 I'm sure you can hear the squeak I've tried most of the tips and tricks out there so if you guys have any for getting your orthotics to not squeak let me know put them down below because yeah I've had them for a while now they still squeak anyway we by we I mean mostly mister over there are sore from yesterday's concrete construction journey that took 12 hours plus and yeah we didn't get home until after 10 yeah we ate something and then went straight to bed and yeah the Sun Law is rethinking round two which was supposed to happen today and we'll see how that goes and we just told them look you know we physically aren't capable of helping you today we're way too sore so anyway we're going to go for a little bit of a slower than normal leisurely walk I did take a tumbley yesterday I seem to be fine but of course I did land on my left knee which if you don't know yeah that's my bad knee and yeah that was not smart I also cut my toe open because I wasn't intending on helping with the concrete and I had flip flops on and it's just a whole thing anyway we're going to go get some steps in and if mister's filling up to it I think we're going to go try to get a few groceries purchased we've got a bunch of laundry to do and stuff like that and then the rest of the day will just be spent on the couch watching movies I have some crocheting to do so all right I'll be back we are of course in the car again headed to the airport again I've been up for a while this morning though working on my scrap yarn sweater trying to at the very minimum get the main body part of it done even if I don't get it assembled today because I have some stuff coming up and I'm going to be crocheting on the go sort of thing but I don't necessarily want to take that project with me I'd rather do some little ones and I also have baby blanket I need to do so today's focus is working on this sweater getting the body done and maybe getting all the little thread ends hidden maybe okay you guys after I got my dad at the airport today I spent the rest of the day working on the sweater I told you there's a bunch of stuff going coming up and I wanted to at least get the sleeves done on the body even if I didn't get the thread ends woven in or get it finished up or not or whatever yeah I've got it on it's all finished have I gotten all the thread ends woven in I sure hope so I hope it didn't miss anything I hope nothing unravels it is a scrap yarn sweater if that happens I'll repair it with another piece of scrap yarn that's the whole point but it has to be blocked still and I just see another little piece sticking out because you know um let me trim that and let me get you a picture hey are you ready I wanted it to be a little bit oversized I didn't want long sleeves and I wanted to see if I could crochet in one piece instead of having a bunch of pieces that I could so had to sew together I think I accomplished all that now it does still need to be washed and blocked I haven't done that yet and will I I don't know I don't always do that to the sweaters and things that I make I know you're supposed to but um it'll be really cute in the winter I think with a little pair of boots and some black leggings but anyway let's see what do you think I think she's pretty cute and I love all the colors totally scrap yarn some wool some wool blend some acrylic it's just all over the place a lot of yarn changes oh god I'm not sure I'm gonna do another scrap yarn project that's this big anytime soon but never say never right all right now it's time to clean up and probably have dinner since it's almost seven o'clock I'll be back a new sweater is in the wash and because one of the ways to block them is to wash it and then lay it out flat to dry and I used to back in the day have a big set up of boards that you pin it to and you steam it I don't have that anymore so anyway I went upstairs to go get Bob and tell him it's after seven o'clock time to end the day he's on a work call there's a problem in the world somewhere with lamb research that he needs to manage so you know it's the way of things so anyway I'm gonna go get the mail in the garbage cans I'll be okay Junior's gone home maybe sitting duty is over and dishes are done didn't get a lot of chores done he is only three months old and he wants to be rocked to sleep in hell all the time I mean he's a baby the daughter says mommy come put him down I'm like yeah but I don't want to I will have to at some point he can't keep sleeping that way anyway the sweater is drying it's looking great I'm probably gonna I'm just gonna leave it for right now it's gonna say something different but anyway it's looking good I have some ideas for next sewing projects specifically this one I think is going to be next it's gonna have to wait a little bit but we're gonna do a dress out of this is a cotton bed sheet have some ideas for the dress then I have some ideas for a little jacket thing to go over it out of something that I have in my inspiration book I can't share a lot of these pictures I don't want to get any strikes but do love the bohemian style there's a lot of things out there on Pinterest to give you inspiration for designs I don't have a pattern it's going to have to be something I self-draft but we'll worry about that when we get there and I also have linen in the closet I think is what I'm going to use it's white linen but I think we're going to dye it after the project is done so anyway I'm going to go sit and have some water and start that baby blanket is next kind of project we need to work on so start that maybe go out and go get the mail you know all the things I can't really do when I'm babysitting so all right that's it for right now we're headed out for our nightly walk of course we ran into the little ones from next door they're headed out to dinner with mom and dad and of course the first thing they did when they saw us is ask for a jelly bean why can't I have a jelly bean before dinner fun fact we keep a bowl of jelly beans on the kitchen counter because our daughter loves them she's always loved them since she was little and sudden law loves up turns out a whole family loves them so yeah and the little ones from next door love them so we're probably a bad influence on everybody but you know all right we're gonna go get some steps in I'll be back good morning everybody it's 8 51 a.m on wednesday july 26th I think I'm obviously in the car we're gonna go run a few errands really quick I've got packages to drop off and gotta check on the p.o. box and all that stuff so we're gonna go get that done and then get home because I've got a baby blanket to finish and I've only got like 24 hours so that's a thing and booties in a little hat if I can manage hey guys just after 7 p.m I got home from running a few quick errands at about 10 30 is on other than taking a break for lunch I've been crocheting all day all day um one of my daughter's college friends is having a baby a baby another boy and so I crocheted her a little set a blanket some booties and a hat I wanted to get it done today oh my daughter's going to be seeing her soon and I wanted to make sure she could bring it with her so that is done and as I hinted at before Bob and I have a lot of stuff going on the next few days so it was either today or was going to be a couple of weeks but we both were doing a bunch of stuff Bob was working he's been on the computer and in conference calls all afternoon and I finally said hey should we stop and have lunch I mean dinner we have lunch too we yeah it's just been a day anyway we also turned the air conditioner on finally because it's really hot I didn't notice before when I was crocheting but now I did anyway I'm going to eat something I'll be back yes we're in the car again always so I haven't vlogged all day today because it's been a busy day we have and I can say this now because I've decided you're not seeing any of this until after I get back so we are going on vacation starting very late tonight we are literally taking the epitome of a red eye to the east coast we leave at midnight from Portland and we're headed east to Williamsburg Virginia we're going to spend a week on the east coast traveling around seeing the sights and also visiting for the day with my niece slash little sister and her husband no I'm not going to explain the slash it's yeah anyway it is what it is she's like my sister she is yeah um they move to Maryland so we're going to go visit them anyway I think we're pretty much all packed we need to eat dinner though and we don't have any food in the house that's not frozen so we're going to go grab something really quick that hopefully doesn't require any dishes and doesn't take up too much doesn't make too much trash and yeah that's a good one yeah doesn't make so no trying any new foods no grocery stores sushi because that's a crap shoot no gas station sushi no no so anyway it's going to be a very long evening I will vlog what I can just because I've never done a flight like this before at this time of the night I've done an east coast flight before but not this time of the night and from where we live to the east coast it's really rare to get a direct flight like almost all the flights are stopping somewhere and we stop going and coming back in Dallas so and he hasn't done one of these flights um since he was a college student before we got married it was a long time ago so anyway we're gonna see what we can see and bring in stuff to keep me busy and everything else is in the suitcase and yeah I don't know we'll see I'll be back but every time we go somewhere we run into somebody we know and we're in the middle of the Dallas Fort Worth airport on our way to Richmond and what just happened Bob we met a large brother from California yes randomly out of the blue from South America South America visiting family yep so yeah how funny that was a thing amazing anyway I'm not awake enough for that I'll be back we're in Virginia we landed we got our rental car now we're going to head over to the hotel and check in and relax and hopefully try to find something to eat before we just crash because we haven't slept for about 24 hours so actually more than that so anyway I don't even know so because I'm tired so we're gonna do all those things and tomorrow we're gonna go to Washington DC and the Smithsonian so that's the goal that's the goal anyway that's the mission the mission yes and I will of course be filming what I can and taking you with me where I can without getting in trouble I don't know what I don't know if I would get in trouble but anyway let me film some stuff besides my face I'll be back morning guys we slept about 12 hours last night we're getting a little bit of a later start than anticipated because it's already after 10 o'clock but we are headed into Washington DC today and the plan is the Smithsonian at least three buildings out of 19 we can't do all my key today we're gonna try we're gonna try and we're also gonna see the Washington monument well we're gonna drive around see what we see hopefully hopefully do drive around and see the White House and the Washington monument yeah take some pictures take some video where we can and see where we can park and walk around yeah and hopefully next time we come back east it won't be so hot but also we can actually tour the White House it was a lot of paperwork and rigmarole to get to for this trip that we just didn't feel up to doing but hopefully next time we come we can do that and because it is on our bucket list and this won't be our last trip here because my knee my knee slash little sister now lives out this way so we're gonna be back anyway I will take pictures and video where I can and I will be back let's go get some coffee I need coffee we've only been in Virginia for less than 24 hours and what are we noticing already people are super nice and oh my god you all have a lot of trees we are from Oregon land of many trees much water no bridges every all the bridges and no direct route anywhere but um y'all beat us with the trees we can't there could be Walmart on the side of the highway and we can't see it because well this one says McDonald's in some way because there's trees I'm not complaining about the view mind you I'll put a clip here so you all see what I mean but yeah so many trees we're headed to the Smithsonian right now it's a few hours away we're headed to um drive around DC and I gotta do the map I'll be in Oregon and California we don't have fancy rest stops that are in a brick building like this this is a different night good different but different hold on it's huge we made it we're in DC that was a long heavy traffic drive but we are parked underneath the Ronald Reagan building and we are in DC and headed over to the Smithsonian this ought to be fun I'll be back that was interesting we did we were able to do the American History Museum and the Natural Museum before they closed and now we're going to go drive around DC and see what else we can see it is raining outside um they call it yeah I don't know it's not that bad but I'm from Oregon so what do I know and maybe it was bad while we were in the building but I don't know anyway there was thunder and lightning it'll be interesting getting home because you know rain car accidents but the traffic was bad getting here so I think it will surprise me so anyway we're gonna go see what else we can see I'll post some pictures or I already did and uh yeah we also need a snack I'm starving I'll be back the traffic in DC is horrible and parking is a nightmare they really not kidding but we did find a place it guess it stormed while we were in the Smithsonian and there's tree branches down everywhere must have been bad must have been really bad yeah I'll show you some in a minute and we're walking over to the Lincoln Memorial and then we have one more place to look to go to and then we're going to try to find some food we haven't had anything but a donut all day but I mean you know it's all right I'll be back it's not too bad we're at the George Washington Masonic Memorial which is closed to the public at the moment see the barriers yeah we're just parked over here in front of the barriers sort of illegally nobody report me so hubby can get a picture for those that don't know he is a free mason and he wanted to get a picture in front of the building at some point we already know we want to come back here and maybe we can come back and he can get a tour uh because they do have tours of the building so but right now we just want a picture yeah that's how hot it is my glasses are anyway and then we're gonna um go find some dinner because we haven't had anything except the donut this morning so yeah all right I'll be back you guys it's very early in the morning we're headed out again for the last of our long drives until we leave the east coast we are headed to Maryland um my uh some of my family lives up there now as I've said already and so we're going to go see her and her husband and the two little babies my sister Elizabeth is there with them she helped them move out from the west coast so anyway it's going to be a long drive first stop coffee and gas and gas and maybe snacks I'll do the snacking food thing maybe while he's pumping gas I'll be back so today is a tour walking tour of historic Williamsburg it's hot but it's beautiful front it's a cold front I don't know anyway we're gonna go walk around and take some pictures and I'll be back okay we're here touring colonial Williamsburg and before we got out here we were debating buying tickets to see the historic part and because you got to buy tickets and for how long we should do it one day two days three days we decided to just do three days because it was less expensive but we didn't think we'd probably spend all three days touring the park it's only been one day and I think we're wrong so cool things here very cool things here I would recommend if you're thinking about coming to the east coast and do some doing some sort of historic american vacation definitely do the normal things and go to DC and all that but do the other probably less common things like touring historic Williamsburg and Jamestown I mean oh my goodness there's so much to see of course there's a dressmaker shop here and fabric so we're headed there yeah all right I haven't really bought myself too many souvenirs yet so time is coming I'll be back we feel caught tired and moist yeah it's very it's very warm out warm hot and humid yeah my hands are sticky my and I like I've touched syrup or something is that a humidity thing it's got to be yeah anyway we always have a rule when we're traveling that we try not to eat at too many big chain places I think we've said this before on on film maybe even for this trip with the exception of coffee we'll go to Starbucks or wherever just to get a good cup of coffee we've decided to add to our list if we're in a condo situation like we're at now we can buy groceries which we just did that we're going to go to a local grocery store to shop rather than a big chain turn right even if it's a big chain it's a big chain we don't usually go to that's a lot of fun so we just went to Harris teeter might not I don't know if it's the cheapest place on the planet prices seem comparable to what we get at home yep and the selection was pretty good and yeah so that was a lot of fun they didn't have everything we have back home but I didn't really expect it right then at the round about take the second exit anyway approaching a railway crossing she keeps interrupting anyway we're going to go back to the condo have some round about take the second exit she's such a nag we're going to go back to the condo now and we're going to have some dinner and just chill and relax we both did a lot of walking again today that's like the fourth day in a row and yeah and we have more walking to do tomorrow plus we're going to get up early and head to old Williams town early to catch sorry Williams Burke why do I keep saying Williamstown Colonial Williamsburg mix that up with Jamestown I have I put the two together in my brain he's not wrong we're going to head to Colonial Williamsburg early we didn't get to the carriage rides we're all booked for today so we want to book that first we want to tour the governor's palace and we want to if we have time go to the full cart part of the museum and then we do want to either tomorrow afternoon Wednesday afternoon or Thursday probably Thursday we're going to go do Jamestown yeah and in between and maybe we'll do some of it tomorrow after we're done at Williamsburg I want to go to either Goodwill or Salvation Army we have them there so we are going to um you know I like kind of like the idea we're done with Williamsburg we leave kind of like we did today and this time we stop went for a drive and stopped at the grocery store tomorrow let's do a thrift store okay that's actually a good idea so anyway all right that's enough jabbering for me we're gonna go back jabber jabber I know all right we're gonna go back to the room and I'll be back guys we are we have a low tire pressure situation this morning so Bob is taking care of that then we're headed back to Colonial Williamsburg and try to do a couple of the things we didn't get to do yesterday like tour the governor's palace there's a situation here at the gas station tour the governor's palace hopefully see the folk art museum and go on a carriage ride probably do some more shopping we're gonna also try to hit one one or two thrift stores on the way back to the hotel and um it ought to be a fun day yeah and yes my hair I haven't had to hardly do anything to my hair to get it to be curly because it just is curly and yeah so anyway all right I'm gonna deal with the situation I'll be back at Colonial Williamsburg little village it was really beautiful I think tomorrow we're gonna go to Jamestown and in the morning in the morning and where else are we gonna go Yorktown Yorktown that's it I'm a hot visit a sin to drive I'm tired can you tell anyway of course I'm hot I'm tired I'm sticky and sticky kind of have a muggies but we had a big lunch we did have a huge lunch I had an onion pie you guys use the left lane to turn left onto bypass where I didn't know onion pie was the thing apples onions with egg yeah it sounds weird oh my god you guys it was delicious and then we had chocolate custard chocolate cobbler with vanilla ice cream use the left lane to turn left onto stag root 132 yeah local ginger ale I did it was delicious and he had beer a local beer that was made from an original recipe from 1737 was I had a little sip it was delicious anyway before we go back to the hotel we are going to go to a thrift store if I only get one in on this trip I want to get one in so we did find one that supports a local children's hospital and that's a good cause and so we're going to go there and we're going to see what we can see if anything and I'll be back good morning everybody does my hair look extra white today it does an extra curly because you know we're in Virginia and I don't have to use my curlers here yeah anyway also today's my birthday yay yay happy birthday dear fabulous 60 big 60 big 60 anyway we are going to head to Jamestown and hopefully Yorktown today those are our two things that we on the must-do list today before we come back here and probably have a snack and change and go out to a birthday dinner we're going to go to another colonial tavern for dinner so that'll be interesting at the Williamsburg in Williamsburg in and yeah so if we have time we'll hit another thrift store today if not tomorrow so uh yeah it's all good let's get started I'll be back walking around the Jamestown area and museum and then after we're done here of course I have to stop at a gift shop because that that'll be a thing but we'll also drive around a little bit I saw something about a ferry I don't know if we're going to go on that or not but anyway it's beautiful maybe do that tomorrow maybe go on a ferry maybe we do have one day where we don't have anything planned yep so anyway I'm going to turn the camera around and we'll be back now we're going to an Indian village yeah we should get this pretty sure that face do you like that face I guess he's playing a part he smells like cedar in an incense well because they work yeah we're over at the York Yorktown battleship oh yeah yeah ma battleship aye aye yorktown battleground battleground museum and visitor center and we randomly ran into a lady who we've run into like five times since we've been in virginia and you met them at Jamestown and Williamsburg we keep seeing them anyway she had passes for national parks and we were walking in yeah season pass I think we were just walking in chit chatting with her and she randomly said would you like to get in for free she got us to pass us to get in for free with her as guests like her guests it was so sweet that never happens to me she didn't know me from Adam anyway uh which one was cool it was very cool I don't I don't know exactly where we're at but we're gonna go see some kind of monument I don't know yeah we're gonna go for a quick walk then we're gonna go over to downtown Yorktown and there's a museum if it's open and some things to walk around and see so because we're not done yet I'll be back the victory monument there you go the victory monument and in case you don't know can't tell I'm still discombobulated by somebody getting me free admission to anything to be honest so that was amazing she was like oh my god it's shocking people just being nice for no reason she didn't know me from Adam she looks exactly like my friend Cheryl Leggett though I will put that out there all right I will be back in a minute you guys we are outside the Williamsburg Inn here in Williamsburg and I'm just so you're aware I know that's the old part of Williamsburg the colonial village during the day they close it off to through traffic so you can't drive down there and you can tour down there and take care of drives and stuff for my birthday dinner we went here I know right we had the most fabulous food and service I think we've ever had at a restaurant it's not bargain friendly doesn't go away same but it's worth every penny and they have the best staff and the best food I'm telling you isn't that gorgeous I told Bob when we come again and yes we're already planning a new trip I want to stay here at least a couple of nights look at that who wouldn't want to stay all right we are going to get a selfie I'll be back morning everybody I haven't had to curl my hair or anything the whole time we've been here because thank you humidity but anyway also thank you Virginia mosquitoes because they caught both Bob and I him a day before me so his swelling has gone down mine has not turn right onto light foot road very itchy anyway we're going to go visit one more local diner for breakfast this morning it is our last full day in Virginia tomorrow is travel home day we're going to go do some scenic driving do a little anti-king things like that I'll bring you with us where we can it ought to be a lot of fun very relaxing chill day so let's see what we get up to I'll be back that was the biggest antique mall I've been into in a long time we didn't buy anything because for two reasons one I'm kind of been on the lookout for a while now for specific things but also we're in Virginia how the heck am I going to get at home you didn't see anything small to get no smalls no smalls I saw a few big things I'd love to have but again how am I going to get at home so we're going to go drive there's a scenic drive we haven't done yet so we're going to go do that right now I'll be back before we head back to the hotel and start relaxing and packing for the trip home tomorrow we're going to stop at a disabled American veterans thrift store in half a mile use the left lane to turn left anyway there's a link for them here on the east coast I don't think they're on the west coast they're only in the virginia area but I'll leave a link to their website below you can look up locations but um we're going to stop over there on the way home I will say y'all who live in Virginia and in the area you're doing a great job it's beautiful your state is beautiful I see very little trash very little graffiti and for that you really have to go into Richmond which we did I have yet to see a tent on the side of the highway if you have them I don't know where they're at we on the west coast we need to we need to do better we need to do better because we're like yeah you guys have us beat by a landslide all right I'll be back I don't think I've given you a little tour of the condo we're staying at but it's actually pretty nice and clean I mean you know anyway uh it is a rainy drizzly day here in Virginia today our last day our go-home day and uh we are trying to pack everything as efficiently as possible which is always a challenge uh at the end of a trip but anyway we're working on it we've got the dishwasher going and making piles of laundry and all that stuff so anyway it has been a great vacation but I can't wait to go home so all right that's it for the minute I'll be back you guys we are home we got home very late last night um Sunday long was very kind to pick us up at the airport we tried to sleep in this morning but we're on Virginia time so you know that didn't really happen but we did get the suitcases unpacked I don't think we got to put them away I think they're still in the bedroom but I got the laundry done I think sorted and organized and all that and yep tables full I'm gonna turn the camera around hang on okay so I got this really cool stack of reproduction um cottons when we were in Williamsburg which I can't wait to delve into I I'm gonna be making more of these coloring books which I shared before I left and it was great you guys was really great to do on the plane in the car yeah and this is all ephemeral stuff I need to put together a travel journal so that's what that's for I found this really cute um coat it is a Jacqueline Smith coat at the thrift in Virginia it needs some buttons and I don't know if I'm going to alter it at all but the basic basic coat is great I also found two sort of boho blouses both of which are too big for me but all three of these pieces are going to be they're going to go in the upcycling closet and at some point I will upcycle them for these two blouses I'll probably leave the center part intact and make them tank tops or short sleeves or something but they're both very cute I got this flowered one and then I found this blue one I know this is not the best video but it's been a fun but exhausting week anyway so this one was cute too and then I think you saw these that we got which I have plans for already and then of course I had to print a bunch of stuff because while I was gone I kept thinking of project ideas and I've got an idea for another zipper pouch I've got an idea for a pair of overalls I just I was printing and printing and printing and printing there's a stack of stuff there anyway it was a super fun week exhausting but so fun and so inspiring you know it's nice to get out of your regular space a bit and step away from things temporarily it's oh for me it's always re-inspiring and um yeah I'm really enjoying it so but I'm tired I need a good night's sleep we're going to tomorrow we have to catch up on a bunch of chores grocery shopping and stuff like that there's you know no food in the house or little food and all that so but that's next week's vlogs issue and I will be working on some of these projects in future vlogs and yeah I've got my brain is overflowing with inspiration if you haven't been to Virginia or these coasts ever or recently I would recommend a trip and Bob and I had so much fun on this one that I think we're going to pick some places that most people think I don't want to go on vacation there why would I go there because we kind of thought that about Virginia but you know what it was fun so yeah we have ideas ideas ideas anyway that's it for the moment I'm going to go back downstairs and after I put some of this away and I'm going to go sit and have some water we did babysit junior today on the spur of the moment the kids are now on their way out of town but they had a bunch of stuff to do this afternoon before they did that and they said can you watch the baby and I said uh of course you're going to be gone a week and I just got home but yeah I want to watch the baby so it was fun anyway it's all good um and I am really loving life at the moment I don't know about you uh so anyway step out of your comfort zone step out of your art room go out and just get a breath of fresh air do something nice for yourself because you deserve it don't forget to like share and subscribe because I would appreciate it and um questions comments or concerns leave them down below if you're in my facebook group and you make something you want to share tag me in the post so that I see it or if you're an rt trio do the same thing uh and I do have a patreon if you want to support the free content here on youtube I think that's it for the minute I gotta gather some stuff put some things away I'll see you next week bye guys