Sewing again and vacation pics

Between cooking most of the day yesterday I managed to get some hsts cut and sewn together for the depression block quilts.....I have 50 trimmed in the baggie and a little more than 100 more to trim VBG....so if I do it in small spurts I should be able to finish the red ones tomorrow and tonight after the BBQ then onto the next color- I have green and orange ready to go Yippee!!!!




Here are a few pics from Eastern State - It's the oldest jail in the country that was closed in the late 80's. When the jail was closed ther were a bunch of ferral cats that took over the place. The ghost cats is an artist's diplay of them through out the jail.
When the jail first opened in the time of Ben Franklin each cell had one person in it- meaning everyone was in solitary confinment...creepy. Later as many as 4 people were in each cell originally built for one person. The have a great Haunted House type thing in October called Terror Behind the Walls- if you're in the Philley area at that time I HIGHLY recommend it. We may go back for it again this year- not decided yet. One never knows with my 2 teens......
Ghost cats




More Ghost cats..........



Door to nowhere along outer wall.............





one of the wards




Another ward.............




Hospital Ward..............






Another one of the wards............

Back from Philley

I love Philadelphia almost as much as I love NYC- Hubby went to school in Bucks county so he knows his way around Philley pretty well. So the kids get to visit both cities often. We were "supposed" to bring the kid to the Ben Franklin Science place to see the King Tut exibit but for $75 PER PERSON I think not-I mean really I felt that was too much-$300 total- come on the Hilton didn't cost that night for the room.





Here's the Philley's crazy mascot :





We wanted to take the kiddies to the new stadium in Philley- wouldn't you know the NY Mets were playing in town...I can't get away from these guys-lol. Every time a Philley hits a home run the Liberty Bell lights up and rings-lol- we got to see it 3 different times the night we were there ( the Mets lost)






Yesterday DD wanted to go back to Eastern State jail for more pics....It's supposed to be haunted..............

Time Flies.....

WOW!! Almost a whole week has gone by since my last post :(
The steroids they gave me were "wonderful" . I now ( for now) have full movement in my shoulder w/o alot of pain- what a concept. Of course hubby FINALLY gave back my janome this morning- what a guy. And I didwork on the binding on the sampler love quilt I worked on a few weeks ago...yippee!!! And that was all the sewing I did all week. I was a good girl ( for a change - lol) Now to finish sewing the binding down this weekend and get it in the mail before we leave on vacation on Tuesday.....
First I have to live through the orthopedic dr appointment which he'll never believe the amount of pain I "was" in after a week of steroids *rolling eyes* But I do feel the pull from trying to work on the binding this afternoon....

Tuesday we're taking the kiddies to the City of Brotherly Love aka Philadelphia for a couple of days. DD got a new digital camera that she wants to take more pics at Eastern State Penitentiary. DS wants to go back to the Art Museum and I just want to hit some wineries on the way home :). Though I do love exploring Eastern State- maybe we'll take the kids on the Ghost Walk around town if it doesn't pour. We were going to try to get to a Phillie's game but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. :(

Thanks for the well wishes on last weekend- Benadryl is a new "staple" in our trip case of meds and first aid. And it's also in my truck - it was a very scarey feeling.