15 March 2009

Gina and her Ma drive home

We had such a wonderful time with Katrina, Steve, and Isabella. We don't get to see each other very often so it was really nice to spend a few days with them. Here we are in our matching shirts.
Poor sweet Stella the airedale got very sick while we were visiting and had to spend the night at the emergency vet. She's feeling much better now.
We were so sad to leave Canada. So we stopped at the outlets in Pennsylvania to cheer ourselves up. Gina obtained some very nice things including a green dress and some orange shoes here:
What a long drive! It was interesting to see the trees and grass get greener as we drove farther south. Maybe it will be spring in Greensboro. Right now it's cold and rainy in Charlottesville. Afton mountain was foggy.
Gina's looking forward to returning to Greensboro tomorrow with the dogs (who stayed home and got spoiled all week by her daddy) - can't wait to hear all about Thomas' trip to Germany!

12 March 2009

A big project

Gina here - Today my sister Katrina and I decided to dive right in and make a quilt. It's a little one.
We didn't really have the right tools, or any expertise in quilt making, but we had some gorgeous fabric. Thanks Pu! There's a lot to learn, but we think we figured it most of it out today. It was easy! This is the front of the quilt. The next steps are to put the backing and binding on it, then quilt it.

11 March 2009

Isabella

Gina and her ma are in Canada! We had to drive over this scary high bridge to get here. No trucks were allowed to cross because of the strong winds so they were all just waiting there at the bottom.
This adorable little person - Gina's niece - was waiting for us in Bowmanville. Isn't she a cutie?

03 March 2009

02 March 2009

Blizzard

Look what's out the window this morning!
We haven't seen snow this deep in years and years. Even Thomas (who grew up in Germany) is impressed. We thought about going for a walk or making a snowman, but neither of us owns any boots.
Everything in the city is closed or cancelled, but we both had the day off anyways.
But if we do go out, we're using your car, Daniel.
Our tent on our back porch collapsed and died. It never occurred to us to take it down.
Boom!
Does anyone have a show shovel we can borrow?