Utah - Day 1

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My friend Susan and I decided to go to Utah to see Jay Osmond's Musical about the Osmonds.  I wish my friend Lynn could have joined us, but she told me when it was first announced that she wouldn't be able to attend.  

I wasn't sure about going all that way, but I thought it might be my only chance to see the play and I really wanted to see it.  Sadly, after I had bought the play tickets and we got our hotel and airline reservations, the play was cancelled due to financing at the theater.  

I thought about canceling the trip, honestly, but since we already had our airline tickets, we just decided to go to Utah and make a trip out of it.  I hadn't been in 20 years with Lynn and my friend Susan had never been and it was her dream to see "Osmond Lane" since she was young..also Jay was having a "get together" with fans so I thought...what the hay!

So, since the play was cancelled, Jay added a tour for those that were going to be there on opening night. We were going to be there, but our flight didn't land until 1 pm and we still had to get our rental car and drive to Provo so we wouldn't make the tours in time...oh well.  I was a little disappointed because those that were there went inside the old Osmond Studios, which is now Cirque Lodge, a rehab facility.  But...there is still a small recording studio inside and they got to see that and the place where the stage was and even Jay's apartment, which he lived in for 2 years while filming the Donny & Marie show.

I'm sad we didn't get to see that, but I'm glad for those that did.  

So, the first day, we just kind of relaxed.  Luckily, we flew out before all the TSA problems started (whew). 

Once we landed in Salt Lake City, we got our rental car.  It was supposed to be an economy car, but they were out of them, so they gave us an upgrade for free to a cute and brand new (only 162 miles) Mitsubishi Eclipse, which was super nice!

I even spotted Donny in the airport at SLC and you know I had to get a picture of THAT!

We drove to Provo, where even the highway barriers had mountains on them.

In Provo, we checked into the Marriott and look at our view!! This photo isn't mine but wanted to show our hotel (big, tall white building) and our view of the mountains, that we snow capped at the time.

After we were settled, Susan wanted to go to In and Out Burger since she had never been to one.

We drove around a bit and then went to Leatherby's Creamery.  One that that Utah has is a LOT of Creamerys - there is practically one on every corner...this is the only one we tried though, and it was excellent...so creamy!  We couldn't even finish it all !  By the way...we asked for a single scoop!

As the day winded down, we went back to the hotel and saw this really unusual clouds. Weird.

W.I.P. Wednesday

 Time for another update on my Work in Progress.  Sometimes I feel like I will never finish this.  BUT, I'm at the half-way mark finally - whoo hoo!!

So, here is my half-way finished Around the World Blanket. - How does it look so far?

The color is a little off because of where I took the photo, the colors are much more vibrant in person

These are the skeins I have remaining.  Do you think it will be enough to finish it?  I'm still a bit nervous of running out.  Obviously, I need more black, but luckily that is one color that wasn't discontinued (and black and whites are never discontinued unless the entire brand is).

I hope I have enough.

Funny Friday

Sorry, y'all.  I haven't updated my blog all month.  I have a lot to post, such as my progress on my Around the World blanket, Project Life pages and more, but mostly I've been so busy with church things and also I just went to UTAH, so will be posting about that soon.  It wasn't a long trip but it was packed with activity.

Anyway, I saw this shirt when I was in Utah and thought it was funny...so sharing here too.

Have a great weekend!! 

 

W.I.P. Wednesday

 Well, I've made some progress on my old W.I.P.

Please ignore the kitty accessories and the cardboard shreds on the floor, that's just life with cats. You can vacuum daily and if you have scratch posts or toys, you are going to have cardboard shreds on the floor within minutes. 

I added the center so I'd have a good reference and would work towards that because after the center, the colors start working kind of backwards.  

Good news, I hope, I was looking at the original pattern and it only called for 8 oz. of each color, so I'm a little more encouraged that I will have enough yarn after all.  My skeins are 7 oz. so it will be really cutting it close and I mean really cutting it close.  I pray I have enough.

The pattern also indicated to make the squares one by one and attached them by sewing together but I thought that would be a LOT of sewing together so I am doing a join as you go method and I don't really know if that will take less or more yarn, seems like it would take more, but I just don't know.  I guess I will find out eventually.

Wish me luck, I'm going to need it 😄 

 

Project Life - January 2026

I hesitated to post these this year, but decided to do it anyway, primarily because it gives me an extra backup if something happens and I lose the layouts from the app.

So...here is the first month of January 2026.  Highlights include 

We finally got our new pastor!
I was ordained as a deacon!
I finished an Afghan that I started almost 4 years ago.
I went to a reading of a new play - the Flirt Bar
My family, my cats and my friends were happy and healthy.

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W.I.P. Wednesday

I've been working my Trip Around the World (TATW) Afghan but don't have a photo this week.  I want to wait until I get a tiny bit further along but have made some progress.

I mentioned last week that I have started a "take along" project that I can work on when on the go, like to the Sip & Stitch meetings.  I only went to the Crochet Connections in Tucker and worked about an hour and then went to the Sip & Stitch and was there about 90 minutes or so.  I have already almost 1/2 of my cardigan though.  It works up rather quikly.

The TATW Afghan isn't as fast became I'm making tiny squares that I switch the color every square and this cardigan is all one color.  I've gotten many compliments on the color and I admit to myself, I think it is really pretty.

W.I.P. Wednesday

I know, I know!  I said I would not start a new project until my old UFO was completed BUT hear me out.

The Trip Around The World Afghan is huge and I needed a small project to work on when I’m on the go, like at the car dealership or our weekly Sip & Stitch.  The Afghan requires me to carry 13 skeins around and it not feasible to do that…so this Cabana Granny Shirt, only requires one color & one skein (ball) of yarn at a time so it’s the perfect “on the go” project.

I didn’t buy new yarn (already had it) and the pattern is free…so no new investment. 

I’m still working on my Afghan (although I haven’t done much this past week so no updated photos) but it is still my primary project.  I’ll just work on this new one, when I need to take a smaller project with me.

Also, I did another thing outside my comfort zone.  I went to another craft group (Crochet Connections at the Tucker Rec Center) - there were like 25 people there.  I only met really 2 people (Maddie and Mickey) and no one actually reached out to welcome me...they seemed to be in their only little groups.  Not sure I will go back, but it is only 1 hour once a month, so it is dedicated crochet time.