Every year, the students of the Cleveland Institute of Art have a holiday sale right before Christmas. Megan always sells her pottery and I enjoy shopping for presents. Last year, a series of refrigerator magnets caught my eye. They were actual pictures from a 1960’s high school year book that Megan’s friend Sarah had enhanced. I don’t know why I was drawn to theses crazy magnets, but I just had to have them!
Go HERE to see Margaret’s collection of magnets. It’s nice to know that I am not alone!
Simone is staying with us for awhile as Megan is in Pittsburg at a ceramics convention. While she is out of town, Grandma Elise and Grandpa Chris took her in to be spayed. To our surprise, she came back home with a baffle around her neck to prevent her from licking her stitches. She really hates it! Poor Kitty. I think we actually might have put it on backwards for this picture. But regardless, this issue is pretty much moot because her neck is so skinny she can slip right out of it no matter what direction we put it on her anyway. This Weird Friday object apparently wasn’t as weird as I thought as it was an easy guess for both Margaret and Jessica.
This is a fun item that we aquired on Tuesday. Can you guess what it is used for? I will post a picture of it in action later tonight.
Chris took the day off from work and we went to Hudson for the day. I brought my camera along so I can show you some pictures from our day. By the way, Chris turns 53 on Thursday.
We had lunch at a restaurant in Hudson called the Vue. I chose Frutti de Mare which means Fruit of the Sea. This dish consisted of one huge scampi, lots of tiny shrimp and several mussels over a bed of black squid-ink pasta. Here is a picture of the restaurant.
This is a picture of Chris at lunch
Then it was off to the yarn shop. (Yes Margaret, this is your influence.) I bought Yarn and a pattern for a simple purse. This shop was called Miss Chickpea’s Funky Fibers. Isn’t that a great name?
We also vistited Heather’s heat and flavor. It is a gourmet hot sauce and spice shop. We bought alot of goodies there including Red Raspberry Wasabi Mustard and Roasted Raspberry Chipolte Sauce. You can check them out HERE.
We also checked out the Wild Bird Center of Hudson and I tried to buy a bird feeder made of a piece of wood with holes drilled in it for suet. Chris convinced me not to buy it and promised to make one for me.
It was a nice way to spend my Birthday!
