MY WEEK....

I decided to get another post up making good on my intentions to pay more attention to this blog.  This week has flown by!  Monday we went to Disneyland, and it was one of those trips there where everything just went soo well.  We were walking in the gates as it opened at 8 (which I have personally NEVER pulled off) and what a difference that made.  By noon we had hit most of the major roller coasters without standing in line longer than 15 minutes or so, and a couple of the smaller rides as well.  The weather was beautiful, and the crowds were VERY manageable.  That did change at around 1 when it became SUPER hot, and the crowds were gargantuan.  However, by like 5 it cooled off considerably, and the crowds just seemed more bearable.  We had gone on most of the rides we wanted to get to, and stopped and had a nice dinner.  By 8:30 hubby and I had had enough, and we left my son's family there to close the park down.  I did ride more of the rides than I thought I might, to include my favorite....the Matterhorn.  HOWEVER!  The ride had barely begun when I realized the error of my ways. lol  It whipped around faster than I remembered and my neck was not very happy.  All of my grand kids got a big kick out of grandma riding a roller coaster, and my son got a small video clip of me on it.  You can't really hear it that well, but I am yelling out  HUGE MISTAKE!! lol much to the delight of my husband and son.  Here are some of the best pics of the day...

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT....VINNY, JD, CODY, CAPRI AND DONATELLA

NEVER SAW ANY OTHER CHARACTERS BUT DONALD...BUT HE WORKED, LOL

THE KIDS LOVED THIS ONE...I HAVE HATED IT FOR YEARS, LOL

BOTH CODY AND VINNY GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF THE STORM TROUPERS

SWEET VINNY WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO RODE THIS

TELLA IS MY YOUNGEST SON'S DAUGHTER, AND CODY IS MY OLDEST SON'S...THEY ARE 11 DAYS APART IN AGE.  THEY WERE INSEPARABLE ON THE DAY...SOO CUTE TOGETHER

VINNY ON THE CARS

THEY ALL ENJOYED THE SHOOTING RANGE

THE CASTLE LIT UP AT NIGHT

THUNDER MOUNTAIN

NOT SURE HOW HUBBY MANAGES TO RIDE THIS THING, BUT HE ENJOYED IT!

Tues I spent relaxing and recovering from our day at the Magic Kingdom, and then the rest of the week I spent at my sewing machine.  I am trying to finish up a patriotic quilt, which I have always wanted for some reason.  Then...I also decided to make up a patriotic wall hanging for the wall on our front porch.  I had swore I would NEVER make up this pattern again as I struggled so with it the first time, but I really liked the idea of it on the front porch, so I decided to try again  This time I followed the directions a lot more carefully, and watched the video tutorial on it a couple of times as well.  It went MUCH better this time and I actually enjoyed it this time round.  It's still not perfectly flat (I have a hard time with bias) and there's a couple of other "flaws" but all in all I am pleased.   My first one I would have given a C-, and this one was a good strong B, lol.  OH!  And I ran short of fabric on my quilt and had to order some to finish off the top and bottom borders.  If I wasn't such a clown when it comes to math this would have never happened, but it did.  Who knew quilting involves soo much math!  Let me show you these....I will hopefully get the rest of the fabric for the quilt today and finish this off so I can get both pieces to the quilters tomorrow so I can finish them off in time for the 4th of July!

Looking forward to the week-end.  It's supposed to cool off into the low 70's and I am totally looking forward to it.  I don't feel like super hot weather just yet.  Hope you all have a good week-end.  I am off now to do some much needed visiting.  Blessings to you all, Debbie