The girls and I had a wonderful day of shopping, lunch, and summer play. It was fab. We are going to the ocean on Monday, and needed supplies. (I have seriously wanted to go to the ocean for five years. No joke. Five years!! Haven’t made it yet. But on Monday, we’re going. It’s about a 2 1/2 hour drive). We needed beach towels.
We needed sand toys. I needed a swimsuit that fits and cool beach clothes. We needed a Slip-and-Slide.
What? No wait, that’s not for the ocean trip, but we needed one.
Side note- Until yesterday, I had never actually seen a Slip-and-Slide. I’d heard of them of course, but had never used or seen one. Now I have both used and OWN one! It is very great!
We ate lunch in the mall. We had tacos. I got some great clothes that were all 50% off, because I’m late at everything, (finding sand toys was difficult, everyone is sold out), and they took an additional $25 off of my total because they’re nice!
Then we came home and played in the sun for over 2 hours ’til I had to make dinner. When Nate came home, he brought a truly lovely package in from the mailbox, containing a lot of candy and these…
Isn’t that little bag the cutest? I LOVE the colors! Kathy in Oregon, one of our Finchy Gifty winners, sent a thank you package. She said she likes to recycle and felt thrift store sweaters, and turn them into new things! I think the purse is great, and looks to be the right size to house a sock-in-progress. Thank you so much, Kathy!
An apology from Laura-
I am very sorry to those of you who are local and have not yet heard about Stitch ‘n Pitch. Tonight, the Seattle Mariners are hosting a knitting night, where they offer cheap seats and t-shirts to knitting baseball fans. There are going to be booths, and “experts on hand”, sounds like a grand time. Nate and I are going, and it didn’t occur to me to tell anyone or post about it until yesterday. I got my tickets and forgot about it. So sorry! I just assume that everyone reads Jessica’s site, which is where I first heard about it, and I have since found out that not everyone does. Well, you should. She’s hilarious. I want to be her friend.
Right, so we’re off to the baseball game tonight, but not before I take the kids to the beach to try out their new sand toys. We may not have an ocean within easy reach, but there are lakes everywhere, and we have the Puget Sound right close. Off to the beach we go!
July 28th, 2005 at 3:18 am
Yay for the beach! I hope you and Nate have a good time tonight? What are you going to bring, your current project?
July 28th, 2005 at 5:29 am
Haave fun at the beach….we have the sand, but no water.
I finished Cable 8 – up and posted! HURRAH!
July 28th, 2005 at 6:55 am
AHHHHHHH! Slip & Slide! I love it! My neighbors had one when I was a kid and we used it all summer long – they had a nicely sloping front yard and there would normally be 6-10 of us hanging out at their house by mid-afternoon. Great fun! The squeals! The water! The rug burn when a mean boy pinched the hose off & you were halfway down! Running to get back in line to go again! The laughter and of course the… sprained ankles! Oh, the joys of Slip & Slide! I want to come over & play!
July 28th, 2005 at 6:56 am
Are you going to Ocean Shores? I know lots of great spots on the WA coast!
July 28th, 2005 at 9:13 am
Ugh, it’s so hot here (SC) that I don’t think I could stand laying out in the sun. It’s hard enough to just get from my front door to my car that is in the driveway without almost dying.
The purse is cute! I love it!
July 28th, 2005 at 9:41 am
I love the beach! Don’t forget your knitting. I always bring my knitting to the beach. It gets sandy, but it’s easily shaken off.
July 28th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
Oh, you sweetie. You *are* my friend. Thanks for the love. Hope you had a great time tonight.
July 28th, 2005 at 10:17 pm
What a *cute* felted purse! Have a smashing time at the beach. 🙂
July 30th, 2005 at 5:39 am
That purse is so cool! Recycling thrift store sweaters is something I’d like to get into – it seems so much more economical than buying all this expensive yarn. I’d also feel less guilty about making it into rugs. 🙂 That slip and slide looks like a blast!