july 3rd

My little 4th of july friend! made a few years ago.. I like to try to remember to carry him around on the 4th! So he is out and about to go into my purse for the weekend! I was hoping for beautiful weather for today cause I really wanted to go to the beach! but it didnt happen, at least the weather for the weekend is supposed to be perfect.

I have today off for the holiday and so far have spent it sewing. (probably just as well that it wasnt beach weather, or I wouldnt be doing what I needed to be doing!) Working on those bear orders! I have 12 cut out, and 6 of them with their pieces all sewn. I plan on getting the other 6 sewn together today and then through out the weekend and during the week I can stuff and finish them. MY plan is to have them finished and delivered by next thursday !! Yup.. I'll be hustling my butt off to do it.. but they need to be done and out of my life so i can start the other order and get that done and out of my life as well.. There are too many little fun projects dancing around in my head that I want to do!!

I had some help today at the sewing machine.. the naughties... they are into everything! but how can I resist their cuteness!? cause after they play and mess everything up, then they turn into tired little purr babies and they curl up cute nearby and fall asleep! or, in this case watch me sew!

I had to take a break from the sewing to do a quick post and then its to the kitchen. We spend every 4th of July with our closest friends, the Fellers and the Flanagans. The Fellers have this gorgeous property and a great pond and pool, so we always spend the afternoon there.

Lyndonville, the town I live in has a huge fourth of july celebration every year. theres a parade, and arts and crafts show, Tractor pull, bands, a chicken bbq, a car show, and then in the evening, we've been having the buffalo philarmonic playing, but this year they have a big band concert (which I LOVE) and then a great fireworks display!

We start the day at the parade up town, and then walk throught the craft show and usually end up talking to a bunch of people, then we head to the fellers to hang out at the pool and eat for the afternoon. then we decide if were going to the concert or not. if not, we stay at the pool. then I go home and make big paper bags full of buttered and salted popcorn to take to the fireworks. Everyone meets here and we have a convoy up town to the soccor field where we watch the fireworks from. Always Always a great time!

So this afternoon, I have to bake a cherry pie and a lemon merenge pie. It'll be so hard not to eat them until tomorrow! Im also making strawberry pretzel jello dessert, pasta salad, taco salad, and develed eggs. I'm starving for all of those things right now! There really nothing that great to eat here! I want a burger or something off the grill, but I'll be ending up with PBJ in a minute!

so anyways.. thats all for today.. What are all of you doing for the 4th?

hugs

vivian