Monday, September 7, 2009

A Birthday Weekend

To celebrate my birthday hubby and I decided to go to Monterey, CA, a gorgeous little town located along the Pacific coast about 60 miles from us. We spent our days talking walks, enjoying the wonderful weather which was mostly in the lows 70s along the coast in Monterey and on the streets and beach of Carmel. We even got daring enough to rent a surrey bike and pedal along the ocean...talk about WORKOUT! LOL! Our evenings were quiet spent at our hotel reading, stitching, and just relaxing. We took plenty of photos which I will post soon to our photo blog.
I started a new project by Bent Creek as part of a SAL with the other members of the Bent Creek, HIH and Trilogy Yahoo group.
I haven't added much to my stash lately but here are a few things I've purchased lately.
And last but not least is this wonderful Pendleton Tote Bag which my husband got for me.

12 comments:

Sharon said...

Lovely stitching! I love that Bent Creek pattern you are doing. I have that same pattern myself. Yours looks great. Beautiful tote bag too.

Irene said...

Happy Birthday Milly ! Love the bag.

WendyCarole said...

Sounds like you had a great time. Love the bag

blueladie said...

Wonderful weekend. Love your Pendleton bag... it's beautiful. TFS. :)
Cathryn
LHN group

Colleen said...

Sounds like a wonderful weekend!! Great stashing and love the SAL too! And that bag is to die for!! Can't wait to see more pics of your time away!

Charlene ♥ NC said...

Sounds like a lovely weekend. I love, love Monterey! I had a chance to visit while my son was stationed at the Defensive Language School about 8-9 years ago, and wanted to stay!! So different than the Atlantic coast that we're accustomed to. Thanks for the memories!!

Dawn said...

What a wonderful day to spend on your birthday. Looks fun to ride that. Oh my I love Christmas Eve chart. The tote bag is beautiful. ~ Dawn ~

Carolyn NC said...

Happy Birthday! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Love the stash and tote bag!

MarchAnn said...

Great weekend, great stash and you got stitching done, WOW. Love the pictures.

Karen said...

That's a great birthday trip! I've never been out there, but want to some day! Great stashing - love the Prairie Schoolers!

Meari said...

Happy Belated Birthday, Milly. Sounds like you had a great getaway. :)

Debra said...

Happy Birthday! Sounds like a nice weekend. Cute tote.