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I've been busy all week trying to get the house all cleaned up. I've cleaned out all the closets but one, the garage has been cleaned out, and I've thrown out a bunch of stuff! I've got a ton of stuff gathered together for a yard sale that I'm sure we'll be having before too long. I may try to have it next weekend....we'll see. The realtor is supposed to coming over at 9 Monday morning. We're using Colwell Banker and they're supposed to be making arrangements with a well established realtor in Maryland to help us when we get there. I was so set on living in Virginia....oh well. The upside is I'll be within about a 30-40 minutes drive of The Stitching Post and Needlecraft Corner in Baltimore. Actually I think it's more of a 45-50 minute drive to Needlecraft Corner. Perfectly doable though considering the closest to me now is a bit over 2 hours away. There's another one in Baltimore but I've not checked on it yet. There are a few others in various other cities around where we're looking. If I remember right, I think the closest shop to the town we're looking at is about 19 miles away. I might have that wrong but I think it's pretty close. I guess I'll find out soon enough. Mike doesn't know it yet but if we get all of our business taken care of quickly and have time to spare, we're going to a shop :o). I'm hoping the day we fly in that I can take him to the National Archives since he missed it on our last trip. I went while he was at his interview and felt bad that he missed it. Oh well. Better that one of us went than neither of us, right??

My best friend and her family came over last night to watch High School Musical 2 with us. She picked up pizzas and I got the goodies so we could make ice cream sundaes. I think the kids had a lot of fun playing. I know we did :). After the movie was over we played a game of Sorry. I LOVE that game! I didn't care too much for the movie though. It was ok but I think the first one was much better. I'm really gonna miss her and our get togethers and outings when we move :(.

A few days ago I got a package in the mail from an exchange I participated in, in one of my yahoo groups. It was a pin exchange and here are the great gifts that Debs sent me. She knows I love the ocean and stitched this pretty little needlebook from The Victoria Sampler for me. Isn't it fantastic?! Thanks again for the really great gifts, Debs!

Speaking of gifts, I sent out my first PIF gift about a week and a half ago to Missy. She emailed me a few days ago to say that she received it so I can post a pic of it now. I stitched 2 pieces for her from The Prairie Schooler. The first piece is a needlebook that I made for her using one of the pieces from their Prairie Birds chart. I loved the piece of the mama birds feeding her babies. It reminded me of her :). I also made a pinkeep for her using one of their small free charts. I think they both turned out really well and I'm thrilled that she likes them :). Missy, I hope your flights back home were safe and uneventful :)