Christmas comes later this year . . .

Ours certainly was-- we exchanged gifts after eating the sumptuous breakfast that Brian made for us (pancakes!!) and then both went downstairs for our various hobbies. Sounds terrible but it really is nice, knowing he's just down the hall a few feet instead of on…

And maybe not for awhile . . . I'm talking about going to Paducah for the AQS quilt show. It is the best (but not the biggest) of their shows but this year, they are adding a show near my home town of Grand Rapids.

The lady for whom I did the alterations last week came by to pick up her clothes and tried them on one more time to make sure that they fit. My "guarantee" is that if it's not altered enough, I'll do it again at no…