Today I went to the large American Quilting Society's quilt show in Grand Rapids. It was a lot of fun. There were vendors and quilts and people and fabric and sewing machines and more quilts. We got there right away which was nice...it wasn't quite so busy. Two hours later it was getting hard to move without bumping into people.
The fabric was gorgeous, but I restrained myself and didn't buy much. Mostly because I don't have any patterns in mind right now that I want to make. I did get a panel fabric that I'm going to make into a book for Isaac...that way I don't have to be worried about him eating it.
The display quilts were amazing. Some were amazing but I could probably make something similar (although the quality might not be as good) and some were amazing and there's no way I could make it. I actually liked the former a lot more, as they can give me ideas for quilts I might want to make. (I was able to take pictures, but sadly I can't post them. I kind of wish I hadn't read the photography policy on the web, but I did.)
Overall, it was a great time. Made even better by the fact that Ben stayed home with Isaac, so I was child free.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Monday: pictures
We got Cheryl some photography lessons for her birthday. Then she took some pictures of Isaac as part of one of the lessons. Whoo!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Sunday: birthday
Well, it was a major milestone birthday for me. However, it was a pretty low key day, which was nice.
Ben made me a delicious cake. It was even better than it looks.
Isaac slept in a little bit, played contentedly on the floor while Ben and I were getting stuff ready to have people over tonight, and had a half hour conversation with a chair while we ate dinner. The conversation was actually quite funny...and when we tried to pick him up because we were done eating Isaac got mad. So we put him back down so he could continue his conversation.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Saturday: a new rhyme
Eenie feeney finey fail
Catch a lion by its tail
If he hollers let him flail
Eenie feeney finey fail
The making of this rhyme caused a lot of laughter. No one was permanently hurt.
Catch a lion by its tail
If he hollers let him flail
Eenie feeney finey fail
The making of this rhyme caused a lot of laughter. No one was permanently hurt.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday: rain, food
There was a lovely thunderstorm today. Ahh. I do love the rain and am glad we've been getting more of it.
I also spent a lot of time in the kitchen today. I made some baby food and some curry. The curry is probably the meal that takes the longest for me to make. There's a good hour of active cooking plus some simmering time. This time I started it an hour earlier than normal so I wasn't feeling rushed and it was probably one of the best batches I've made. (It might also help that I remembered to put in the salt.) Luckily, it also makes 3.5 meals so even though it takes a while I now have two very fast meals to pull out of the freezer.
I also spent a lot of time in the kitchen today. I made some baby food and some curry. The curry is probably the meal that takes the longest for me to make. There's a good hour of active cooking plus some simmering time. This time I started it an hour earlier than normal so I wasn't feeling rushed and it was probably one of the best batches I've made. (It might also help that I remembered to put in the salt.) Luckily, it also makes 3.5 meals so even though it takes a while I now have two very fast meals to pull out of the freezer.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
VA pictures
Here are a few of the pictures from our Virginia trip.
Veterans Crisis Line: it's for everyone.
More goats! (These were the small ones.)
Feeding the goats.
Petting the goats.
At the zoo
Yay!
There was an exhibit that you could go into and see birds. I think this was Isaac's favorite exhibit. The birds were easy to see and moved a lot. The otters were fun to watch, but there was glass between us so I think he just watched his reflection. He also enjoyed checking out the wood fence around some exhibits if the animal wasn't moving or was far away.
Let's feed the goats again!
Veterans Crisis Line: it's for everyone.
Goats!
More goats! (These were the small ones.)
Feeding the goats.
Petting the goats.
At the zoo
Yay!
There was an exhibit that you could go into and see birds. I think this was Isaac's favorite exhibit. The birds were easy to see and moved a lot. The otters were fun to watch, but there was glass between us so I think he just watched his reflection. He also enjoyed checking out the wood fence around some exhibits if the animal wasn't moving or was far away.
Let's feed the goats again!
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Tuesday: home
We made it home! We took a tad bit longer than going down, but we also ran into an accident on the highway and needed to make a detour.
Isaac again did great on the drive and slept the whole time. But he was awake a lot today. I think we took three half hour naps. I might have been trying to get him to take a nap on the early side of when he normally does, but by the last one I really figured he'd take a slightly longer one. I was doing ok until about 2:30, when I started to crash. I got my second wind after the subsequent short nap at 4:30, but I'm really starting to drag as I write this. I'm not complaining too much though...Dad did a lot of the driving and it is a lot easier to entertain him at home than in the car.
Hopefully there will be pictures tomorrow.
Isaac again did great on the drive and slept the whole time. But he was awake a lot today. I think we took three half hour naps. I might have been trying to get him to take a nap on the early side of when he normally does, but by the last one I really figured he'd take a slightly longer one. I was doing ok until about 2:30, when I started to crash. I got my second wind after the subsequent short nap at 4:30, but I'm really starting to drag as I write this. I'm not complaining too much though...Dad did a lot of the driving and it is a lot easier to entertain him at home than in the car.
Hopefully there will be pictures tomorrow.
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