IHSW update

A most productive weekend was had by me, myself and I this weekend.  I caught up with friends, had lunch with DS1 (who moved out of home just before we left for the U.S.), did lots of baking and lots of stitching.  I would have to say that my IHSW was a great success!  How was yours?

Here is my stitching progress on Cinderella:

BEFORE IHSW

PROGRESS AFTER IHSW

CLOSE UP OF MOST RECENT PROGRESS

 I also had another baking day on Sunday:

Beef Bourguignon

Finger Buns

 Then, Sunday evening, as I settled down to work on my Sunday SAL with Linda and Debbie, I realised that I didn't know where I had oh so carefully put my 12 Days of Santas!!!!  (Sorry Linda an Debbie) So, as I had mentally moved away from Cindy for the evening - I put in a few stitches on Henry VIII and his six wives

I hope that everyone else's IHSW was as productive as mine,

Have a great week everyone,

hugs,

TUSAL and Saturday Baking

I have finally remembered to do a TUSAL posting - only a day late!  Here we go, most of thread is from my progress on Cinderella:

Yesterday, I indulged in one of my favourite pastimes (apart from reading, stitching, shopping....) and did some baking:

Spanish Chicken Casserole

 Mrs. Atkins Fruit Slice (as you can see it didn't even get out of the tin before the hungry hordes aka TraderVic and DS2 descended):

As well, I did lots of stitching on Cinderella but I will show you progress pics when I do my IHSW post. I hope that everyone is having a great IHSW.

hugs,

Belated Easter post

Welcome to all my new followers, it is lovely to have you visit and I hope that we become great blogging mates.  Enjoy!

Well, we came home from America on Easter Saturday morning after having missed DS1's 24th birthday entirely by having crossed back over the international date line.  So, on Easter Sunday evening, despite our jet lag, TraderVic and I put on a birthday dinner for DS1 and for our dear friends, the Friends (yes, that is their surname, they are not Quakers).  Here are some pics of what I baked for my son:

Artichoke and spinach dip - which I think I may have used too much ricotta cheese in it - it should have been less thick, but it was still yummy.

Easter layer cake:

 Some Easter daisies which my DF gave me, they come from her garden, lovely, aren't they?  They are really long lasting as they still look really nice in the vase all of these days later.

Well, off to work now, have a good day everyone.

Hugs, Kaye

(Who really wishes that she could stay home and stitch on Cinderella instead!)

Just a quick post tonight

.... not feeling too good tonight, I have been to the dentist this afternoon to have two fillings replaced and now the anaesthetic is starting to wear off so my mouth is really hurting!

Also, I am really struggling to settle back into work and my home routine since our return from our wonderful overseas trip to the U.S.  So, very little blogging has been happening on my end - just a bit of blog stalking reading.

However, I have been doing a lot of stitching on Cinderella - I am so enjoying stitching this piece - gorgeous colours and a wonderful design.

Here is my last progress pic:

 And these photos are my latest progress, as you can see I have stitched quite a bit more:

hugs, Kaye xoxox

Home again, Home again, Jiggety Jig

Here we are back safe and sound from our travels.  We had such a wonderful time in the U.S. The people were wonderful and so many fantastic experiences.  I will continue with my retrospective travel diaries once I have myself back in order.  So many blogs to catch up on, though! Lovely!

hugs, Kaye

P.S. Happy Easter everyone.

Nashville Diaries: Days 2 and 3

Nashville Diaries: Day 2 - In the morning we went to church in the most gorgeous church - very impressive church buildings and a great service. Then lunch at the WaffleHouse afterwards. Then in the afternoon the guys went to a Vanderbilt baseball game whilst Angela and I hit the shops - safe to say a little bit of damage was done to the bank balance! Then we all pitched in to cook a delicious dinner of grilled pork chops, salad, asparagus and baked potato!
Day 3: Day trip to Huntsville, Alabama to the Space museum - the IMAX was amazing, especially the Hubble telescope film, it really felt like we were in outer space! Saturn V rocket ship was pretty impressive, too, as well as the Lunar landing module and lots of other things. I learnt a lot about Von Braun as well - without his defection to America at the end of WWII there would have been no moon landing! Fascinating! After our day trip, Joe and Woody hit Tootsie's and went Honky Tonk bar hopping whilst Angela and I went to a girl's night in and her lovely friend, Mary's house whilst we critiqued Dancing with the Stars.

P.S. I am sitting in Union Square, San Francisco, with the sun shining as I am typing this, drinking some of the best coffee I have had so far in U.S. - beautiful! Off to Alcatraz this afternoon.

love Kaye  (sorry no photos atm as i am having trouble uploading them)

Nashville Day One

Nashville Diaries: Nashville is a beautiful city! We have done so much whilst we have been here: toured Belle Meade area - gorgeous homes, checked out the Union Hotel, saw the General Jackson paddle steamer on the Cumberland River, had a delicious dinner at the Midtown Grill and then saw Kathy Mattea perform with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra at the Schermerhorn Symphony Hall - and that was just Day One!

Love to you all, Kaye