A fabulous Give-Away

Suzanne over at Just Another Hang Up is giving away this most wonderful purse... and I'm only telling you this so you know where I got it when I win!

Not appropriate for children

The sign warns you... but did we listen? Of course not. Try explaining this to your child... And that really wasn't the worst of it. Through most of it I was so dumbstruck I actually forgot to take pictures! And it wasn't so much the apparatus as it was the descriptions on the wall of what they used it for.
The rest of the village was quite nice though Especially this guy "I am Duncan MacLeod of the clan MacLeod ~ There can be only one!"
My Favorite room was the textiles room No surprise there and I really think I'd like to try to make something like this It doesn't look too complicated and would look really nice over a black shirt and pants, doncha think?
They also had some nice ceramic pieces out to dry
All in all a nice place to wander through ~
So for now, Adios from Julianne ~ Princess of Quitealot

Medieval Times

A while back we went to Medieval Times
for a girl scout event.
Not sure if you've ever been to one, but it really is worth going. There are quite a few around the country and even one in Canada. It's a dinner theatre with a twist. You eat in a remake of an 11th century castle. You are served soup, bread, chicken, corn and potatoes on pewter plates (no silverware) by a serving wench. And all seats surround an arena Where they have "the show." It's actually quite good.. the story is a bit cheezy but the horses are the real show. They have a jousting tournament along with other horse "games" and of course it all ends in a battle.
Each section of the arena cheers for their Knight. All in all it's well worth the money and enjoyable for both kids and parents. The performance we went to was a special "lunchtime" performance just for the girl scouts so the prices were really good.
Being me, I had to, of course, pose with a Knight or two afterwards.. A bit sweaty but that only added to the appeal!
Nate posed here with "our" Knight
But the highlight of the day (for us anyway) was when Julianne was presented with the first flower by our Knight

I've got another post planned for another day showing the village surrounding the castle complete with a torture chamber which really is NOT for the weak of heart or most children so stay tuned!

F.A.R.T. ~ Really?

Okay, "Fast Action Response Team" sounds really cool ~ But did anyone even consider the acronym? It took my husband and son about 2 seconds of seeing this van to pick up the F.A.R.T. thing.
I think someone should call the City of Cocoa and tell them maybe they should re-think this one!

Mary Catherine visits and Julz goes cow girl

So just in time for me to rewash the sheets in Juliannes room Mary Catherine came for a short visit.

We hit the local quilt shops, met Richard for lunch at the fabulous "Meg O'Malleys", found a very cool antiquish shop that was going out of business and had some great buys, floated in the pool and we sewed.
MC got a new serger book/video combo. I made a new eye glass case and MaryCatherine made this really cute purse for Julianne (fabrics chosen by Julz herself) It has a neat little pocket in the front and the whole top folds over and closes with velco to keep it's contents secure.

We also worked together on this outfit for Julianne
It was cowboy/cowgirl day at camp the next day so off to Michaels we went to purchase bandanas, some twine, the foam cowgirl hat and some foam stars. I think she looks adorable, don't you.
I'll be going over to Tampa next month to see MC and the rest of the sewing girls ~ I can't wait.

Don't forget to check out my Etsy shop!

Gotta love my little princess...

Julianne rocks... yes, she can be a pain in the butt sometimes (well a lot of the time really) but when it really counts ~ you can always count on her. She handled herself really well at her brothers birthday bash. It was her and four 12 y/o boys who can be gross and inappropriate even at the best of times. In any case, she was sitting out at the patio where I served them all breakfast. Most everyone had finished eating and they were being particularly disgusting and this is what we hear...
Quote from Julianne:

"This is where I get up and pretend to do something *very* important."

And she got up and left. It was great! All the boys just sat there with their mouths open ~ knowing they had been dissed by her ~ and dissed well I might add.
You Go Julianne!

Happy Birthday America!

Here's wishing all of you a wonderful 4th of July holiday. We are hoping to take it easy ~ get in some pool time and enjoy a fireworks show. We had hoped to go to the Manatees baseball game but they are having some kind of "Tea Party Protest Group" thing going on and we really don't want any part of that. I know it's Independence day and all and I thoroughly support their right to voice their opinion. I also support my right to NOT... so there you go!