Toms River, New Jersey Vacation 2014

This is part two of our two week east coast vacation!

Go read about our trip to New York first!

Otherwise lets pick up where I left off yesterday. In New York we rented a vehicle and I drove us the 300 mile (five hour drive) to Toms River, NJ!

We were there to see my father and other assorted relatives.

We had a wonderful time there as well and I was SO happy that Hubbin's had the chance to really get to know the family I have out there. When he met them on our wedding day there wasn't exactly bonding time.

Here are some photos from that trip!

Point pleasant beach, NJ (THE BOARDWALK! My favorite)

Gotta luv the jelliesssss. When will I get my own tank full? lol

While standing in line to see the liberty bell in Philadelphia,PA I swear the clouds on the east coast are fluffier.

Seaside,NJ (The Jersey Shore boardwalk.. aka that SHOW)

If you want to see more of our adventures in New Jersey make sure and watch this video I made on my youtube channel. Footage! New Pictures! LOTSO'FUN!

Thank you SO much for following along

Year Long Scarf - Update! 6 Months

I've had a daily crochet project going since January 1st that  you may or may not remember.

Here is a link to that post!

Basically, every day from January 1st 2014 to December 31st 2014 I'll be crocheting a line of crochet onto a piece.

I do this in order to create a "scarf" that represents this year. Each day is represented by the color of the sky!

White for overcast (let's face it people.. I used a lot of this and we're only 6 months in. I live in the Pacific Northwest!)

Light blue for partly cloudy

Blue for BLUEBLUEBLUE skies!

Black for thunderstorms/big DARK clouds

Today I'm officially 6 months into this "scarf"

I keep referring to it as a "scarf" because I won't be actually wearing this when I'm done. I'm going to hang it up!

This is a picture of it hung up.

Here is another picture with the months represented (click to see enlarged). I did not do an exact count but this is an approximation. You'll notice in Feb there are different stitched (puff/chain)

Puff stitches (which there are two rows in Feb) represent SNOW! The loose chain that is in the middle represents sleet.

How great is the large chunk of white in April? April showers..... :D

I love this project so far. I don't keep a lot of things because of sentimentality but this will be one I think.

Basically while outside each day I make note of the sky and write it down in my planner. At the end of the week (Sundays) I do all the rows and once a month I take it out and sew in all the tails. I do NOT want to get to December and have to sew in 365 tails. No thank you!

What do you think of my 2014 weather scarf? I was thinking of doing one with emotions. Red for anger, blue for sad.. etc. That would be slightly therapeutic don't you think? Help us acknowledge our feelings on a daily basis.

Thank you SO much for following along!