First finish of 2009!!

This is my first finish of 2009! Yippee!! It's Alla Turca part 1, by Pelin Tezer! It's a 9 part Mystery SAL she designed specifically for my Yahoo group, Stitchers Heaven. We have had about 30 people join just for this Mystery SAL. Pelin has been the greatest about linking the design to the group and she has been so fantastic to design this for us!!

We think we are going to have her do another for us when this is finished! She doesn't know that yet though! LOL

Well, 6 days to go! And boy, am I looking forward to it! I hope it warms down there before I get there though. This week, I saw Orlando's high was only going to be in the 50's!! What's up with that? There was only one teeny tiny part way down south around Miami that was going to be in the upper 60s/70s!! That is not normal! I want it to be super warm down there so I can brag about it to everyone back home!
It is going to be in the 20s rest of this week, too cold for me. Lows are going to be in the lower teens/single digits some nights. This is not good! That means I won't be getting much sleep because when it gets that cold, my bed is usurped by my furbabies. Do you know how hard it is to sleep with 4 cats and 1 Border Collie taking up most of the bed? I usually wake up stiff and sore because I can't turn over and heaven forbid if I should try to move on of them!! They get the "snooty" look on their faces and then move even closer to me! I know they do it on purpose.

I am trying to learn about dh's camera. It's his new 10 megapixel I got him for Christmas. It looks like the older 35 mm he always loved, that's why I got it for him. But, I need to learn how to work it! Basic instructions are in the booklet, but the more advanced stuff (like how to use macro, or video) are on the CD in .pdf format, so now I have to put it on my puter (that way I'll have the instructions with me on the cruise) It holds a 4gb SDHC card, so that means lots of pictures! Has a great digital zoom also!

Still trying to figure out what all I'm taking stitching wise and clothing wise. Hope I still fit in some of my shorts! I have lost a few pounds and a couple of inches, so I'm not sure! But, that is what belts are for! LOL I am definitely going to pack lightly!! Definitely!! Learned my lesson last year! When dh and I went on our 25th anniversary cruise, we drove to Miami, so we didn't have to worry about overweight charges and sizes or amount of baggage. But, with airlines charging per bag and being so picky about sizes and weight, I'm definitely going light!