Friday, October 19, 2007

Visit with an internet friend Nancy

Hi all, On Wednesday, I was able to leave my girlfriend, Jackie in North Carolina to go and meet and visit with Nancy, from one of my yahoo groups. Nancy and I hit if off right away and we just chattered the whole 3 hours I was there. Her house is just darling what with her great bargains from e-bay, yard sales and of course her great sense of decorating. She is a very accomplished stitcher and her samplers and stitched pieces are all on display. (she is one of those who not only finishes the stitching but has them framed or finished into something).

One of my favorite things that Nancy came up with was making a mosaic out of some broken china (one was a tea pot that was very special to her) and putting it into the floor of her kitchen where a cabinet once stood. (she had her kitchen redone by her also very talented husband - know to our group as King Kevin)

We had lunch at Panera Bread Company after which I needed to head back to the North Carolina mountains to my friend Jackie's house.

As an update - Jackie has done absolutely wonderful with her recovery from knee replacement surgery. She has been up and walking with only a cane and sometimes without it and it has only been 2 1/2 weeks.

I have not been stitching as much as usual, but that is OK since a lot of my time is spent walking Jackie's dachsund "Gunther" up and down the mountain roads and fields. I should be in great physical shape by the time I leave North Carolina.

I do have pictures to share, unfortunately I am unable to upload them to this computer, but I will be home by next week and will try to get them on my blog for you all to see.

It is a rainy day today, so we are settling down to finish up computer things and then Jackie and I will watch the Beatrix Potter movie on DVD - I may even try to work on my Beatrix Potter Sampler as we watch. The sampler is almost done - YEAH!!!

4 comments:

Solstitches said...

Hi Roberta,
I'm so excited that you and Nancy were able to get together and not only that but that you will be able to do it again!
I so enjoyed hearing about your day and love the picture you shared on the group.

Margaret

Nancy said...

Hi:
I am very happy to see you visited my blog. I have heard about you from Heidi but I have a hard time keeping all of you straight. I'm glad you liked my miniatures. I have to stop with them, I have too many. It is an expensive hobby.
Nancy

Anonymous said...

Oh, you must show us progress on your Beatrix Potter sampler. I am so jealous of anyone who has been able to find a chart of this. Lucky you.

Nancy said...

Well, talk about commenting a little late! Wasn't it a wonderful and fun time Roberta? I can't wait until the next time we can get together.

Hugs,
Nancy