Catch Up Bullet Post

If you aren't interested in my (Alisa's) personal life then feel free to skip this one.

• Hello all!

• Ever shopped at Pink Chalk Fabrics online quilt store?  They offer excellent service.  A few weeks ago I received this order from them.  Some solids and some cool twill tape.  I had a coupon code for 10% off and their Kona solids are a good price already.  I got a free goodie bag with my order - what fun!

• I went away with my husband.  This hasn't happened since I was expecting Carolin (she's 5 now.)  Gord had a trade show to attend, but I sure didn't mind being by myself.

• We stayed at the Banff Springs Hotel which was just amazing.  The main part was finished in 1888 (for the west this is pretty old.)  It was just amazing.  I just said that twice didn't I?!

• Antique furniture everywhere.

• The men's washroom.

• Fancy stairwells.  I will admit that I got lost a few times trying to find my way somewhere.

• My favourite hall.   The view from here was amazing.

• This is one of my favourites.  The original mailbox which is still in use.  The chute goes all the way to the top floor so if you mail a letter from there it will go all the way down into this box.

• I must have had free time on my hands.  Here's me in the elevator.

• I took this while driving down the main road in Banff.  Too bad I have my parking pass on the dash.  It gives you the idea of how awesome the mountains are.

• I visited the Sugar Pine Quilt Company in Canmore, Alberta (20 mins from Banff)  Worth the stop.  They stock alot of fabric and I had fun there!  Just for the record, some of this is to give away!

• I actually went there twice.  Once by myself and then upon hearing that some of the other ladies wanted to go I promptly offered to drive them there the next day.  I am an enabler, what can I say?  It was fun!  (And both times I didn't take any photos.  I was too busy wiping the drool off my chin.)

• Food, Glorious Food!  We got taken out to dinner by reps every single night.  I could never hope to eat this well again.

• Sitting in the lobby.

• View of our hotel from the Gondola.

• At the top of the world with coffee in hand.

• Moss.  I have a thing for different mosses, lichens and such.

• We (our family) has a thing for licence plates.  As you can imagine, you see many different plates in a place like Banff.  We spotted all 10 Canadian provinces, 1 territory and 22 different states.  My husband even did a U-turn to get a licence plate (the one above!)

• Johnston Canyon

• Lake Louise

• We hit 300000 kms on our van

• I'm looking forward to sewing with friends on Friday night!

• Suzanne and her family are coming in 3 weeks!!