Sometimes It's Cheaper to Go on Vacation...

My Lovely Margarita

It's been an action packed week here at Working Cat Studio.Unfortunately most of it,(who am I kidding?-All of it) was not in the studio. The husband and I each had some vacation time. Originally we were going up to Montreal. He to a conference and me for shopping and ambling but that got cancelled because the husband decided we needed to spend our money elsewhere. I decided that must mean on me so I dragged him all over NH and parts of ME this last week. We started out with our annual pilgrimage to Kennebunk for a lobster club sandwich and drinks at the Arundel Wharf restaurant. Somehow the daughters got wind of the excursion and miraculously none of them had to work...So our romantic little luncheon for two became a family outing for five. Afterwards we wandered around town and into one of my favorite places to acquire jewelry. Purchased a bracelet for daughter #2's b-day and found  a cool ring made out of an antique button for myself. The husband objected to the purchase saying that he was going to buy that for Xmas. I  told him that he just bought me a belated anniversary gift instead. Geez, if you have to have a reason...

Scenic Daughters

We took the scenic route home stopping along the coast to take happy snaps with the daughters and headed back to NH. The next day we escaped without our progeny and drove to Mason, NH, home of Pickity place.

Sigh.....

There the husband got in touch with his feminine side as we toured their herb garden and had a lovely herbal luncheon complete with lavender lemonade along with about 40 other women. I must say I only heard one giggle about the "man" while I was walking around. Wednesday we struck another blow to his manhood and dragged Daddy to the mall. There he waited patiently carrying shopping bags and playing a game on his blackberry while daughters #3 & 4 and I shopped the sales. Thursday the husband returned to work (did I hear a sigh of relief?) and I made jam.

Jam slowly populating second shelf

 The gardens are producing lots of raspberries if nothing else. I also managed to get into the studio and worked a bit on my Suzi Blu project. Even a little bit helps sometimes. The gardens have taken me over for the summer, so I pray for rain and when it does, I sneak a little time downstairs.So I guess it wasn't all outside the studio after all.     

Oh God.Less hair.Less nose.