New Stuff and a Busy Couple of Weeks Ahead

Today, my friend gave me these to distribute to the appropriate Mom. I think they are super cute. Next week I'll try to get pictures of them both (kids and shirts) being worn by the appropriate child.


Tomorrow I will be keeping Toddler Bird, as usual. Tuesday, I have a lunch date and my Mom comes home from her month long trip to Australia. Wednesday, Linz and Toddler M will be here. I will get to keep Toddler M for over a week while his Mom and Dad go on vacation. We're going to have a blast!

Somewhere in there, we're going to try to fit in a photo shoot, a trip to Tyler, the zoo, the State Fair and a Tech football game.

Then, a shopping trip to Denver and home to rest. Lots of fun things are planned for the next couple of weeks. I'll try to have lots of photos of our adventures.

Key West

A couple of weeks ago, Doc20 and I went on vacation to Key West. It was one of those places that I had always wanted to go. We stayed at a really cute historic hotel, The Key Lime Inn. It had really cute rooms, swimming pool, breakfast, and a really good air conditioner. It was a great place and we would definitely stay there again.

We went to some great restaurants, one called Seven Fish was the best! It was a tiny, off the beaten path, place. You had to have a reservation and it was always packed.

We also checked out all of the shops along Duval Street.

Another fun thing we did was to take the ferry to the Dry Tortuga Islands and visited Fort Jefferson which is located there. You can snorkle and check out the National Park.

We also went on a fishing trip one day. We had a great time catching tarpon and can tell you the name of a great guide if you ever want to go. I caught 3 and Doc20 caught 4. We had several that got away. All were 60 to 100 pounds and we had a blast!

It was a great trip!

Wonderful Weekend

Doc20 and I had a really great weekend.  One of my Christmas gifts this year was a trip to San Juan Capistrano, CA, for a knitting workshop.  We left on Thursday night, had all day Friday to explore and then I got to knit for two days at the workshop!  It was really fun.  The gardens and flowers around the Mission and in the town were beautiful.

The town of SJC is really cute.  We visited the Mission, some shops and had lunch at a great little place called Sundried Tomato Cafe.

In the afternoon we went to the town of Laguna Beach.  We checked out a yarn store, the beach and lots of shops.  We ate dinner at a place called Sorrento Grill.  The food was wonderful!

On Saturday and Sunday I knitted with Jane Thornley using her free form feather and fan technique.  The other ladies in the class were wonderful as well as the food and knitting.  I think we all had a great time. 

  

This is a photo of what will be the back of a cardigan.  Maybe I'll finish it before all of the cool days are gone.  If not, I guess I'll just have to wear it to Denver or Portland!  

The whole weekend was really fun and a really great Christmas gift.  All of the ladies at the workshop were very impressed with Doc20.

All of the laundry has now been done, errands run and bills paid.  Weekend catch-up is done.  Yea!  Have a great day!