Where has the time gone?

I can't believe it's been so long since I posted. First of all this is our new boat, Caileag (wee lass in Scottish Gaelic). My husband's airplane is done but he can't fly it for awhile so I suggested we get a small boat just for something for him to do. Well, it's not exactly small but it's not large either. It's 17 feet. It's an older boat (1976) but has an overhauled motor and is in good condition. We live on the Ocean, which I don't want to boat on, and there are a bunch of arms of the Fraser River to explore plus some nice lakes so I think we can have a good time with it for a couple of years. Thirty-six years living here and we haven't taken full advantage of the beauty.

We haven't gone into downtown Vancouver to visit the Olympic venues. We had every intention and then saw the crowds. We were hoping the novelty would wear off and we could go during this second week but nothing's changed. There's up to a 60 min line up to just get on the skytrain to go there, and apparently the line up is longer coming back this way. Then there are line ups of 1 - 4 hours to get into the venues depending on popularity. The Heiniken House closed it's doors to admittance at 3pm on Sunday. My husband has a friend who waited 4 hours to get into the Irish venue (a pub) and then paid $9 for a glass of beer. It would almost be faster and cheaper to go to Ireland *LOL* So we've decided that if we were young, like our daughter, it would be an exciting thing to do, but I get tired easily and my husband's health hasn't been the best so we're going to stick to enjoying the Olympics on TV.

I haven't been quilting much. I did a few more blocks on the wedding ring quilt. Then I realized when I'm pulling off the stablizer I'm also weakening the stitches holding the curves in place. I may have to double stitch all of them.

My daughter wants me to make her husband a Boston Red Sox quilt. I've been searching and searching for fabric. Then I did a search for a quilt top and came across Susan Freeberry's blog and there it is! It's exactly what my daughter wants. I looked to see where she got the panel... she made it. Ugh. I know I could do it but Angela had the brilliant idea of using a T Shirt instead. How smart is that? So I went looking for one. Couldn't find what I wanted but I found a throw pillow that's 17" with the exact same official logo that Susan used, It's appliqued onto the pillow so I ordered it and will use it for my center.

Not much else happening here. While watching the Olympics I'm working a bit each evening on my cross stitch. I love it but it will be awhile before it's finished.