Moving right along!

Time flies when you're retired! We had all the family in for a visit. The girls gave Ralph a 70th birthday party at Heather's, and it was wonderful!

 I didn't take pictures, I was busy socializing! There was immediate family, and friends of his. It wasn't a surprise, as he hates surprises. Steph and Dan were in for a few days, and Manda and Ben and the kids were in for almost a week.

Amary and Garrett had a blast in the pool, the boat, the beach, the petting zoo, and the Academy of Natural Sciences.

Of course Amary had to have blue water ice! We went out to the diner for a final lunch before they left.

The kitchen is now blue, and looks good! We have issues, though. The linoleum got ripped during installation, so it's being replaced by Lowe's, and that should come in this week. The corner cabinets were ordered at corner cabinets, and should have been ordered as lazy susans. We're missing the top left cabinet, because the original contractor measured wrong, and a too big one was sent. There's a split in one of the base cabinets, and the foreman doesn't like the drawer on the thin cabinet for cookie sheets. So they are all being replaced. I just spoke to the cabinet company, and the new ones will leave the plant on September 24, and will arrive here a few days later. Sigh. 

I started this on August 9. 

This is as of yesterday morning! The people and sled and horses are done in regular cross stitch. The background snow, trees, and building are done with 3 strands and are half  cross stitch, so it goes a lot faster! I'm already planning to use that technique on other projects. I love how it's coming out, and I'm only slightly obsessed with it.

We're getting a lot of rain from Hurricane Florence! We went from 90's and muggy to 50's and dreary overnight! I had to put  socks on for the first time in months!

And that's how it is in my little corner.