Last week was an epic week for me. We moved two children back home from college and one daughter to her new apartment. Lots of moving! Then we took our youngest daughter to the airport off to Italy. You know how the best laid plans can go awry? We made plans to communicate with our daughter in Italy with her laptop and a program called Skype. We tried it out at home and it was very easy and fun to use. We could talk and see each other with the video camera, all for free. When she got to Italy and the hotel where she will be staying, she discovered she could not get online. Her roommate has the same computer as she has and her laptop could get online. So I talked to her for a few minutes only. Now apparently no one is able to get the internet connections to work. So the next thing I had to do was upgrade her cell phone to international plan. It is free for me to call her but she has to pay 99 cents/minute to call me. She got a phone card also. But the timing will be the problem. Perhaps they will get the internet connection problems figured out soon. Anyway she is having a wonderful time. She also informed me that the wine is very good there. Hmmm....now my son is jealous because he likes red wine with a meal. Maybe she can bring him back a bottle. She is only 20? There are older people with her though. She also told me they have to walk up this huge hill to their hotel every day when coming back from the town. It is beautiful there and she said she will be getting plenty of exercise.
Last week I also had internet problems of my own. We finally got it fixed after spending several hours on the phone with internet support from India. That was fun! :( It turned out that my phone line was broken across the street and rubbing on and off and finally completely broke. It was fixed on Saturday. Such a little thing, but a lot of effort.
I have missed reading a lot of posts last week, maybe I can catch up soon. I need to get caught up this week on my work at home and the office too. I kept my oldest daughter's dog (Apple) this week-end and she kept me busy. She's a real sweety but I'm not used to keeping a dog in the house. Our yard is not completely fenced in so I had to take her out on the leash to potty.
I am going to make some curtains with appliques on them for my daughter's bedroom window. And some pillows for her bed too. I really will like getting my sewing machine back out. I just need to get some of the clutter and extra furniture from kid's moving situated so I can reach my machine. I love to sew.
I received two new Blythe's in the mail recently. I will take pictures soon. One has very long brown hair and the other long red hair. I may sew them some clothes too while I have the sewing mood going. I really should get back to quilting. Perhaps I will be inspired. I wish I could knit better. I find it hard to follow a pattern.
We had some heavy rain the past three nights. Every thing is growing well including the weeds in our yard. My son took scuba lessons this week-end and got his license. He wants me to get mine too. I guess I will attempt. It would be fun on a vacation to do that. I am looking at vacation homes to rent for a week on the east coast of either North Carolina or South Carolina. I want a beach house right on the ocean front. Anyone have any suggestions about a beach that they have been to? I have been looking at Wilmington, NC or Myrtle beach.
