Aloha

 Hi Everyone! We went on vacation and now finally I'm going to share some of the things we did.

I did make a basket recently that I do want to share with you all but I don't have picture of it yet so I will share that later and for now I'm going to share some of the picture I took while my family and I had our Hawaiian Vacation.

 We where driving the Island just remembering things we saw and did when we lived here 10 years ago.  I can't believe its been that long but its has been 10 years!

 Per our youngest request we went on a Atlantis Submarine, first they take you out to sea on a boat, then into their submarine.

 Down down down we go, taking a good picture deep under the sea is little hard but did the best I can

 Here is my youngest looking out the window












they tat you up with the tribal stamps

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Dinner

 I know this is horrible picture of  the guy but do any of you remember Glenn Medeiros? He was actually the host of our Luau!! (click the link to see his Wikipedia info)  He looked and sounded so familiar, for a second I thought I went to school with the guy.

Lots of dancing

On our departure day, they held a Parade in my honor, actually it was a King Kamehameha Day Parade, which I got to see in front of the Hotel we where staying at.  Next time I would like to stay for two weeks instead of one. 

Missing My Hammy

Its been a week since my cat Hammy passed away.  each day it gets better  and better, I know its part of  life that we lose people and pets we love but its so hard to come to term with.  It has been a good experience for my youngest son who is 6 years old to process death.  He has lost grandparents in the past but he was too young to understand what death really is.  We had Hammy for almost 13 years, in August he would have been 13, he leaves behind his step brother cat Tora who is still a little lost without him but I'm sure he too will survive.  Maybe one day I will be able to get a kitten for Tora to nurture so he can be happy again. I will miss Hammy forever and he will never be replaced by any other kitty no matter how cute they are.

Shelf Storage Basket

 

Just finished this today! its Shelf Storage Basket by Suzanne Moore She has a free pattern on her site.  You can also get all the supply you need from her.  Good prices and very friendly service.  Here is a link to the free pattern by Suzanne click here

 these has leather handles

 and a hard wood strip  for inner rim which you can also get it from her and you also add some flat oval to give it more support

 The pattern called for 7MM flat to lash but it seemed too large to fit, I used 3/16 instead.

Here is a shot with clothes pin in front to give you a idea how large it is.




what should I store in here??

Northwood Berry Basket

Hello friends!

sorry I haven't posted in a while, as always I have lots of excuses but the biggest one this week is that I'm under the weather and feeling rather ick! anyway I wanted to quickly post my  basket I just made on Tuesday and point you in the direction to where you may be able to purchase the pattern.  Joanna's collections 
you can get a free pattern monthly but you need to print it right away because it changes monthly and you don't want to miss out on cool basket patterns.  If you miss the free one but you want to purchase it, you can through her web site and she will PDF it so there is no waiting for the mail man. I think I got this pattern long ago before she switched to the new website so its not listed in the archive but if you request the pattern. I'm sure she'll sell it to you.  I check her site often to see if she has new patterns up and print it even if I don't plan on making them at that time because I know later I'm going to want to make it.

enjoy your weekend!