I Finally Finished it!!!

After working on this rug for about a year and a half now I pulled my last loop today! Am I ever doing a happy dance right now! Although I LOVE this rug I was getting a little tired of working on it. Once I get it all bound I will hang it on a wall somewhere at our cottage.

So what's the first thing anyone would do after finishing a project . . . . plan the next one of course!! So below is the next rug I am going to hook. I have all the wool but I do have to wash it up first. This one is a bit smaller than the last one I did so it shouldn't take quite as long.

The last picture I'm posting is a picture of my kids (plus one extra) that I took after we finished decorating our MECCA tree at the Festival of Christmas Magic here in Fredericton. The festival raises money for a foundation that helps underpriveledged kids attend summer camp. My middle son was hanging around the gingerbread houses when a news crew happened to stop my and interviewed him, then they filmed he and his sister putting some decorations on our tree. His first television appearance was on the news later that evening. I of course taped it and have shown it to everyone who stops by.

Catching up

Well it's been awhile since I posted and things sure have been busy around here. With three kids in hockey, one in badminton, one in dance, one in syncronized swimming and one who's girlfriend lives 20 minutes away it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for blogging.

I thought I would include a few pictures of the beds my DH made for the bedrooms at the cottage. Below is one of the boys room . . .

This one is my youngest son's room . . .

And here is the new quilt on my bed. I don't have a bed to set it on yet because my plan to bring in a queen size box spring at a later date didn't work out (it won't fit up the stairs). The kids beds had to be cut in half to get up but you can hardly tell. They aren't completely finished yet, they still have to have the front of the drawers put on and then the hardware. They sure are big heavy buggers though!

Here's something that's been happening alot at my house these days . . . the kids pouring through the Sears Wishbook . . .

Megan recently competed in a Highland Dance competition and finished 3rd in three of her dances.

Today we were hit with a snowstorm and the kids had a ball playing out in the snow. They want to go out again but their clothes are so wet I can't imagine it feeling very good.

On a sad note . . . my oldest DS lost a close friend to a brain aneurism last Sunday. He travelled with him to school every day and is feeling his loss very deeply. He went to his wake and his funeral and shed alot of tears last week.

I haven't had much luck sewing lately (other than sewing name bars on hockey sweaters) but I did get a good start on getting my sewing cubby back to rights. I am working really hard to get a rug finished that I started over a year ago. I have one more quilt to bind and then some more sewing may actually happen.