It was Sew, Sew Great

Ten friends and I met in Round Top, Tx (Population 77) for a scrapbooking/sewing retreat. Nearly all of them are young enough to be my daughters. What a hard working bunch of girls. Really, your husbands, who so willingly stayed home with the kids, need to know that you stopped for nothing. Well, nothing but to eat and sleep. I am a witness to how diligently you cut, pasted, organized and created page after page of wonderful memories for your families. We ooooed and aaaahed over the cutest pictures. I was the odd man out – the only one who brought sewing projects to work on. Not because I don’t have any photos to scrapbook. But, because I have 35years of unorganized, unscrapbooked photos to work on. It will take much more than a 2 day retreat to whip that project into shape. Not only did we scrapbook and sew, we talked and laughed and listened to music. After listening to Tim McGraw I decided that I liked him – I mean I like his music. And the one married to Nicole Kidman – I liked him too. I fell in love with Il Divo – no really – I am in love with them – all of them. It just makes me happy to hear them even when they are singing in Italian – especially when they are singing in Italian. I wasn’t acquainted with Journey – and I have to say I was happy when the Journey was over.
Want to see what I accomplished??

14 soft flannel swaddling blankets
3 quilt bindings
1 fleece car seat blanket
1 retro swing dress
1 green daisy dress

It's a Big Country

Tammy took me on a trip across the country. Together we drove her car and belongings from Utah, the state of her college education, to Virginia, the state where her Big Brother and her Big Sister live and where she will live, find a job, friends, entertainment, and lots of museums. We made several fun stops along the way but mostly we were content for mile upon mile to gaze upon the never changing scenery.



I lied. Really, that was not all we had to look at. Oh, no. There were miles and miles of corn fields. And - I almost forgot - the miles and miles of trees. I really expected more variety. Where were the purple mountains majesty and the waves of amber grain and the friuted plains?? Does corn belong to the fruit family?