Monday Update

Last week I devoted to Ocean in a Bottle. I worked on it Monday through Thursday so put 4 more days of work into it. Here was the piece when I posted my progress last Monday morning...

I had just finished up the stitching on the first page. It took me two days to do the backstitching...what a pain but so worth it. Then I asked Jeremiah up or over and he said up. So I worked my way up the pattern. Here I am now...

The rest of the pattern should go really fast. That first page was really full of stitching as you can see. Plus the bottle in the upper page has a lot of half stitches and those go fast. Love the shaded look it creates.

Friday we ran out to get Jeremiah's hair cut. He needed it so bad. Then we grabbed some snacks for our weekend trip. When hubby got off work we hit the road. We went up to New Buffalo, Michigan. It was a 2 hour ride. We arrived safe and our hotel was very nice. Our room was adjoining to Mom and Jeremiah's that worked fantastic. The purpose of the trip was Damein's birthday celebration. He is the one that I talked about that just lost his lovely mother the beginning of the year. He is Jeremiah's best friend. We just love him. We are also best friends with his dad. So we were so happy to be with them all weekend. They got a room too. Friday evening we relaxed in the pool. Saturday we drove over to Four Winds which is a HUGE casino. We met up with my dad and Bev, 2 family friends, and 2 other close friends for a fantastic buffet meal. The boys then played in a huge arcade together and all us adults did some gambling. We all had mixed luck. One friend won over $100. I lost $60 haha. Mom had a lot of fun. It was her first time gambling in a long long time. We didn't waste too much money. The boys had a BLAST playing in the arcade having boy time. It was just a fantastic time. Then we all went back to the hotel. We visited and told stories until we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer. Perfect.

Sunday we were under a high wind warning. Normally we only get wind advisories so this was interesting. We had 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. It was crazy. But we made it home safely. Luckily we were going with the wind so we got blown home haha. Which equaled really good gas mileage actually. Dad and Bev didn't have power till 4:30pm from early that morning according to other family who live nearby. Everything was okay though. The hard part of having a great weekend is waking up today and not seeing all my friends. I want my hugs that I got all weekend. It's like withdrawal. I'm so thankful for those people we've grown so close to they have become family.

Time now for a new week. I think Ocean in a Bottle will stay out. Normally I get bored with a piece after so many days but right now this one is still being the loudest so I'll stick with it.

Have a great week!! Friday is the new month. So that means I can work on the March pillow pieces. I can't wait.