Birthday Weekend

Katy and Steve came home this weekend for my birthday.  Ed also took a day off so he could have dinner with us.  One of the things we did was go to Alpha, MI population 136.  We went for the beer at the Alpha Brewery.  We brough snacks since its just beer.  The beer is pretty good.  We had two brews:  Naughty School Girl and Brule River Red.  I'm not big into these small breweries.  I like Miller Lite.  After a couple of sips, heavier beer to me just gets ucky.   I did like the Naughty School Girl, not too heavy.  Ed was telling us that when he was in college and went to Beer Fest in Marquette, there was a booth that sold food on a string.  You wore it around your neck and they you had food to nibble on while drinking beer.  Being the smart aleck I am, I made some for us.  

Katy with her pretzel necklace.  Seating was outdoors.  Once we got to our table we took off our masks.  

Katy brought the most glorious gourmet cupcakes from GiGi's.  We had  Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel (my favorite), Lime, Dreamsicle, Cookie Dough and Chocolate 

Bob got me  a new yard art piece.  Its a dragonfly that is made out of pipe wrench and other scrap metal.  I love this stuff.  I have a couple of pieces I have blogged about in the past.  It is just so cool 

Its nice and rusty too!

Ed got me flowers, the colors were so pretty.  It was a wonderful birthday!

I got my latest piece of VMSS linen:  Heritage Sampler.  I think this one may be my favorite yet.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  It is a little darker.  I really do like darker linen. 

Started working on Carriage House Samplings Truth & Wisdom.  Its just a small piece.  I saw it again when I was on her website looking for A Free and Independent Mind.  It sparked me up.  

The Stitching Bee had a frame sale.  I called and had her put two aside for me and Katy was able to pick it up.  I paid for it ahead of time but, needed to spend at least $10 to put it on a credit card.  So I ordered a few more things.  Oh boy!

I'm going to Briwax this red one to tone it down.  The brown one is a nice size and I'm sure I will put it to good use. 

Black Bird Designs We Live in Hope.  This is a really lovely sampler.  Not sure if I will do the whole think or parts.  There are two samplers:  the large one on the front cover and just the sailing ship.  I may just do that.  Stay tuned.

I took the day off because I knew the kids wouldn't leave till this morning.  I had to go to a meeting at my new employers.  It was a just get to know everyone, a brief informational, some team building etc.  I'm so tired of the team building which generally is a load of crap if you ask me.  I have  yet another questionaire to fill out.  I've done three in the last couple of months  UGH!

Rest of the week is going to be busy since I was off today. Did get a little stitching done this afternoon after a power nap. 

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  Have a great week!  Stay safe, healthy and wear your mask
Monica