Feeling better, family visit and cool goodwill find

My parents dropped in this weekend for an impromptu visit. My brother and his girlfriend, Courtney, were also in town so it was a fun family weekend. Mom and I did some shopping at the hardware store and thrift stores on Saturday. We had to go to a funeral in Killeen on Saturday for my aunt Linda's father. On the way out of town Mom and I stopped into a Goodwill store and I found this little gem:



It is very long and just barely fit in the back of the cruiser! I am going to hang it in the living room over the desk. I just have to find a home for that file cabinet first. In our shopping expeditions I ended up getting the light fixtures for the front porch which my dad and brother installed for me and some roman shades for my office which James installed for me. Yay! Two major house jobs, done!

Sunday we all went to Magnolia for breakfast. The secret to getting a table there without waiting 2 hours is to get there early, around 8 am. We had lunch at Hills Cafe and then went to the Texas History Museum. I wasn't really ready for company having just barely gotten over being sick but it was a lot of fun. My family is pretty spontaneous and fun.

Other than that I am just working on jewelry, trying to get my inventory ready for all the shows. I have a little high school holiday bazaar up north this weekend and then Stitch next weekend. I think the high school bazaar will be a good opportunity to lay out my stuff and see what I am missing for Stitch. Here is what my desk looked like this weekend:



Monday I got it all cleaned up!

Okay, well better head out to jewelry class! I feel antisocial because I haven't been able to see any friends recently! Being sick and then busy getting ready for shows makes it difficult to see friends but I really want to soon!