The kind that are packed full of things we want to do, not things we have to do. I woke up extra early this morning with a full itinerary for the day. My first stop after dropping the kids off at school was Ferry Farm. My stitching group was meeting there for a field trip. We had the best time! Not only did we get a nice history lesson from the Director of Archaeology, we also got to go in the archaeology lab. That was the highlight of the whole thing for me. I LOVED LOVED LOVED looking at all of the artifacts that they've dug up at Ferry Farm. I especially liked looking at the pieces of china that they've found. We also go to see several needlework notions that were found. They've found pieces of what were embroidery and sewing scissors and several thimbles. One of the thimbles that I really liked was smushed and had the words "Forget Me Not" engraved around the bottom of the thimble. We got to see several buttons that they've dug up, one of which was a Civil War button from a uniform. I got to hold that one so I was thrilled. I was just itching to touch something. Ok, so I didn't actually touch it...it was in a little bag...close enough for me :). I feel like a little kid when I'm near things like this. I want to touch everything so bad I can't hardly stand it LOL! There was a doll in a glass case there that I really wanted to hold. We had a really great time. I really should spend more time over there. They always have events going on and are always needing people to help out. I need to make myself more available for things like that. I just love being around all of those historical things. I just can't seem to get enough of it.
After my outing with my stitching group I met a good friend of mine for lunch. Today we lunched at Chilis. We're looking forward to Spring so we can go to the little eateries in downtown Fredericksburg and eat outside. I love doing that. Really, there's not much that I don't love up here. By the time we finished up with lunch I only had a bit of time to spare before picking the kids up from school so I stopped off at the mall for a bit of browsing. It was such a nice day out with friends. I wanted to stop by and say hi to my friends at HE but ran out of time. I'll pop in to see them on Thursday, I think.
I finally finished up a birthday present I've been working on for the past few weeks. I got it mailed off today so should be able to share a pic of it the end of the week. I think it turned out really great. I hope she likes it to. I spent some time this afternoon kitting up my next projects. In my quest to add more stitched items to my walls, I've kitted up 3 designs for me. Here they are minus the threads. I've not decided which one I'm starting tonight but these are the 3 I plan to stitch next. First is the Liberty 1776 Hanging Sampler Pinkeep from Stacy Nash Primitives. I plan to stitch this and hang it in my little sewing room. I've loved this piece since I first saw it and am looking forward to stitching it. It looks like a pretty quick stitch. Next is the small sampler from a chart from M Designs called Sampler Girls. At some point I plan to stitch the large sampler as well, but for now I'm stitching the small one. It's got two little ladies on it and it says "Let Virtue Be a Guide to Thee". I know this one will be a quick stitch. It'll be for my little room as well. I'm leaning towards starting this one tonight. Last but certainly not least is The Dolley Madison Sampler from The Sampler Girl. My hope is to eventually stitch all of the pieces from the First Ladies Series. I loved stitching Abigail's Sampler for John and know I'll love stitching this one just as much.
My little guy is waiting with a book in hand, so off I go.
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