It's Been HOW Long???

OH MY!! I can't believe it has been almost an entire year since I have posted on my blog. It's funny how sometimes you get so busy, that you forget about other people and things that you should be doing.

I ended up having to get a new laptop. The screen on the first one cracked in the middle. I was able to take off the screen and connect a monitor to it, so it is still useful as a desktop. Most of my patterns are still on it and most of my pics and music too. So grateful that I didn't loose all that again like when the laptop's hard drive gave up.

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas holiday. I also hope that everyone has a wonderful New Year in 2013.

My oldest son (T) is getting married at the end of March, to a wonderful young woman (N). I have been asked to make her wedding dress!! I feel so honored. My kids and I have known N for several years and actually lost touch with her for a little while, but it sure is great to have her become a part of our family. We will be traveling to WV for the wedding, because that's where the majority of her family is. That's OK, I'm ready for a road trip, I think. I have been a home body for so long.

I have a couple of pics a preview of fabric for the wedding dress and a sneak peek of the quilt I am making for them. The quilt is a Scrappy one, although all the fabrics were going to be made into something else when I bought them. I'm glad they are now made into a quilt top.

This will be the top of the wedding gown I am making for N.
 It is going to be absolutely awesome!

I did tell the happy couple that this quilt was partly their Christmas and partly their wedding gifts. They were OK with that, considering all they got to see was a few fabric swatches sewn together as a representation of their quilt.

Can you tell if these pics are any better than the other pics here on my pages? I hope that these last few look tons better. I got a new camera and I am learning how to use the different settings so I can take great pictures of everything. Kevin laughs at me because I am always talking picturess. I guess he thought I was bluffing all the times I said "I wish I had a good camera."  Here's a pic of the inside of the windshieild on my Grandpa's truck...it was softly raining while we were eating hot dogs at a place called "Weiner Works" after a recent short road trip we went on...

Here is what was outside the truck...

I realize it is still a bit blurry, but I was so excited about using my camera, that I didn't use the manual focus. Could have been much worse looking. At our family Christmas dinner, I took 8 or 10 pics of my youngest son D before getting one that was not blurry. He was sitting still and being a good sport about my having to take so many pics to get a good one. I sure love that baby boy of mine.

I still haven't finished redoing the inside of my house yet, but it still moving along. Maybe 2013 will be a more productive year here around the house.

Many prayers and blessings, Michelle~~Agape Stitches