Did you miss me? Silly me. Of course you didn't miss me. I didn't tell you I was going anywhere. I also used blog magic to make it seem like I was here doing something when I really wasn't. Can you tell where I've been?
If you guessed Florida, you're right. Mr. Handsome and I saved our pennies and our sky miles so we could take the fam to sunny Florida. I'd never been to Florida before. I can now tell you that I love that place. If any of you reading are from Florida, give me a little shout-out in the comments. Your state is a dandy. Now back to what I was saying. Mr. Handsome has a sister who is living in Tampa. She and her husband have five kids like us. We've been promising to visit. We finally did. The seven of us and Mr. Handsome's parents hopped a plane to Florida for Spring Break. We spent some of our time in Tampa. We also took some time to visit Minnie and Mickey in Orlando. Disney World was lots of fun, but very, very CROWDED. I'm a Montana girl. Not much for crowds. My favorite places we visited were the beaches around St. Petersberg and Venice. Lots of good shells and warm sunshine.
In between wandering the Magic Kingdom, shelling on the beach, screaming on the coasters at Busch Gardens (I rode on this crazy coaster. It should be called Shriekra, not Shiekra.), and playing with "the cousins", I stitched. Two doodles. All done. Tah-dah...
And, tah-dah...
I was hoping to share more pictures of our adventure, but I keep getting an "error message" when I try to download to the computer from our vacation memory card. Since I have no idea what the error is, I'm going to save the pictures for later. Just know that we had a really good time being a family.
Life is good~
Cassie
P.S. While I was gone, I peeked in on my blog every now and again. I enjoyed your comments very much. I was going to try to get back to each of you. In most cases, though, it seemed a little after-the-fact. Just know that your words always encourage me and make me smile. Thanks for visiting my blog while I was away. Toodles...
I love the doodles. You always make them so beautiful and artistic. Are you going to make bags with them?
Posted by: liz | April 14, 2009 at 07:24 AM
Yay! You're back! Love your little doodles. I sure wish you were at my house for technical advice about my lawn chairs. I'd like to re-cover them, but can't figure out how to sew the "seam" at the bend between the top cushion and the bottom cushion. Those big cushions won't fit in my sewing machine LOL!
Posted by: Thimbleanna | April 14, 2009 at 07:24 AM
I live in St. Pete and I love it here! Glad you enjoyed your visit :)
Posted by: Bahama Shores Mama | April 14, 2009 at 07:25 AM
Glad you got away with your family and had some fun. Love your cute stitchin'!
Posted by: Trisha | April 14, 2009 at 07:59 AM
Your doodles are so stinkin' cute! I love the bee and ladybug :) I've never been to FL either, but I can imagine being overwhelmed by the crowds at Disney. Glad you all got away to visit!
Posted by: Amy @ parkcitygirl | April 14, 2009 at 08:37 AM
Your doodles are adorable!
Posted by: Jennifer's Luvin Fussy | April 14, 2009 at 08:55 AM
LOVE your doodles! Especially the contrast of the first one. So, so pretty! :)
Posted by: Jenn | April 14, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Sounds great! It is lovely when you can just enjoy being together - that is, afterall, so important in life. I love your doodles. I especially like the lady bug and the dragonfly additions, they are perfect! You'll be pleased to hear that after talking to a friend recently about your blog and my inspiration to get the sewing machine out of the loft, she is going to come over with hers in the summer and we're going to have a sewing session. She doesn't blog but I'm sending her the link to your blog so she can be inspired too! Take care x Toodlepip!
Posted by: Gemma | April 14, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Oh fun!
I have never been to Florida, but would love to visit one day. Disneyland would be my first stop. I am pretty crazy about that place!
Posted by: randi | April 14, 2009 at 07:59 PM
Sounds fun! My good friend moved to Florida almost a year ago and I'm really hoping to make it out there to visit her. We're hoping to do Disney World by the time Maddie turns 5.
I love your handiwork! The bugs are my favorite part on there...what will you use these on?
Posted by: Marie | April 14, 2009 at 08:23 PM
Sounds like a brilliant holiday! Family, fun, beaches, theme parks - something for everyone!
Posted by: Lisa | April 14, 2009 at 11:02 PM
We went to Florida in '96 and had the best holiday ever! Loving your doodles, the blue one is especially pretty!
:)
Posted by: Rachel L | April 15, 2009 at 04:19 AM
FLORIDA resident. I'm origianally from Western NY, and boy, do I miss it! Florida is hot, humid, and it's summer all the time. I miss cool Fall evenings, snug winter days, blooming Spring. Do you like lizards? They're everywhere!
Lovely "doodles," I wish I could doodle half as well as you doodle!
Posted by: Patti | April 18, 2009 at 08:30 AM
I love your doodles! You are motivating me to get working on some stuff. Not sure which stuff at this point, but something.
Posted by: Taiya | April 21, 2009 at 04:40 PM
your embroidery is stunning.
makes me want to learn to embroider. i love that little twisty stitch on the bottom one, i'll have to look that up in my embroidery book.
Posted by: brigette | April 24, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Your doodle look great!
Posted by: Mihaela | June 02, 2009 at 05:14 AM
cassie what are those twisty stitches? the aqua circles and the green with the leaves and pink flowers? love that stitch. i tried to find it in my embroidery book and the closest thing i can find is a wrapped stitch, but it's totally different.
Posted by: brigette | October 18, 2009 at 08:32 PM