, towels, and even spa slippers, and Lucas requested a striped one, so this was the easiest pattern I could find on Ravelry, which is crocheted.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGC2rQ4h3IdutI_ES85KXZds3xrhAqqA_enQNqFoyXg9D-XIDHv4fOXSx458255-a296GdB91ZBoM_-ciCrjirequNaejPKqPrAXqr64t6XoyN1vdpOn-g9kuF9cq2SSR-y0uEKf1k5Q/s1600/IMG_7652.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGC2rQ4h3IdutI_ES85KXZds3xrhAqqA_enQNqFoyXg9D-XIDHv4fOXSx458255-a296GdB91ZBoM_-ciCrjirequNaejPKqPrAXqr64t6XoyN1vdpOn-g9kuF9cq2SSR-y0uEKf1k5Q/s320/IMG_7652.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />This is a knitted one for myself, and it turned out super soft - love this stuff! Making one for my mom next....did I mention I have 9 more skeins coming that are more striped? It was a 2 for 1, and I can't resist pretty colors.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3Grv0MoBRPSeJnrijTNwEIJxNumazYhRXPDjYs3oDHANstXAel1BixMZAjTj3iaqox2oDj6RjzcH5BW7HWlvp1iCULNYPm6moWBa_vKZ-yqJv3LQb9cYW5AwEg4b6sqH5Ja8tN_2lAM/s1600/IMG_7654.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3Grv0MoBRPSeJnrijTNwEIJxNumazYhRXPDjYs3oDHANstXAel1BixMZAjTj3iaqox2oDj6RjzcH5BW7HWlvp1iCULNYPm6moWBa_vKZ-yqJv3LQb9cYW5AwEg4b6sqH5Ja8tN_2lAM/s320/IMG_7654.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />On to the main event. Drew and his girlfriend came down for his first ride in Endymion, New Orleans' biggest parade on Saturday before Mardi Gras. It's hard to take a good selfie when you're staring straight into the sun.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXCELnI89bWwe5VsirB3nmL5qPINonIEfIkvqBT-Y2LEJarQEFhIuPNEDuTebDmgwNrFeK9NFCcIiYEVKmwf5Ya5V2MyjM97pI8kLXigMRjXKwjZGdbGRjmMR6eO10_gAXWb6tIUdVFk/s1600/IMG_7614.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXCELnI89bWwe5VsirB3nmL5qPINonIEfIkvqBT-Y2LEJarQEFhIuPNEDuTebDmgwNrFeK9NFCcIiYEVKmwf5Ya5V2MyjM97pI8kLXigMRjXKwjZGdbGRjmMR6eO10_gAXWb6tIUdVFk/s320/IMG_7614.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />Here are the boys all costumed up before heading for the float.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H9ikk87Mcp8S8FBlJCa1n9paPjPeKQg9rID3ITZTl5dCER3bX7GRa0QdKPM7LxHLE63ewhN3cvhAQCDuec2jlwG8wLFX6BugBV-XbvgpbKXs3tNGNp_f2x80sGPJZew9P5pPngTaMWQ/s1600/IMG_7616.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H9ikk87Mcp8S8FBlJCa1n9paPjPeKQg9rID3ITZTl5dCER3bX7GRa0QdKPM7LxHLE63ewhN3cvhAQCDuec2jlwG8wLFX6BugBV-XbvgpbKXs3tNGNp_f2x80sGPJZew9P5pPngTaMWQ/s320/IMG_7616.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />Meanwhile, Lucas, Camille, and I headed off in search of the Krewe of Lofcadio, otherwise known as the chefs' parade...because they throw out wooden spoons!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrCPZVDhu1Eo5oT3-mgfPvftvlyH-20vGXDKmXSc0OxuM6Almg7ff0tPUt8MuXQ3_i2emp3Uh3KkxGmCVL-BQBdWTHempAW4S-vGvRNDwL9RBlL68SbbfNAKJrdaejQIpYHWB6hGGObA/s1600/IMG_7618.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrCPZVDhu1Eo5oT3-mgfPvftvlyH-20vGXDKmXSc0OxuM6Almg7ff0tPUt8MuXQ3_i2emp3Uh3KkxGmCVL-BQBdWTHempAW4S-vGvRNDwL9RBlL68SbbfNAKJrdaejQIpYHWB6hGGObA/s320/IMG_7618.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7a_Alv1STfpTiSUSFcvHG6k2NgVGL-C0Q7OYnxrH_Y7oS6cK5qy2eoRDdPCgcwzDYemeTIbh6n_uaVlRZXCA__Ak5292CcAj1Siu-C46La_pXaWXOFChzUpwX0Y-xvZe-9HRtvm89g0/s1600/IMG_7642.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7a_Alv1STfpTiSUSFcvHG6k2NgVGL-C0Q7OYnxrH_Y7oS6cK5qy2eoRDdPCgcwzDYemeTIbh6n_uaVlRZXCA__Ak5292CcAj1Siu-C46La_pXaWXOFChzUpwX0Y-xvZe-9HRtvm89g0/s320/IMG_7642.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />Spoons in hand, we headed to Canal Street for Iris and Tucks, where we met some guys in town from New York for a bachelor party. They were taken with my Auburn beads that Dean had bought in Mobile, though it turns out they never heard of Auburn University, but were big fans of War Eagle bourbon from Kentucky, which I never heard of! I very kindly traded my beads for this one's cup, because that's what you do in New Orleans!
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiIJI__QPiA8Q_HpQxWueT9_JNHmpKe1xeFppDKr9NgN6pNoTUmoI1tjPX26ILPEub9ZSvwlRBmznuuYW1ZLEzac7hfDq3ifB3pTYFCxBpRbf1f2ufu1XBGjHWAuZ8344sE1PQ4wWetM/s1600/IMG_7644.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiIJI__QPiA8Q_HpQxWueT9_JNHmpKe1xeFppDKr9NgN6pNoTUmoI1tjPX26ILPEub9ZSvwlRBmznuuYW1ZLEzac7hfDq3ifB3pTYFCxBpRbf1f2ufu1XBGjHWAuZ8344sE1PQ4wWetM/s320/IMG_7644.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />So here's Drew on the float...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4QQdwmMx_MCtEUw6p7iEylJlhsH6jzZOtwHf62rxG5RYVuJ6S1Ytsoqu7R2x8cbBklTD9W4KkfxAL7b1223MrCw3mnKg_G9Urvsn6fXZSCRTi6rUUFvC_ohcd8Kf6LJHbD5RLbrhYrI/s1600/IMG_7625.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4QQdwmMx_MCtEUw6p7iEylJlhsH6jzZOtwHf62rxG5RYVuJ6S1Ytsoqu7R2x8cbBklTD9W4KkfxAL7b1223MrCw3mnKg_G9Urvsn6fXZSCRTi6rUUFvC_ohcd8Kf6LJHbD5RLbrhYrI/s320/IMG_7625.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />and here's a shot of the crowd...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezzjSK9BFKU9mZA1Th5bbtTkpGGadVB4YxrNUQehyphenhyphenJvAs98gk9Cnm2v5BQrGEXS5zdwNXUtIsDKc6SCKfUL4yrGIfg24SCj2Ln269XN2Ch1llkcBgUgiPqH5LElZyX6fa4DxkfuFC-pE/s1600/IMG_7631.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezzjSK9BFKU9mZA1Th5bbtTkpGGadVB4YxrNUQehyphenhyphenJvAs98gk9Cnm2v5BQrGEXS5zdwNXUtIsDKc6SCKfUL4yrGIfg24SCj2Ln269XN2Ch1llkcBgUgiPqH5LElZyX6fa4DxkfuFC-pE/s320/IMG_7631.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />and here's their float coming into the Superdome...
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8HkMdxySm1176H-v1sU9O_l878Zru0AQ5_DBGK2BFb3aHZLkT7eaxn0u8Rd-JDTjWknmdC-0bobIbSTnrP6cq89TKxPFGiqhU8UOcp0PgTE7-jFGaPs8McUJjoR-Iihg-JwxBJuC-20/s1600/IMG_7637.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8HkMdxySm1176H-v1sU9O_l878Zru0AQ5_DBGK2BFb3aHZLkT7eaxn0u8Rd-JDTjWknmdC-0bobIbSTnrP6cq89TKxPFGiqhU8UOcp0PgTE7-jFGaPs8McUJjoR-Iihg-JwxBJuC-20/s320/IMG_7637.JPG" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />where Camille and I were waiting with a sign so they'd see us. Which was funny, because Dean had no idea we made this. It worked like a charm, then I used it as a table centerpiece so he'd find the table easier - ha! I think it ended up out in the Quarter somewhere, so he'll be like Flat Stanley traveling around the city.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFIa37_UyqCPD9Thr90kZHQj1I282YueFKczQLYwpkt6_lU7EG2FWX3_8JtBmEof9KFn74dDQBe9Ghdp3V_QsSkQliFkgVv1bMkmnK_rCNASEj_u9VNICNsJDhhB3HMkrkDTro9ImdDc/s1600/IMG_7629.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFIa37_UyqCPD9Thr90kZHQj1I282YueFKczQLYwpkt6_lU7EG2FWX3_8JtBmEof9KFn74dDQBe9Ghdp3V_QsSkQliFkgVv1bMkmnK_rCNASEj_u9VNICNsJDhhB3HMkrkDTro9ImdDc/s320/IMG_7629.JPG" width="180" height="320" /></a><br /><br />And here's Drew all tuckered out but still smiling. Needless to say, he didn't stay up long enough to see Kiss (<i>none of us did</i>), but he had a great time.
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOmAR7YrNFtpWwcGlELtUGIgb7C6zV9BfK0hUMqm3TBWCew3q7hQSjxurFbh9s-INxaQnNNkXqp1eveQr7C1g66Za6IjypZzqeLjVLvTdk3bPXbykpX40tAuBlBwP1-hHnjtxqpfYvxc/s1600/IMG_7640.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOmAR7YrNFtpWwcGlELtUGIgb7C6zV9BfK0hUMqm3TBWCew3q7hQSjxurFbh9s-INxaQnNNkXqp1eveQr7C1g66Za6IjypZzqeLjVLvTdk3bPXbykpX40tAuBlBwP1-hHnjtxqpfYvxc/s320/IMG_7640.JPG" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />And now they're back at college, and we're mired in that post-fun depression, so I'm starting a new knitting project as therapy. Hope you had a great Mardi Gras...oh, and I realize I didn't mention all the accidents this year, but I'll summarize by saying there were 2 groups run over by vehicles in 2 different states (everybody's okay, amazingly), and 3 men fell off floats and a truck in 3 different states, one right in front of us on Sunday, one in Mississippi who landed on rebar and died, and one in Mobile who was in critical condition on Tuesday. Maybe Mardi Gras isn't so fun....Dr. Fun (AKA Sister)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07332652703590699186noreply@blogger.com2