Not Enough Hours in the Weekend!

So, I had a lovely lunch and shopping spree in Valley Junction in West Des Moines Iowa with my cousin Shannon...I was bad and didn't take one single photo! But we did go to several quilt shops and a paper store too! Such a great time! And we also had lunch at the General Store Eatery in Valley Junction. Delicious!
Then it was over to Mom & Dad's to visit a little. Dad was out in the garage, of course!

 I visited with him and his anvils for a little bit.

 He's getting a pretty big collection going again. But he'll sell you one any time!

 This one has been abused-are those bullet marks????!

 And before I left town I had to stop for a maid rite. SOooooo good!

 Marshalltown still has a long way to go to be back to normal after the tornado hit them last month.Coming along on 3rd Ave, you can see all the tarps on roofs, and the trees are just totally torn up. The entire South East side was really hit hard.

 Even out on West Main street, which has some of my favorite old houses to look at, there is a lot of damage. Trees are just gone, roofs are damaged or missing, and windows are broken everywhere.

Main street through Downtown is mostly open, one lane in places though. The rainy weather is sure not helpful to get work done. Next I'll get to the Family Reunion on Sunday!

Saturday Yarn Shop Visit

So on Saturday I went to visit my Mom & Dad over in Albion, and we went over to Marshalltown, Iowa to check out a new yarn shop there called The Sheep's Stockings.

A really lovely store located at 126 W Main St in downtown Marshalltown, Iowa. A very  nice woman greeted us and we took the tour. Here's the Link to the sheep's stockings.
Look at all the beautiful yarns they have from their website...

If you are out and about you really need to stop in and fondle some yard! The alpaca is luscious!! YOu can find the class schedule at the website and you can also find the Sheep's Stockings on Facebook.  I guess I better learn to handle yarn because this stuff is sooo beautiful!

Purple Cherry-the revisit

So you might remember awhile back I wrote about Purple Cherry, the frozen Yogurt store.

You fill your own cup with any flavors you like then top it off with fresh fruit or candy or cookies or syrup or all kinds of yumminess.

MMMMmmmmmm, it's so delicious, and such a cute store too. They've changed a few things, but the fro yo is still awesome!Purple Cherry on Facebook!

We all had a good dessert then stopped over at the antique store next door.

Main street Antique mall is right next door to Purple Cherry, they have all kinds of things.

Here's my chuckle for the day
. A folding fan that fits in your PURSE! Keep cool and be gay everyone!!