This past week I worked on Garden Seed packets. I have moved on to the Marigolds and their bright orange colors.

Saturday we traveled to Ball State to see my daughter get her award for being on the Dean's List. It is always good to know that your tuition money is not being wasted. We took my father with us so he could see the campus and her dorm room. Spent an enjoyable day visiting with her and her boyfriend.

I am off Monday and Friday of this week. Friday I am going with my sister to visit different antique/junk stores here in town. We have always wanted to do this and now is the time.

This week I worked on Freight Train and finished the 3rd car. This means I am at the halfway point.

Friday was a beautiful day and I went hiking with my sister. We found our way to Huntington Lake as they had a 10 mile trail we wanted to try. It was to go around the lake. Well the trail was not marked good and had been updated and was now combined with a mountain biking trail for a total of 13 miles. We started at 9:30 am and finished up at 4:30. We had to back track a few times as we took wrong turns. So we ended up walking 16 miles. Good thing we took water and snacks. But it was a good way to spend a beautiful day with my favorite sister.

More progress on Happy Girl this week. I am down to the bottom edge.

We had a bonfire at my Dad's on Saturday night. Hot dogs and s'mores. It was good bonfire weather - in the low 40's. All of the kids had a good time.

Looking forward to Friday this week as my Sister and I are going on a 10 mile hike at a new trail for us. Hope the weather cooperates.

This week was my annual trip with my sister to Turkey Run State Park. It was 94! We hiked all of our favorite trails. Found this box turtle along one of the trails. We also saw 5 snakes, 5 caterpillars, 13 toads, 1 tree frog, a raccoon and a vole. We were dripping sweat by the end of the day. Hope I walked off some pounds for my weigh in on Monday.

I worked on Abcedaire this past week and I am close to a finish. Hope to finish it next time it is up in the rotation. Just have the Z box to do and it will be done.

More progress on Day. I really enjoy stitching on this one.

This week I am getting ready to go with my Sister to Turkey Run State Park for our annual hike. I always enjoy this trip.

I am also starting a 10 week weight loss program. I have put on all of the weight I lost last year and am starting to feel bad again. This summer it was so hot I did not get alot of walking and bike riding. Hope to get back on track.

I delayed the start of this week's rotation to work on this freebie kit Foxgloves from World of Cross Stitching #167. I will be mailing it off Monday to a friend. I did get to work on the Garden Seed Packets a few days this week. I have started the second packet.

I did manage to get a little more done on Freight Train this past week. I stopped working on it on Friday so that I could stitch a small gift for a friend. I hope to have it finished today so I can get back to my rotation.