I'm home. It was a wonderful vacation and nice to have the time away. We got home on Sunday night but were far too tired to do anything other than unpack and go to bed. We had to pack Curtis a bag for his business trip that he left for this morning. I did a whole lot of nothing while at the lake. Lots of reading, knitting, and movie watching. Watched a good bit of Doctor Who so I got my David Tennat fix in for a while.

We did go to Callaway Gardens for one day while we were there. Of course we went on the hottest day of the week. We didn't plan that very well. It was still fun though.



This is us in the butterfly house. I'm surprised we don't look worse than we do in this picture. The butterfly house has a lot of tropical butterflies and in kept at oven like temperatures. It was hotter in there than it was outside! I of course spent the entire time trying to will a butterfly to land on me for a picture. At one point I sat on a bench completely motionless while they flew all around me but not a single one came close enough to land on me.


They liked Curtis though. He was taking pictures of a few and didn't notice that one had landed on his hat. Isn't he cute? I just love his face so much.


KOI! I love Koi. They're such pretty fish. These though wanted nothing to do with the food I was trying to feed them. I learned why later when a few started to float by. They were the fattest Koi I have ever seen in my life. It looked like their bodies were about to get so big they were going to consume their faces. No seriously....

The last full day we were there we decided to actually go out on the water together. Curtis and his dad went fishing every morning we were there. Honestly I'm not a fan of fishing, I can't imagine anything more boring. They only caught fish one day while we were there and those were catfish we had for dinner that evening.

The cabin we stayed at had a kayak so Curtis and I decided to take it out one afternoon. It was a lot of fun. Curtis went out on his own and immediately turned into a 30 year old kid.

The ride reminded me how terribly out of shape I am. My arms were a little sore. Soaking in the hot tub that night helped cure that though!


I was not idle while I was there. Progress on the destroyed cowl has been going well. 40 inches knit and only 9 to go before I start dropping stitches. This is still a terribly mind numbing project. It was a good project to make on movie nights since I don't even have to look at my hands while knitting. It's so boring though.


I love making socks. I think it's the way it takes shape as you work on it. Or the connection to the past when almost everyone had to make their own socks. I can't imagine trying to keep up with making socks for an entire family. I doubt they made them in anything other than a basic design for everyday wear, unlike the fancy stitching most sock knitters use today. These are the Cookie A design and the stretch yarn is actually working pretty well.


Today I felt like playing with random objects and glue. I went in bored and came out with two pairs of earrings. Nothing complicated or hard. Took me all of five minutes. I love buttons though so I figured I needed some button accessories. The zipper pulls were leftover from another project and I hated to throw them away so I figured I'd do something with them.


Ok yes this bunny is missing a nose, I know that now. It will have a nose eventually but I just forgot to buy one today. I was lucky to remember googlie eyes.

I am actually quite thankful that Curtis was already in the air when I had a disturbing revelation today. I began looking for some craft supplies when I realized the horrible truth. I didn't own a hot glue gun. I literally plopped down on the floor and began to try and rationalize with myself. "How can I not own a glue gun? What is wrong with me? Why didn't I notice it sooner?" After about... oh... 15 minutes of questioning my worthiness of calling myself a crafter I realized what happened to my glue gun. I gave it to my mother.

So I went and bought a glue gun and some tacky glue because mine had reached that point of no return. When you almost pop a blood vessel in your eye trying to squeeze the glue out of a bottle it's time to get a new one.

I haven't touched my sewing machine since I got back and I doubt I will tonight or tomorrow night after work since I'm going out for a girls night.

Well everyone, I am hoping Wednesday and Thursday will prove productive. For now I am content to chill with the cats, a glass of wine and a bubble bath.