Miscellaneous

I have a lot of pictures I've meant to do some blogging with.

First, here are some pictures of Harvey's family playing Rock Band with us. I admit, I wasn't excited about Rock Band when Marty got it for Christmas, but it has been a lot of fun. We even got Dad to play with us when he came to visit last week.

Next up: Crafty stuff. Here's a quilt I finished up recently. I used a fuzzy throw I got on discount after Christmas for the backing and the front was from fabrics that I had--either just lying around waiting to be used or leftover from other projects. I got this pattern from the quilting book I got from Mom's library several years ago. This pattern is called Kaleidoscope. I'm a big fan of it. I thought it looked pretty cool in the sketched-out drawing in the book, but I think the finished design is much better. I gave this quilt to the friend of ours who has taken care of Cher for us the past several times we've left town. There were a few times that I considered just keeping this one and giving her a different one. I settled for pictures.

And finally, Barbies. I came home from Mom and Dad's house with these three little dolls. I guess all the fun playing Barbies over Christmas and seeing how Harvey's girls enjoyed these three dolls encouraged me to do some Craigslist searching for Barbies. A few days and $6 later I added 10 Barbies and a Ken doll to my collection. Here's the thing about free Barbie collections--the dolls don't always come fully clothed. In fact, poor Ken only had a ratty old T-shirt and no pants whatsoever. I did some Barbie clothes mending, purchased a few outfits, and even tried my hand at designing some of my own--the black dress, black skirt, white top, belt, and black and grey swirly dress are the ones I crafted. Anyone wanna play Barbies? I'll let you pick first. And then we can play spin the Ken.