Where To Begin

I'm not quite sure where to start it's been so long!

We have just returned from a wonderful vacation visiting my sister and her husband who live in Alaska. We had such a great time; there was paragliding off mountains, hiking to glaciers, sightseeing/wildlife watching, kayaking, salmon and halibut fishing and way too much eating. Mike,whom I have declared the Barbecue King of Alaska, smoked ribs and a brisket it was the best barbecue I have ever had. We have been researching smokers since we've been home. It was that good!

Our first day there we were having lunch in Girdwood watching people paragliding off a mountain and I jokingly said to my 15 year old son (we affectionately call him bubble boy because he would rather be in front of his computer than anywhere else) if he would like to do that. Never in a million years would I have thought he would say yes. You guessed it, he said yes and he was dead serious and never had a second thought about it, didn't even act nervous! Luckily I had pictures to take, so that kept my thoughts occupied! He was a changed boy on this trip! We had so much fun. He got a digital slr for his birthday, so our trip was very well documented. Yep, that's him, 3000 ft off the ground!

It was fun to actually see my sister's house. I can't even tell you how cute it is! When they bought it everything was white, not anymore. I'll try to post pics.

So now back to reality and figuring out what that is! We started a landscaping project before we left and it's almost done ready to be planted but that's where I'm stuck. I'm not sure what I want to plant. I could visualize the wall and stone edged bed but now I can't figure out what I want in them!

Here's the only new crafty thing I have to share. My sister had a bag she liked and wanted me to make one similar in some cool fabric. So here is a really crappy photo of the bag. I snapped it as I was packing it. Thought I'd get a better one with her, but didn't. I sorta made it up as I went using Amy Butler's Geisha Fans and Moon Dot Lime for the lining.




I suppose if I would do this a little more frequently, my posts wouldn't be so long! I guess that's more than enough for now!