July 23, 2009 - Spoiled Kasey

Here is today's pro-gress on Ocean Star. I'm still working on filling in the dia-monds, but they're coming along. I seem to be having brain farts, though, because I keep skipping parts. I made mistakes in every single diamond when I stitched the lavender parts and had to go back to fill in the stitches I missed. I didn't have to frog, but having to go back to add two stitches here and two stitches there was quite frustrating! I did the same with this diamond on the left, not stitching the purple square that is supposed to be in the center!

As I suspected, today was a very long day! We left for Barnes & Noble stitching group around 12:30 and arrived shortly before 1pm. I worked on Ocean Star but did not accomplish as much as I had hoped to.

I decided to let people pet Kasey today (as long as they asked first) since it was her special day. She basked in the extra attention. Here is her birthday bow. I made it for her last night.




Belly rubs! Kasey loves belly rubs!

My DoRS appointment went well. I signed the exchange of information releases for my DoRS counselor to send and receive information to the college. I'm still waiting to hear from them about my financial aid. Sue and I discussed ways to go about buying my books and other needed supplies. Basically, I'm supposed to get whatever I need through the school's bookstore, unless I receive grant or scholarship money. When I told her the cost of my books for the two classes she was flabbergasted. The DoRS limit for books is $250 per semester. She said there was an "Other" category she can use for computer and other necessities, so she could put one or more of the books in that category, too. If I receive any financial aid, I will buy the books myself and only have DoRS pay for what that doesn't cover.

We had two hours between the end of my appointment and the start of Borders stitching group so we went home to relax for a little while. I decided to leave early for the mall so that I could get dinner in the food court and have time to eat it before everyone else arrived. Chick-Fil-A wouldn't make me a wrap with no tomatoes. I wasn't thrilled with Wrap It Up because they don't have the CFA balsamic dressing I like to put on wraps, and Arby's didn't appeal at all. After looking around the food court and reaching into my purse for my tea and not finding it, I decided to go to Wawa and buy and sub and a tea. It was closer than going home to pick up the tea I left on the counter.

Needless to say, we were about half an hour later than I wanted to be. We had a great time stitching, chatting, and taking pictures because Jette is going back to Belgium. She and her family have been in the US for two years but her husband's work is completed and they must go home.

Kasey received a new toy bone from Aunt Carol and obliged by holding it in her mouth for about five minutes after it was given to her. Carol also graciously took this picture and some others of me and Kasey. I only have one other picture of us together and that's the one Mom took on the Ocean City boardwalk in May.

When we got back to the house I gave Kasey her cup of cheeseburger icecream. It had little bits of ground beef and cheese in it! As you can see, she thoroughly enjoyed it!