Aprons, Family, Memorial Day

Memorial Day 2009







It was a great day, I spent most of it home ALONE (!!!!) sewing all day. I made this apron. I have had this fabric for a year and I finally cut it.




I didn't even get dressed, brush my hair, or maybe even my teeth. Look what I made:

The hubby went fishing with his friends. Gramma went to the dollar store and shopping from 11-2:30!!!! I had my house to myself for a change.


I also delimed my coffee maker, who is better than me!!!!

There are no parades here to go to for Memorial Day. We used to live on the parade route in CT, it was a great annual event. It marked the beginning of the summer for our town. Everyone came out of hibernation and said hello. Then the Fire Dept would serve hot dogs and hamburgers to anyone who came by. The Fire House was across the street from our house. We would all go over and hang around and talk with everyone. It was a great time. I kind of miss that, but it would never be the same even if we were still living there. The Fire Dept. moved up the road, people move on and change too.


So, back to the holiday. I did do something patriotic for the holiday. I ordered 100 flags and had them put on the lawns in my neighborhood. It is somewhat of a Realtor tradition, so I thought, why not. I had the boy next door put them out for me. He said several people personally thanked him and I even got a phone call from one guy who was very touched by it when he drove home and saw all the flags on the street.

Life is good here, different sometimes, but good..............

Carrot Cake yummie.
Happy 21st Birthday Katie. My baby is 21, I can hardly believe it. She is all grown up now and can do just about anything legally. We mailed her a cake and party fixins overnight to her at school. But guess what? After spending $70 , it didn't get there overnight, unfreakinbelievable!! Hopefully, we can get the money back. Poor Katie, she didn't get her cake on her birthday, that just makes me mad!!! She finally got it today, but her birthday was the 25th. She was enjoying it though, hopefully the cream cheese frosting was ok and won't give her any problems.


This is my model for the apron I made the other day. It was suppose to be made with a dishtowel, but I didn't have one, so I used this cute flamingo fabric. I gave it to our hostess who made us a lovely meatloaf dinner Saturday night, thanks Jodi.

I was so honored to be asked to share my pictures of Cabbage Key to someone doing a web site on our lovely city of Cape Coral, check it out at http://www.cape-coral-vacation-guide.com/index.html her name is Vicky and she is also from CT. They live on a sailboat with their three young boys in the Florida Keys. They are homeschooling them. That is really a hard job. I could have never done that. I was so happy when they went to school for a full day, it was just heaven. I loved my kids, but I needed my space! Can you imagine??? Wow.........