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Saturday, November 05, 2005

Gee, I have been busy!

Warning: Very image intensive post...

I have tried to post about our weekend all week but have been busy everynight after work.

Our trip to the Adirondacks was heavenly. There was a little snow in the mountains but the weather was perfect, nice and sunny. Here are two shots somewhere between Old Forge and Lake George:

And here is the view from our room at The Georgian Resort in Lake George:

Our room was beautiful. We had a heart shaped jacuzzi tub that was great to soak in after bein in the car for 6 hours during the ride from Old Forge to Lake George. Did I mention that Martin wanted to drive to Vermont because we were very close so we set off without a map? We did make it to Vermon but only after seeing a lot of cows, very few houses and no other human beings! LOL. He did stop and get a map on the way back to Lake George so we could find our way to the resort (imagine, a man asked for directions ;-)

The rest of our suite was the raised bedroom/sucken living room area

And one picture of the foliage on the way home, outside our hotel room on Sunday morning.

Martin and I had a really good time. We talked the whole time in the car, and had some funny laughs too. I complained that my sheep tape measure is made upside down because when you pull the tape out, the cms are on top. Martin said..."what does a backwards sheep say?"......."AAAAAABBBB" We laughed so hard over that (yeah, we are dorks!)

Because this is really a knitting blog, I suppose I should give a short knitting update. I don't have pics, but I was able to finish the main section of the body of Samus (just to the point where you divide for the fronts and back) Having 6 hours in the car to knit and not feel guilty that I should be doing something else was great. And even thought I can't read in the car without getting carsick, I can knit with no problem :-) This week I have finished the right front and last night finished the back. I hope to get the left half done this weekend. I will post pics when I have finished the body. I really want to be able to wear this for Thanksgiving...wonder if I will make it??
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention. We went to the Old Forge Hardware, only because I wanted to see the yarn section. It was pretty nice, considering the rural area. The prices seemed about the same as my LYS. I didn't buy anything because I don't have a next project in mind but I did see the pattern that Kim is looking for. If I had known she was having trouble getting it, I would have picked it up for her. :-) We tried to go to elegant needles but I read the map wrong and we were headed in the wrong direction. I was tired and told Martin to just head for home, we can go some other time.

4 comments:

Kim said...: LOL.. AAABBB!!

That is sooo funny.. and that tub sure is cute.. I've never seen one of those... I have seen this one that's like a huge martini glass though.. (That one is WEIRD.)

I'll get that pattern eventually.. I'm determined!; 1:18 PM
JustApril said...: That really had me laughing, "aaaaabb" that's hilarious. It looks like you had a great time on your vacation and the scenery was lovely.

Welcome home =) we missed you; 2:09 PM
Kim said...: Aaww, how sweet, you missed me lol. I wish we could have stayed longer. We may go back this summer and spend a week in a campground there.

Kim...i have seen the martini one to...it is in the Poconos which is not terribly far from us in PA. That one is just weird lol.; 5:19 PM
Home's Jewels said...: Gorgeous pictures of Lake George area! We used to vacation every year when we lived in VA. I miss it so much. Nice blog - found you from KR blog boards.; 12:53 PM

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