Happy Holidays!

Wow, hard to believe Christmas has passed and it's been so long since I've been here. I've been busy at work and home, not even close to ready for Christmas. Put in a full day on Christmas eve at the lab, drove from Gainesville, Florida to Apopka (Zellwood Station, to be exact) for the annual DiBiasio Family Christmas. Think Chevy Chase and Christmas vacation, just minus all the lights. For the first time in 22 years, hubby had to see his family without me for the first few hours. It was odd being the last one there, as we are usually the first! My two youngest went with their dad early; all cousins wanted to see Stevie's shaved head. He had grown his hair for 4 years. I now have a 15 inch ponytail to send to Locks for Love. But Stevie complains his head is cold. Soooo, we have to find all the Superman logo hats we can.....Steve says that's his symbol....."S" is for Steven, after all!

Jeff and Sam came with me. I was hoping to have Jeff drive, so I could relax and crochet. As I have said before, the best laid plans.......no crocheting and I drove. The ghans posted here are gifts for folks at work.

Here's what I have been working on for an exchange. Late, but almost done:

That's all for now. Will post more this weekend...purses I have been making, too! I hope you all enjoy the holidays with your family and friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Got up at 7am and started cooking. We are smoking a 25.69 lb mac daddy turkey and baking a 21.41 lb. one. Stuffed with faud (meat stuffing); making regular stuffing for me. Rutabagas, mashed potatoes, homemade whole cranberry sauce, green been casserole, corn, hawaiian rolls, sweet potatoe casserole, and greens.....I'm sure I'm leaving out something, but it will be a veritable feast! Enjoy your holiday with your family and friends...I am very thankful for all of you that read this! Beth

Best laid plans......

So much for wanting to post on my vacation. I did well for a few days, but got a stomach virus at the end. Finally feeling better, so I can post more frequently. Here's a pic of what I did while on vacation:

my neckwarmer and fall purse. These pics are from Universal:

The first pic is of the whole gang, boys, gf's and me. Hubby taking picture. Then us on the teacups and the last of me and hubby at the end of the day. Can't wait to go back and ride the rides!

CAL Bag done!

My CAL bag for Universal is finished! Can't wait to use it tomorrow. Have to upload some pics and clean out my card so I can take plenty of pics tomorrow. Will upload them this weekend.

Another CAL

This is a bag to go along with the hat and scarf. I don't have the entire pattern yet, but am going to improvise it so I can tote it along as a carry-all on Wednesday on our trip to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. Yes, all of us and the girlfriends are going on an outing. Should be interesting as the Timm and hubby don't do roller coasters. I'm good for a couple of rides, but then I get dizzy. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the rush of riding a coaster; I finally have learned that I don't get sick to my stomach if I keep my eyes open. I even like riding in the front row. My fave coaster so far is Shekra at Busch Gardens.....supposedly two 90 degree drops. (More like 86 or 87 degrees; if it was actually 90. the cars would fall off the track...that would NOT be a good thing). Coolest thing about Shekra is the 4-second hang at the top as you look down to your death. Scary, but a lot of fun! I am looking forward to riding The Hulk and Double Dragon coasters. Will post photos later in the week. The weather promises to be grand and cool. My boys are great at figuring out where the cameras are on the coasters and waving their arms.....I hang on white knuckled and scream for dear life. Yes, they all laugh at me.
But Timm promises to ride one with Shelby....she likes them too. That ought to be fun to watch!
Off to finish my bag and make another On the Go Sunshine purse in gator colors....I'm being paid and have to have it done for Friday.

VACATION!

I'm hoping to be able to post more, now that I'm on vacation til Monday November 3. Have lots of projects to work on, painting of my living room in "corvette" orange, cleaning my closets and LAUNDRY.....yech. Oh well, must be done. We are taking the boys and their girls to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure next Thursday. Should be fun as my youngest doesn't like roller coasters. His girlfriend, Shelby, does. This should be fun.

Saturday marks Steven's 17th b-day. Wow, hard to believe. He has vowed to cut his hair by Christmas. It's rock star long, but he's tired of brushing it. I'm going to try to get him to donate it to locks for love. Tim is going to cut his too. His head is a mass of curls and difficult to manage.

Bob and I went to Kanapaha gardens in Gainesville on Sunday for their annual fall plant sale. It was free to get in. We bought another bamboo stripestem) and a camelia plant. That brings our total bamboo count to 11 plants (including 2 heavenly's that don't spread and run). Bob and I both took lots of pics, so I will post some later this week.

This is our first plant, called golden goddess (clumping). That was followed by 2 arrow, 1 seashore (resuce missions from our local home depot), 2 buddha belly's, one miniature buddha belly, and a black. I also found out that a friend/rep at work has some either timber or blue he's trying to kill with roundup, so we are going to make a road trip and get some from him!

This is my camphor tree. When I bought it ten years ago, I thought I froze it the first winter. It took FOREVER to grow to this height, but it is getting HUGE! This is my most fragrant tree. Now, if only I could figure out how to rotate the pic so it's not crooked!

I have to go pick the boys up from school; will post more later!

Crochet along

Finished! Mine, Mine, Mine! Yipeee! Now, I just need it cold enough to wear! Gotta love the sunshine state....it's now 88 degrees.