A new addition to the family!

Continue to read before jumping to any conclusions just yet. As I suspected in my last blog, I am getting my way in some fashion. As much as I would love a brand spanking new sewing machine, I am getting the next best thing, my mother's "gently used" one. I seem to remember buying this with her when I was probably in intermediate school and we went to the tutorial class to learn the basics of how to use it and I never think it got used again. Now, instead of making things like clothes and stuff (which I can't picture myself doing yet) I would like to start with simple things like dishtowels and bags or something to that effect. It can't be that hard right?

This weekend was Kristen's 30th birthday! I wanted to do something a little special and as much as I would have loved to plan another BBQ like we just did last weekend for Steve's birthday, the weather was crappy and I honestly didn't have all that much energy to pull it off again. So, we took her to Jackson's in Reston with Lisa Ryan and then we went to Brion's Grille for late night drinks. Tiffany joined us and we all crashed at our townhouse (pictures of the new place will be posted soon) and met my dad back at Brion's for lunch on Saturday. He came back to see the townhouse and we hung out there until he left and we went to bed soon after. Sunday, we cleaned up and recovered from the long bur fun birthday bash.

This week is going to be a busy one. Tonight, we are meeting the new DJ since the other DJ cancelled. Tomorrow, we are meeting with our wedding planner, Wednesday is my new pole dancing class and this weekend I'll be going down to the lake to see my mom, grandma and my new sewing machine! I'm sure that will be followed by a trip to Michael's or A.C.Moore. I'm thinking that the picture below might be my first craft. I may make one for each of my bridesmaids if I get really anxious.

Stay tuned for pictures of my new creations....