I have really missed blogging. I think about adding a post but for some reason it just doesn't happen. I guess I am just like everyone else, sometimes there just aren't enough hours in a day.
My family - It is back to school time and 3 of our grandchildren went back to school on Tuesday. Cameryn is in 6th grade this year (hard to believe) and he is also playing pee wee football. His first game is on Saturday and we will be there to cheer him on. London is now in second grade and this is his first year in public school. He was so excited to ride the bus and he said it was really fun. Allie started kindergarten and told me that she cried when the teacher asked each one of the student to tell the class what they did during the summer. My sister Connie has been doctoring at Mayo Clinic for two benign brain tumors. She had 3 appointments yesterday and will have surgery in November to remove one of the tumors. Her oldest grandson Jacob (14 years old) has been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and is receiving chemo treatments in Ann Arbor, a 4 hour drive from home. He is doing very well and the doctors are very optimistic that it was caught in time and that he will do well.
My quilt world - Most of my spare time has been put into making favors for our Guild's 25th Anniversary/Friendship Day to be held next week. My hand quilting was put aside when the weather was so hot as I quilt on my lap and it was just too darned hot. The evenings have been cooling down some so I have picked up my hand quilting project again. My husband Steve and I went to the AQS show in Grand Rapids last month and we had a great time. We saw some absolutely beautiful quilts and also did a little damage with the vendors. I bought a couple of patterns and a couple of small kits. We also spent quite a bit of time with a long arm salesman/manufacturer. He and his wife make the machines and the frames in their shop in Tennessee. I really liked the way the machine felt and worked. It got us thinking about making a purchase again. We came home and did some measuring as it would take up quite a bit of space. My husband came up with 4 options. I nixed two of them right off the bat and told him that one of them really appealed to me. The problem is that it would require some remodeling and I have been through enough of that with our old house to know that we always have to be prepared to expect the unexpected. So right now everything is on hold as we "think" about it. I have no interest in going into business quilting for other people. I would just want to do my own quilts and perhaps some for my mom and my sisters.
Our garden - Steve has taken over most of the gardening as I have trouble bending over after my brain surgery. He has a beautiful garden this year. We have eaten lots of green beans and I have canned and frozen some although we still have lots left from last year. The zuchinni, summer squash and tomatoes have been going crazy. I have made 42 pints and 7 quarts of zalsa and canned some tomatoes. I also have lots of zuchinni bread and muffins in the freezer. I found a recipe online to make oven roasted cherry tomatoes. I tried them and they are ok. I won't turn the oven on for 3 hours to make them again.
Today is Guild business meeting and we always have a fantastic show and tell. I finished hand quilting a Guild Block of the Month that we did when Donna was Project Chair. I am anxious to ask Donna what year that was as I am sure it was at least 5 years ago.
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