I have a date!

I'm really excited because I have a friend date next week! I haven't really focused too much on making friends since we've been here. I figured I'd focus on that more after the kids got out of school. I have made a few though, I just haven't really invested much time on them or in my search for new gal pals. I got a call this morning and have a movie date with Juli on Wednesday. She was our realtor when we bought our house here. We've done a couple of things with her family but haven't done anything without them yet. I'm really looking forward to girl time, YAY!

I got an email from Leigh saying that she received the package that I sent her for our color exchange so I can post pics now. Her color was purple and I had a really great time picking things out for her. For her stitched piece I stitched JBW's French Country Flower Basket and made it in to a pretty pillow. I love how it turned out. The fabric I found to finish it matched it so perfectly I had to make it in to something larger where you could see the fabric well. I was originally going to make it in to a pinkeep but when I found this fabric I knew it had to be a pillow. I wouldn't have even thought to make a pillow until I received the one that Ming sent me. I've been so stuck in a flat fold zone I think I nearly forgot that there are other finishing options out there. Thanks, Ming! LOL! Besides cross stitching, Leigh also enjoys beading so I sent her the latest issue of a beading magazine, some purple beads, some purple and silver hearts, some purple gel pens, a walking map of Fredericksburg so she can see where I like to venture off to, some candy in purple packages, and my favorite thing.....a copy of the History of Famous American Flags in a purple envelope. I'm glad it was in a purple envelope because I thought it was very neat. I picked it up in a shop in downtown Fredericksburg.

I'm off to pack the kids up for their week with their grandparents.