Catching up.......AGAIN!

 Where, oh where, did the first half of the month go?  I hope you have time to sit awhile cuz this could get to be a long one!

First, let's just say that THE CROPS ARE IN!  And now it's raining!

We had some storms last night, which meant Willow had to come inside and for some reason my DH let Harry Potter inside too.

Now, would you think that this cute kitty would be a problem?

Don't let the photos deceive you!  He was leaping over us on the bed in the middle of the night.  So, there is a new rule at our house, NO BOYS in the house overnight. 

We'll still let Willow in as long as she doesn't look like she does this morning.  She and Friday went on an "explore" this morning.  

I spent Mother's Day weekend at Sarah's in St. Peters.  We had brunch at Kingside Diner after church on Sunday.  YUM!

She took me to a chic flick Friday night.  On Saturday she took me to a big flea market/antique mall, then to the City Sewing Room where people donate old fabric and craft supplies and they resell them at low prices.  Here is what I got.............

We also had the last bell choir event.............bell polishing and a meal out.  The ringers presented me with this beautiful planter.

I made it to a few more soccer games including Senior Night!  They are playing the district tournament now.  They have a tough opponent tonight, so we're hoping for a win.

After Mother's Day, I went to Bethany for a couple of days to help my mom in her sewing room.  We cut out stuff for 8 projects!  We went to eat at the Pizza Shack in the evening and I took pics of the "interesting" decor..........

And outside was interesting as well........

On the way home, I detoured a bit to stop by a "you pick" strawberry farm in Lexington.  

I managed to pick a WHOLE LONG ROW!  Cousin Susie bought most of them from me to stock her freezer.  It was a fun experience.

In the sewing room, I got the Snailin' Around Town quilt totally finished.  I was able to show it at our guild meeting.

Our new opportunity quilt was shown at the meeting.  

And the back really shows off the quilting.

I made 2 of the block lotto blocks.  These aren't due until the July meeting.

And I did some patching on Harry Potter's house.  

I started a sew along on May 1st.  This was the scene at my sewing machine for about 10 days.  I was working on it, and got interrupted and never got back to it until last Thursday evening.  

Now it looks like this............3 rows are completely sewn together!  This is the Cozy Picnic pattern from Miriam at Stitch Obsessed.  I bought her Earthy kit of fabric to make it.

Well, are you exhausted?  I'm going to try to do a better job of blogging at regular intervals.  Hopefully!

Christi