Daisy Day

I love daisies! Apparently, they are loving all the rain we've had. They look better than ever.

I bought another pile of silk daisies to make flower pens. This batch will will be donated to the gift shop at Juliette Low's Birthplace Museum. We finalized the itinerary for our Girl Scout trip to Savannah in August and we can't wait!


I made a few more yarn daisies last night at Julia's softball game before the sky opened up again. UGH! These daisies might become SWAPS to trade with other troops in Savannah.


On one of the few days this spring/summer that it didn't rain, we were lucky to be at Fenway Park for a Red Sox game. It was Rhode Island Day (who knew?), Dustin and Jacoby hit home runs, and the Sox won! What could be better?

All Soxed Up!


I'm off to my mother's place to do laundry. Our 6 year old Calypso washer is dead. Looks like we'll be buying a new washer this weekend. plth.


Speaking of my mother, I almost forgot...
She came home from North Carolina yesterday bearing gifts. She bought 4 little kits for me to make Ocracoke Cracker blocks. Take a look here and here for more info. Thanks, Mom!

Tina

A Glorious Weekend

It couldn't have been better. We watched (played) some baseball/softball, sewed a little, gardened a little, went to the beach (sort of) and the Red Sox swept the Yankees.
All is right with the world.

While all this fun stuff was going on, I was not documenting it for posterity or the blog. Pete took the sunset photo last night. It's not bad for his first attempt. I should have given him the tripod.

Let's see what I can piece together for the rest of the weekend. Julia made herself a top with this cute fabric from Joann's. She's always loved the Little Mermaid. It's the stuff that's shirred at the top like a tube top. I taught her how to do a French seam and she had a new top in under 30 minutes and $12.


After I hemmed her concert dress (more on that later this week) and while Obsidian was rehearsing in the basement, I added a row to Jess's Confirmation quilt. We decided the proportions were just not right with 20 stars. I only had to pick out one seam to add the "row". I stuck it in the middle because it was a slightly different mix of fabrics from the rest of the top. I had completely used up some of the blues and most of the creams. I thought it would blend better this way. I'll try to get the border added today and maybe piece the back.


We were plastered to the TV for all 3 Yankee games this weekend. You can watch a video of the most exciting play of the series, Jacoby Ellsbury stealing home, here.
Yeah, that's right. He stole home!

This is the current color in front of my home. The flowering trees are amazing this year. The bleeding heart should start blooming in a few days.


Since it was summer-like yesterday, we found it necessary to have dinner at Iggy's, Rhode Island beach food at it's best! We had chowder, clamcakes, onion rings, a fish sandwich for Bill, Iggy's root beer for Pete and no trip to Iggy's is complete without...

DOUGHBOYS!
They are the most incredibly delicious fried dough product I have ever eaten
(with the possible exception of New Orleans beignets).

On that note of deep-fried guilt, I think I'll go for a nice long walk!

Have a happy Monday,
Tina

Red Sox chicks are wicked smaht!

There's something you need to know about my family. We are Red Sox fans. My kids are 4th generation fans. I'm a fan by marriage. So it's fun living in Red Sox Nation. We try to go to at least one game in Pawtucket each season to see the new prospects. Fenway tickets are too expensive.


In 2006, I brought my Girl Scout troop to a clinic, game, and sleepover on the field and we got to meet Dustin Pedroia. He got called up to the big leagues shortly after that. You should know that in 2007 he was AL Rookie of the Year and he is the reigning AL MVP! He's been my favorite player since we met. In a motherly pride sort of way.

So here we are, watching it snow again, dreaming of spring training!

Ciao,
Tina

I got the title of the post from a piece of Facebook Flair. I love Flair!