Sunday, November 21, 2010

What the HECK happened?

Is this part of the aging process? All of a sudden the year is GONE, and you don't remember where it WENT! I loved last winter, but I don't even know what happened to the rest of the year.
I quilted some, I worked a lot, we traveled.
And now I'm back to my beloved winter.
I need to slow down and smell the alfalfa!

I spoke to the Knoxville Quilt Guild last Tuesday evening and they asked when I was going to update the Blog...oh, my gosh...it looks like I fell off the face of the earth!! This has been a really busy year: 2 shop hops, 1 bus trip that included 8 stores, The Iowa Quilt Guild held their annual meeting at our place, Viking Convention and Sewfest, Quilt Market, AQS and we purchased the building next door to the store (the former social security building) to use as our Event Center.
2010 has been a wild ride.

December 2 will begin our Patches & Pieces Quild Guild "Comfort & Joy" Quilt Show, it will continue December 3 and 4th, as well. Creston is a happening place that weekend with the lighted Christmas Parade, the Uptown Block Walk and lots of Holiday Happenings. Great place to kick off the Holidays and stimulate the local economy.

Monday, January 11, 2010

New Year, New Resolutions. NOT!




Same resolutions as every year: sew more, eat less and laugh often. I'm very good at the laughter. With the 4 day work weeks, we've had lately, I'm getting a lot of sewing done!! The snow days, have kept me home more this year than all the other 27 years combined. Fred says, I can't retire, because I'd just eat myself to death. So I'll be at the store for many years to come. Thursday, we got stuck and had to walk home. I'm waaaay too old for that to happen again.

The scooping should be getting easier, since we've had so much practice.

As many of you know, I LOVE the winter!! Honestly! I feel like I get more done in the winter and I love watching it snow. So pretty. Even now, I still love the winter.

With the snow days, I'm getting so many projects done. I've put in a photo of my brother's birthday present: the windmill wallhanging. He better be grateful. He has 5 sisters and it's a real battle to stay in first place!