Finished!

I finished my quilt! As I was going through the process of making it, I was so unsure if it would turn out like I wanted it to. I love the way that it turned out though! Yep, those are dragonflies!

Our Anniversary

So Sunday, July 10th, was our first anniversary. Let me just say, I am so glad to finally have the space back in the freezer that the cake had been taking up! For our anniversary we decided to go back to the beach that we had met at. This would be my fourth time at this beach but it was pretty different this time. We had only been sitting on the beach for a few minutes when all of a sudden I saw a dorsal fin pop up out of the water. Of course, Soren missed it and I felt like maybe I was mistaken. After a while I saw another fin in one spot and another farther to the left. Eventually we realized that there was a pod of probably no more that 5 or 6 dolphins swimming just off-shore. They were even playing in the swells as they were forming. I had never seen dolphins, except at Sea World, and this just made my day. They just kept swimming back and forth along the less crowded portion of the beach. It was pretty neat. Of course, when things like this happen, I get caught up in the moment and forget that I have a camera with me. I was only able to get a few not-so-great pictures. They really were just off-shore! Then after the excitement with the dolphins, I turned around to find a small group of seagulls trying to make off with an entire bag of Cheetos from the people next to us. The bag was closed and was still inside of a plastic shopping bag. None of this deterred them and they were able to get the bag about five or six feet away from the rest of the food before anyone noticed. We ended ip leaving earlier that we had planned to because we were not able to secure a fire ring to make dinner, but it was an exciting day at the beach anyway!

Summer Project!

So for those of you that don't understand how I work, I need to be doing something, preferably something that I enjoy, most of the day. I have a hard time spending more than a small portion of my day doing things like watching TV. Usually, this compulsion to do productive things is satisfied by doing homework, but, since I am not enrolled in summer classes, I decided that I needed a summer project. I have recently discovered that I am not so bad at sewing and that I enjoy it in much the same way that I enjoy woodworking. So I thought to myself, "What sewing project wouldn't be too expensive but would give me something to do for a while?" The answer that I came up with is quilting! Anyway, here is a picture of the beginning of the quilt top. Not so bad for a first-timer, huh?! Anyway, once I am finished, More pictures will follow.