Why do I do this to myself?

I always find the hardest projects that I can and I fall in love with them. Then I take any spare time that I don't have and try to make this project. Well...I've done it again. I don't know if it's the fact that I had a blanket that I sucked my thumb with until I was like 10...but I love blankets. Big, soft, warm, comfy blankets. I found this tutorial online today and I want to make this SO bad. It looks like a lot of work and a lot of hours trying to figure out how to do all of the different steps but I think this will be my summer project once school is out and I don't have to do 12 hours a painting each week. I think I'll be making a stop by the fabric section when I go by Hobby Lobby tonight. I found the tutorial here. I can't wait to start on it. If only I had another baby on the way I could make it for them. Guess I'll just have to make a pink one and blue one and hope for the best. Just kidding.

Enjoy the tutorial!

Amount of fabric needed:
You need 4-5 different fabrics for this blanket. One fabric is going to be the "back" and the other 3 or 4 fabrics will make the fuzzy "front". I say 4-5 fabrics because you can use 3 OR 4 on the front side, it doesn't matter. I've made blankets with both and they both turned out great. It's simply a preference of how many colors you want to show up on the chenille side.
You need appx 1 yard to 1/1 4 yards of each fabric. If you want a perfectly square blanket, do 1 1/4 yards of each fabric (which makes a 45 x 45 square). If you're going with fabric in your stash and only have 1 yard of your favorite fabric, just use 1 yard and you'll have a cute rectangle. Again, I've done both sizes and you'll be happy either way. For the blanket in this tutorial, I used 1 1/8 yards of each. No rhyme or reason, just what I was feeling that day.

Also note: the fabrics will shift a bit as you're sewing, so you'll end up losing a few inches all the way around once you trim the finished edges.

Types of fabric:
For the back fabric you can use any sort of cotton, flannel, corduroy, or other soft fabric. Cotton-weight or heavier works best. Avoid fabrics with stretch.

For the chenille fabrics, you need woven fabrics that will fray easily at the edges; the fraying is what creates the faux chenille look. The best fabrics to use are:
* 100% Cotton
* Linen (or linen/cotton blend)
* Flannel (which is typically 100% cotton)
Aesthetic Nest also has a great tutorial for these blankets, using flannel instead of cotton. Check out her beautiful pictures and info HERE.

Most importantly, you want to stay away from polyester and other synthetic fabrics since they tend not to fray, especially when cut on the bias, which is what you'll be doing here. You may be tempted to get a poly/cotton blend for some of your chenille layers, but don't do it! You'll be disappointed.
I used 100% cotton for all the fabrics in this tutorial.

Price of Fabrics:
Your back layer is the one that will really show, so if you're going to pay for a cool printed fabric, spend your money there. For the other layers, only bits of each fabric will show, so don't worry about pricey prints (I spend $2-$3/yard on these fabrics). Choose fabrics with color shades you'd like to see on the chenille side, since all you'll really notice is the color and not the detailed print of these fabrics. I like to use my darkest color on the bottom of the chenille layers because it looks nice when you cut the layers. If you choose a printed fabric, look for those with small-scale patterns (mini dots, flowers, calico prints, etc)

Here's my stack of fabrics, all purchased at Joann Fabrics:
The colorful print is for the back; the four 100% cotton solids are for the faux chenille front.
Note: I did not pre-wash/dry my fabrics since they will be washed a few times when finished sewing and it will be fine if they shrink up together. But if your good sewing practices are eating away at you on this, go ahead and wash/dry before getting starting.

Okay, let's layer the fabrics. Lay the "back" fabric face down and then lay the bottom of the chenille fabrics on top of that. My solid colored fabrics don't have a wrong or a right side, but if your fabric does, I usually lay the bottom layer of chenille face down, just like the Back fabric because it will curl up and show the colored/printed edges a bit better (this will make more sense later when you wash the blanket). Then, I lay the other chenille layers face up.
I'm working outside on our driveway here because I'm using a temporary spray adhesive to hold the fabrics together and no matter how careful I am, some of the spray gets on the ground and on my fingers. So definitely work outside. This step is optional, but it helps keep the fabrics from extreme shifting while you sew.

So, use a temporary craft adhesive, such as Craft Bond to hold the layers together. This will wash out later.
With your first two fabrics on top of each other, pull back some of the pink fabric and spray the Back fabric with Craft Bond. Then fold the pink back over and smooth it out with your hands. Try to make it as smooth as possible, with each fabric layer you add. But don't stress over it; there may be slight bubbles or folds here or there.
Pull back the other side of the pink fabric, spray the Back fabric and lay the pink fabric back on top, smoothing it out. It's easiest to do half of each fabric at a time, rather than trying to spray and lay the entire piece of fabric at once and smoothing it out.
Continue layering, spraying, and smoothing out the other fabrics,
until you have them all layered, in one heavy stack:
To keep the fabric from shifting even more while sewing, I pin the layers together in various spots throughout with safety pins:
Okay, to make the chenille side, you're going to sew diagonal lines, appx 1/2 inch apart from each other across the entire back of the blanket.

You want to mark the center diagonal of your blanket and start sewing in the center first and then work you way out. If you start at one of the corners, it's unlikely that your diagonal lines will evenly hit the center corners when you actually get there.
Use a piece of yarn or string and pull it from one corner to the other, to create a straight line. Use a fabric marker and ruler to draw the line all the way across. If you don't have a fabric marker, you can use straight pins to create a line and then remove them one by one as you sew.
And now you're ready to sew!
Pick appropriate thread colors for the Back and the chenille sides. They will both show up. I prefer a thread that blends with the fabrics, so it hides any mistakes or wonky lines.

You want to sew on the BACK fabric and not the chenille fabrics. This is important.
As you sew line after line after line, the fabrics will shift a bit. It's almost impossible to avoid (even with the spray adhesive and safety pins). There are times that you will get small folds or bunching in the chenille side fabrics and this is okay. It won't matter very much when you start cutting your chenille lines. So, it's best to do the nicer sewing on the side that will show: the Back side.
Now, without even thinking about it I choose a fabric that has diagonal lines all the way across, which makes this sewing super easy. But, it makes it harder to show you the steps for this tutorial. So, I'm going to use a small swatch of fabrics here for the next few steps and go back to the colorful blanket later.

Here's my new set of fabrics. The red is the back fabric and there are 3 chenille fabrics underneath:
I marked a diagonal line across the middle:
And sewed my first line right down the middle, all the way across that diagonal line:
Looks like this:
Then, start sewing parallel diagonal lines next to the first line. You can space them however far apart you want, as long as you're consistent with each line. But I've found that 1/2 inch apart looks best and helps the chenille fabric fray and curl up the best. So, use your presser foot to guide you when sewing each line. I also had to shift the position of my needle over to get a full 1/2 inch from my presser foot edge. Use a ruler to measure if you're not sure where a 1/2 inch is.
Continue sewing lines all the way across, to both corners and listen to good music to break up the monotony.
When you're done sewing, it should look like this!
Small note: I don't cut any of the strings off of each line when I'm done sewing. I just do it all at the end, so I don't have to keep stopping and cutting.
Okay, back to my big other blanket here. This is what it looks like. Lots of pretty lines on white fabric:
Of course, the shifting fabric created some folds and bubbles, so don't worry if yours does the same. It will work out in the end!
Time to CUT.
You can use a special chenille cutter for this (Aesthetic Nest shows one in her tutorial). I couldn't find one at my local fabric shop and was antsy to get started, so I just used scissors.
Now, this step is not tricky, but you do need to be careful that you don't poke through the Back side of the fabric.

Slip your scissors under the top chenille fabric layers (all 3 or 4 of them, whatever you used) and cut down the middle of each line. DO NOT cut the Back fabric layer.
It will look like this. Pretty fabric colors peeking out.
Continue cutting down the middle of each line. This is a good time turn on your favorite show or peppy music in the background.
When you get to a spot where the fabric is folded over, just cut over the folds and them trim any jagged edges.
And now time to expose my big problem area. I was sewing along, feeling confident about my blanket. And since there are diagonal lines printed on my fabric I thought, huh....I'll just skip ahead and sew a diagonal line farther down and then fill in the gap with my lines. You know, playing sewing games with myself to break up the monotony of the lines. Well, dumb. When I filled in the gap with my diagonal lines, the fabric had shifted and totally bunched up in one spot where I sewed that rogue line. See that middle line down there that looks wonky? Dumb dumb dumb. Well, in the end, after washing/drying it actually looks okay, but it made the cutting process more difficult.
The layers on those two lines were super folded and bunched and I could hardly get my scissors through. Look at the horrible cutting job:
AND, I cut TWO HOLES in the back fabric. Ugh. But I came up with a easy fix solution! Here's what you do.....
Cut a piece of fabric slightly larger than the hole. Make sure it's fabric that matches the pattern where the hole is (of course I didn't have any extra fabric, so I had to go back to Joanns for 1/8 of a yard. Might be wise to buy a bit extra the first time around if you foresee yourself as a hole cutter)
Use a fusible webbing (such as Heat N Bond or Wonder Under) to attach the fabric to the blanket. I first tried simply folding the edges under and not using webbing but it was too bulky.

So, iron the webbing on to the back side of the fabric:
Peel off the paper and trim the excess fabric.
It's going to fit real nice over that spot.
Lay it on top of the hole and iron it in place. Fusible webbing is like a small layer of plastic that actually fuses to both sides of the fabric and holds them together. It will not wash off and is usually used for applique work.
Finally, sew the piece in place. I cut the patch piece just as wide as the width of two diagonal lines on my blanket, so I could sew the edges down right over the lines I originally sewed. Do not sew horizontally across the bottom ends, or it will crush the chenille layers on the other side. The fusible webbing will keep the edges from fraying.
And the hole is fixed! You can't even tell it was there (which is why I don't have a photo to show you).

Okay, all the lines are cut and it's time to even out the edges of your blanket.
There will be shifted edges of fabric hanging over on each side. So use a rotary cutter or scissors to trim the edges and make sure the sides are even.
What I find easiest is to use scissors to do a quick eye-ball trim, just to get the bulky stuff off.
Then I use my rotary cutter to fine-tune the edges and make them look really nice.
And here's the trimmed blanket:
You can leave your corners square or make them rounded, as Aesthetic Nest did. I'm in love with her idea! So, use a plate or round object to mark curves around each corner and trim the edge.
Your blanket should look like this:
Phew. Still with me? We're almost done! We just need to add the binding.

You have a few options here. You can make your own binding or bias tape, or purchase the pre-packaged stuff. For Lucy's baby blanket, I made a wide 3 inch binding of faux fur fabric.
If you don't want to make your own, you can buy various bindings at the store. Mostly they're solid in color and either satin or poly/cotton. I used two packages of 1 inch wide, double-fold, poly/cotton bias tape. I thought the teal would be a fun color contrast with the white:
With bias tape, one side is slightly wider than the other. You want to use the wider side on the underside of whatever you're sewing, so you make sure you get an even sewing all the way around (so there aren't any holes)
Sandwich the binding around the edge of the blanket and pin it in place.
Ease it around each curve:
And when you get to the end, overlap the binding a bit (it shouldn't fray, since it's a poly/cotton cut on the bias - fabrics fray less when cut on the bias)
And then sew the binding down, close to the edge.
You may get a few puckers in the corners which you can try to smooth out with your finger nail.
Okay, the big final payoff!!
Throw that blanket in the washing machine and dyer and when it comes out.....it should look like this:
Lines of curled up, soft chenille layers.
If the layers aren't fraying up as nicely as you'd like, try washing/drying it a few more times. Of course, the fraying really depends on the fabrics used. So always stick with 100% cotton, linen, or other wovens that fray easily.
And if you were delirious from cutting all those lines, you may have missed a line or two. Whoops:
Just pick off the binding in those two spots, cut all the way down the line, and sew the binding back on. And you're done! Congratulations!

What a cool way to paint your nails!I

I found this tutorial today while blog surfing. It's such a neat idea. I never would have guessed you could do anything like this. Enjoy and if anyone tries this please let me know how it turns out!

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These nails take around an hour to complete (if you want them to turn out properly, plus I've factored in the nail polish drying time, but it might vary depending on the polish you use).

1. You will need a top coat nail polish and then a coloured one. Make sure you use a light, bright colour because otherwise you won't be able to see the words. White, beige, cream work the best because it looks like paper. I'm using OPI nail polish in Alpine Snow and OPI Top Coat.

2. A little bit of either vodka or rubbing alcohol. Just enough to dip your nail into.

3. Cut 10 pieces of newspaper, small enough to handle easily, but big enough to be easy to work with.

4. Paint your nails in the colour you chose. I painted two layers. Let dry completely. It is vitally important that your nails are fully dry before proceeding to the next step.

5. The next couple steps have to be done one at a time for each nail. Take your nail and dip it into the vodka and hold it there for about 5 seconds or until fully wet.

6. Take a piece of newspaper and put it on the nail, press down and hold it for 20-30 seconds before taking it off. Try to not move the newspaper otherwise it'll smudge the words. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all the nails. Then wait about 5 minutes, and paint on a top coat. Make sure that you do put on a top coat because otherwise the newspaper print will come off, and your nails won't look that good anyways.

Finished product.






Hope you all enjoyed the tutorial!

What a geocaching adventure!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday went by way too quick for my liking but it was such a fun wonderful weekend I couldn't help but like all of it (even the crazy parts). Friday was such an eventful day for me.  The weather was beautiful outside and I had extra time made up since I was out of school for spring break so I left work at 2 and picked Stratton up from the baby sitter. It was a beautiful 64 degrees outside, a little overcast but overall a great day to get outside.  The first geocache that Stratton and I found that day was in a little cemetery that I had no idea even existed. It was tucked back up into a little clearing, the driveway up to it just stopped at a really tall hill. We got out of the truck and looked around at all the neat tombstones. There were a lot of children and infants there which was really sad. You forget how hard it was to raise a family back then. When we found the cache, Stratton grabbed the nearest big stick and was SO excited!

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 What's this?

 There were so many gravestones that were so old that you could hardly read the name or date on them.

 I thought this tree in the very middle of the cemetery was neat looking (a little spooky too) kind of like something from a scary movie.

After we found the CGCC1 geocache we stopped by the Pioneer Market right up the street from our house. It's a nice little place and I was interested in seeing how much some bulbs for the front of our house would be. I would love to have some pretty flours in there instead of the ugly bushes that are there now.
We got some strawberries and some candy. Stratton loves suckers so he got a great big sucker too.
I found some old cigarette candy too! I didn't even think they sold these anymore. They taste horrible but I couldn't remember the last time I saw them so I got a few boxes for Derek.

 He was so proud of his sucker.

 Aren't these so cool looking?

We stopped by Cook's Barbecue on the way back to our house to wait until Aunt Stephie got off of work.
Stratton got a bbq and french fries. This was the best bbq I have had in a while. It was SO good, not to mention that it was a lot cheaper than Wibs and you got more meat on your sandwich. I might have to stop by there for dinner tonight. Once Steph got to our house it was time to go GEOCACHING!
It was Stephanie's first time going and definitely the most memorable time I've ever had.
The first find for Steph was one called Left Turn Clyde!! She found it all by herself! I was so proud!

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Before we put it back we noticed a lady on the phone staring at us while we were signing the log. I thought nothing of it, put the geocache back where it was supposed to go and set off to see if there were any other geocache in the area. When we were leaving I noticed her pulling around where we had parked. I was scared she had seen us put it back and thought maybe we were putting trash down or something. Boy was I wrong.
There was a geocache less than a mile away at my old high school. I was so happy we got to find this one. It was pretty neat getting to show Steph and Stratton where I went to high school.

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I was a little concerned about the other geocache so I decided to stop back by and see if the lady had found the geocache and see if she was ok. She seemed a little distressed when we had left. I pulled around next to her and tried talking to her. This wasn't happening. She was on the phone telling whoever she was talking to what Steph and I looked like. Great. I'm thinking. She's keeps talking to whoever she is talking to that she can't believe we have the gall to come back! I'm thinking we did something very wrong, knowing really we hadn't done ANYTHING wrong. I tried again to talk to her and explain what we were doing and how it was harmless. She saw it otherwise. She kept the police coming until I explained what it really was and how I indeed wasn't drug trafficking or trespassing onto her property. Once she was settled down a little bit she told the police on the phone she was fine and I thought it was over. NOPE! She got riled up again when I asked for the geocache back so I could give it back to the owner. She definitely wasn't having this either. She couldn't quite grasp the concept that I wasn't the one that put it there in the first place and that I was merely finding it and putting it back. So, she called police again...(She's a little trigger happy if you can't tell) Her husband showed up shortly after we pulled up and he then started to chime in about how 7 months ago when people were trespassing on his property he was almost killed. I (being the curious cat that I am) asked what happened. The lady screamed at us that it was none of our business and crossed her arms like a 3 year old having a hissy fit when her husband kept telling us what happened. I told him I was truly sorry for what had happened and it must have been very scary. He thought I was being a smartass and proceeded to tell me he didn't appreciate my sarcasm. Hmm... these people really are a bunch of loony tunes.  While we were waiting and I kept asking (nicely) for the geocache back the crazy woman was acting like a high schooler who had just taken away a middle schooler's bag and was trying to rub it in that she had the geocache and I didn't. She goes "well, it's mine now. I used my geo to find the geocache." At this point I'm steaming because of the stupidity that these people reek of so, I said the nicest thing I could at that point. "You find a geocache with a GPS." (I really wanted to end that statement with a nice 5 letter word that rhymes with witch but I kept my mouth shut) She told me she was trying to make a joke and I laughed like a crazy person in her face just to make sure she knew I didn't give a crap about her lack of humor and poor judgment on being a decent human being. She proceeded to keep jacking her jaw and said that if she found another one there again she was going to throw it away. I glared at her. It took everything in me to keep my mouth from giving her verbal whiplash. A few LONG minuets later the police officer showed up. The crazy couple all but sprinted over to them. I stayed put in the truck. They can say their peace and I'm not about to argue with these people. God knows I probably would have shoved the geocache someplace in that lady where no one but a doctor could have found it. I sat in the truck trying to calm down and what better thing to do while you're waiting? Take pictures to document your fun journey!

The cops stood there and talked to the Loony Tune couple for a couple of minuets, the man pointed up towards his property, the crazy woman flailed her arms around like a chicken. Steph, Stratton and I sat. Finally after some waiting the police officer came over and I greeted him at the front of the truck. He asked what we were doing, where we were, when she saw us and what we were doing. I explained that we were geocaching and (like most people) he asked what it was. I showed him my GPS as well as my geocaching app that is on my phone. We talked for a little bit then he went back over to the L.T. couple to get the geocache back for me. (Did I mention this police officer was super nice?) He came back with the cache and told me that the woman told him that I charged after her. Really? Charged? I don't think so. We got the geocache back and he said we were good to go. We of course had to name drop that our sister in law worked with him so he got a good laugh out of that. I was SO glad we got the cache container because I could see the lady was pissed that he gave it to us. That made my day. The cache has since then been replaced and I talked to the person who put it there. He thought it was funny too and said not to worry about those people. Where it's placed, it's public property and not theirs to throw away. He said he's going to keep putting it back until they either get over it or call the police a few more times.

Sooo coooold

Q: What is your middle name?
Ann. No E. Just like my mom.

Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to help people as much as I can. I do nothing of that nature now. I think I make more people mad than actually help them on a daily basis. It's pretty frustrating.

Q: If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be?
1}  Not have to worry about finances or money.
2}  Live a long, happy, healthy life with Derek
3}  Watch my children grow up happy and healthy

Q: If your house was on fire and you could grab only 3 things before leaving, what would they be?
Stratton, as many pictures as I could, and my 2 favorite electronics (my phone and computer)

Q: You wouldn’t be caught dead, where?
In a strip club. They're just nasty.

Q: If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be?
I think I would want to be a Jessica Rabbit. She is one of the best looking cartoons out there.

Q: Who was the last person you hugged?
Stratton

Q: What do you think of when you hear the word "yellow"?
Stratton's favorite color. He is always coloring with yellow and he loves anything yellow. He picked a yellow flower from one of the geocache last week and took it home for Derek. As soon as he picked it he told me it was for Daddy. He is so sweet.

Friday Confessions

I confess I got the cops called on me today. That post will come soon. Maybe tomorrow.
I have never laughed so hard in my entire life at the stupidity of two people. Ok maybe once but these people were STUPID.

I confess I have been getting cabin fever lately and have HAD to go outside because the weather is so nice outside.

I confess I have two flat screens in my living room right now because of March Madness. Bleh! I hate this time of the year.

I confess I just want to snuggle up in my bed with my little man and watch Spongebob Squarepants and nothing else.

I confess I couldn't wait to get off work today because Groucho's CitiKitty came in the mail today.

I confess I want to go to Le Bounce tomorrow whether Stratton want's to go or not. Haha.

We Love Geocaching!

Yesterday was another beautiful day to go outside and do what I love! 

GEOCACHE!

This is the geocoin we found here:

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This geocoin is called Davina's Bones and Roses Geocoin 

It's by far the coolest geocoin I have seen!

This was the first benchmark I have ever found. It was right off of the bike trail next to Cape Bike.

 This benchmark that next to the geocache we found.
The geocache was called Neighbor to a Benchmark so it was pretty fitting.
My friend Darryl Ann and her daughter Kendall came along with us.

The wind was really bad yesterday.

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 It was so windy poor Stratton kept getting knocked over by the wind.

 I love Kendall's hair in this picture.

 We finally found the cache after looking for like 20 min!

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Darryl Ann found this one. I was looking in all the wrong places. Hah!

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 Kendall holding the cache.

Stratton holding the cache.
It was such a great day to get out and go geocaching with good friends!

I can't wait to get off work and go today with Steph and Stratton.

Music Request

I would like to get some "springy" songs on my blog.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Geocaching!

This last week has been perfect for geocaching! The weather has been beautiful and it's been warm enough to go outside without your fingers and toes turning black and falling off. Last weekend when we visited the Charleville Winery, Lauren and I found two trackables in the If You Don't Get On, You Can't Fall Off cache.

Here are the two that we found.

 Micro-Brew Snozzberry

This is a type of geocoin. It's called a GeoJellies 4. They come in all different flavors and from what I've read are pretty rare to find.

Travel Bug Hyundai 

This one is called a travel bug. That's probably why there's a bug on the side of the dog tag.

It's a promotional one for someplace that makes the Hyundai's in Alabama.  

For those of you who don't know what trackables are. There are two kinds of trackables:

1. Geobugs-A Travel Bug is a Trackable that moves from place to place, picking up stories along the way. Here you can add your own story, or live vicariously through each Bug's adventures. Simply put, a Groundspeak Travel Bug is a trackable tag that you attach to an item. This allows you to track your item on Geocaching.com. The item becomes a hitchhiker that is carried from cache to cache (or person to person) in the real world and you can follow its progress online.

2. Geocoins- A Geocoin is a special coin created by individuals or groups of geocachers as a kind of signature item or calling card. Like Travel Bugs, each Geocoin is assigned a unique tracking ID which allows them to travel from geocache to geocache or to be passed amongst friends, picking up stories along the way.

You can read about either of the two trackables on www.geocaching.com. 


Yesterday was such a beautiful day (compared to the last 4 months of nothing but cold nasty weather) that I decided to take Stratton and my Dad on a geocaching adventure. I have about 5-6 planned but my dad was going to go meet a friend to do some"jig tying" (my dad is a huge crappie fisher and he ties his own flies if this is coming across as a foreign language just message me and I'll explain) so we had to cut it down to only 2 finds for the day. Which wasn't bad considering we were only out for a little over an hour. Before we left to go find some geocache, Stratton was in dire need of ice cream (which sounded pretty good to me too at the time) so we stopped by the gas station and grabbed some dibs. YUMM! Our first find was right off Hopper in Cape Girardeau.

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We dropped off the Travel Bug Hyundai here.

The next stop was over by the bowling alley.

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We dropped off the Micro-Brew Snozzberry here.

Overall it was a great day of finding and getting to spend time with family. Stratton was so worn out from all the excitement he fell asleep on the way to Grandma Mona's house.

We ate dinner at Mona and Bill's. (spaghetti! My favorite!)

We also got to play with cousin Payne.

After that we went home and straight to bed where he proceeded to pass out!