And I declare this product to be...finished!

With a day to spare, I finished my bag! It turned out fabulously, and I intend to post a picture as soon as I have taken one. Which will probably be while I'm on the cruise, seeing as how I'll be using it there. Anyway...

So I leave tomorrow, and I've packed everything, with some room left over for the shopping I'll be doing at the best used book store in the world! Plus I may kidnap a friend or two to bring back with me.

Crafts are made of time

So as I stated in my last blog, I'm leaving this Saturday for a cruise to Alaska. Yay! There are two formal dinners that require *very* fancy dress, for which I bought a beautiful black dress, bolero, and heels. Still yay-ish, after all, I do have to wear a dress! To accessorize that dress (and silver bracelets) I am making a clutch bag out of slightly mohair-ish yarn with sequins, with an accenting row of silver, finished with a black and silver faux flower. It will look stunning, however I have less than two days to finish it, and have three more inches to go. It's a very difficult pattern, and the crochet is so tiny it makes my fingers hurt. I started this pattern nearly four months ago now. Granted, I have been busy, but it's still taking too long. *sigh* I shall work on it as hard as possible in an attempt to finish it for the cruise!

T-minus three days and counting...

When you have something exciting on your horizon, it always seems to take forever to arrive, doesn't it? My summer is going to be composed of three, possible four exciting things, plus some CLEP tests. The first of my exciting things has two parts. First, I'm going on my first cruise! We launch from Vancouver, and end in Alaska. The second part is my week in Anchorage. I haven't been back to Anchorage in two years! It's high time to visit my favorite state again. Only three more days until I leave, and I cannot wait.

My other exciting things this summer aren't vacations so much. First I'm attending a history camp at Patrick Henry College (which was not my idea, but I'm anticipating anyway), and second I'm attending WorldView Academy at Liberty University (which was totally my idea). I might attend an adventure camp with my youth group in July, but the jury's still out on that one.

Anyway, my excitement of the day is about Alaska!

*sings* Three more days till Alaska, three more days till Alaska...