Happy Friday and Happy Holiday Weekend!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and a wonderful holiday weekend!  Does everyone have plans?  Tomorrow I will be spending the day with Jenny and Owen.  We are going to an antique mall called The Depot at Gibson Mills in Concord, NC.  Jenny lives in Concord, so that is convenient!!  I can't wait to walk around there and take in all the beautiful things each vendor has.  I will take photos to share on here too!  There is a new restaurant in the complex too, so we will probably be having lunch there.  

I will also be stopping by the new house to see what progress was made this week.  I'm hoping some of the framing has been started!  I will need to take some photos for the album I'm creating.

Sunday, I'll probably go knitting for a little while with the girls!  That is always a nice way to spend a few hours while our husbands watch some sport event on the TV.  

Monday, John and I are either going to go to Megan and Ken's for a picnic or if that doesn't work out will will do something else just as fun!

Remember Labor Day was first started to celebrate the economic and social contributions of workers!  Everyone enjoy your weekend!

Fall is on its way!

(Photo via pinterest.com)

The humidity has come back to Charlotte, but I can feel a change coming.  That change is Fall!  I saw this pin on pinterest this morning and I thought of Fall immediately!  I have heard the NC apple crop is not going to be that good this year, but I will find some good apples some where for sure!  I am thinking apple crisp or pie with fresh whipped cream or some really good vanilla ice cream and a cup of tea!

Can you tell that I am done with Summer-LOL!!

Are you looking forward to Fall?

Ebb Tide Necklace

A few weeks ago I made a necklace called Ebb Tide for my etsy site.  I thought I would share it with you today:

If anyone would like to see it on my etsy site feel free!  Go to the side bar of my blog and you can click on my etsy site to see all the things I have listed there!  Think ahead for Christmas shopping, I know it is early but just think you won't be rushed closer to the holiday and you can enjoy them!

Have an awesome day!!

Our day~Saturday 8/25/12

We got up and drove up to Concord to have breakfast with Jenny and Owen.  We went to Concord Family Restaurant.  Owen flirted with all the waitresses!!  He was so funny!  They loved him to pieces!  We went to Frank Liske Park after breakfast.  They have a beautiful lake there so we put Owen in his stroller and walked around the entire lake.  It was a beautiful day here today.  Lower temps and no humidity just gorgeous!!

After we left Jenny and Owen at their house, we headed back down to Mint Hill to see what progress was made during the week on our new house.  The foundation is all done and we had a surprise.  We thought we were going to be on a slab and they decided we needed to have a crawl space.   A crawl space was an extra $11,000 but since they told us we didn't have to pay for the crawl space because it was their error it made it even more awesome!!  We walked around the lot and place some things like the patio, front garden, wood garden, etc.  What fun!  The birds were chirping and there is alot of shade in the backyard, which is really great!  Here are some photos I took today:

 Foundation from the street.

Foundation up close from the back of the lot.

Closeup of inside the foundation.

This is the front porch foundation.

The is a shot from the side yard, you can see some of the beautiful house across the street.  It has a porch upstairs and downstairs-really beautiful!

After we left the lot we drove closer to up town Charlotte and we went to the Southern Home Show.  John and I walked up and down all the aisles looking at kitchens, granite, and all sorts of house things.  I really loved looking at all the landscaping booths.  There were so many garden ponds dealers!  They were all so beautiful!

So that was our day!  I was really tired after we got home and had dinner I fell asleep on the couch for about an hour.  We a great day we had!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

I'm Going to be a Nana again!!

Monday Jenny called me and told me John and I will be grandparents again in March!!  We are really happy for her and Kevin.  Owen has been so much fun and now we will have another little one to love!

I guess I will have to start looking at more baby patterns for knitting.  Isn't life grand!!

Some time life brings you pleasant surprises!

Yesterday I was over at Megan's house visiting.  She, Ken and I went to lunch at a Mexican Restaurant not far from our new house.  After lunch I asked if they would like to go by the lot and see it all cleared.  I was pleasantly surprised to see they poured the footings and have the block in place to start the stem wall. Framing will begin in about 1- 1 1/2 weeks!!

I know this doesn't look like much, but this is what is the beginning of the house!!

My 2 Yarn Projects-1 Complete and 1 in Progress

Well I always talk about what knitting projects I'm working on.  Well I finally finished one and I'm getting close on the other one.  The first one is called Silk Moon Crescent Shawl.  I bought the yarn last fall at SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair).  This was such beautiful yarn to work with and I think it was because it has silk in it.

 This Shawl will be great for those nights that are a little chilly.  This just covers the shoulders and  a little down the back.  I love all the colors, it will be great for Spring too with all the pastel colors.

This shawl is called the Angel Wingspan.  I love this shawl.  The colors are just gorgeous.  This is for me-they are some of my favorite colors.

This is a closeup of the shawl but the colors are a little washed out.  The first picture colors are better.

The owner of the shop where I went Thursday night took some Juniper Moon Farm yarn and dyed it.  Debbie is a beautiful yarn dyer!!  Look at all the lovely colors in the wound skein!!

This yarn unwound looked like a brilliant Florida sunset!  It is just gorgeous!!  I am going to find the perfect shawl pattern for this lovely yarn!

When Darcy at the shop wound it for me she did it so there was a little flower at the top!  She is so clever!!

Well that is all for now.  When I finish the Angel Wingspan I will take another picture-maybe with me wearing it!!

Everyone have a great weekend!!