Another Wonderful Weekend!

What a great weekend! The weather was great, the friendship was fabulous, the food was yummy! Really what more could a person ask for!

My friend rented a cottage for a week and this was her last weekend there. She was kind enough to invite me out for the weekend and of course I took her up on it! What she didn't know was that I also planned a little impromtu surprise birthday party for her! I invited the "stitchin sistas" and as many as were able to showed up. We had a great afternoon walking on the beach, sitting on the deck talking and laughing and then went in to a Chinese Buffet for supper..it was yummy!

It always surprises me when the stitchin sistas get together how we all seem to mesh...I have never had that kind of bond or closeness with a group of women before. It really is something special and I am so thankful to be a part of it. I really can't explain it..and if i could I'm sure I wouldn't do it justice....so I'm just going to say they are an amazing group of women who I know would be there for me in a minute...as we all would for each other...and leave it at that! :)

So the next BIG event will be our bi-annual retreat! OMG I can not wait! And this one coming up is even better...we are going up for an extra day...Thursday to Sunday.....I am so excited about that! I look forward to that weekend. Its a great weekend of stitching, laughing, talking, sharing, sometimes crying, eating, and just plain old bonding! It always rejuvanates my soul and I come hope happy and feeling like a million dollars! I would suspect we will have our planning meeting sometime in October. We take turns "hosting" so there are always little surprises over the weekend that keep us laughing...not that we need any help in that deparatment!

We are also going to get back into meeting once a month for our stitching Sunday! We haven't done that in quite some time and I have truly missed it...plus it really motivates me to get my butt in gear and work on my project! I find at home I can be a bit of a lazy bones when it comes to getting my stitching in. I have made a committment (if only to myself) to really try and put at least one hour an evening into it...its not an unreasonable thing to committ to I don't think!

I'm still trying to figure this blog thing out...I have no idea how to include links to the site I like for cross stitching or how to post pics....I'm hoping to figure it out so I can create a little section for my stitching...maybe if I post progress pics it might motivate me! haha So if anyone reads this and can help me with figuring this out I would really appreciate it!

So now I am off to get some laundry done and get ready for the work week...sadly my amazing weekend is coming to an end...but I know there are many more ahead!