So I'm thinking about hosting a quilt retreat in November-- a kind of come-and-go-as-you-please quilting thing. Most of my friends work so I think I've only got one friend that will come every day but, still, it will be a gathering of friends and that's…

I reached a new weight goal this morning: I've lost a total of FORTY POUNDS!!! The last time I weighed this amount, I think we were still in California, before we quit smoking!! Yikes!! Needless to say, I feel good and I've still got about…

I went to church today and then bicycled followed closely by a walk with Lexi. She really wishes that Brian and I were still (literally) fat-n-happy SITTING on the sofa!! She gets walked soooo much! Then of course, it was back to sewing again and,…

. . . but that's because I'm "caught up" from being behind. Although I'm only as far as Wednesday morning this morning, it is better than being where I was at noon on Wednesday! I'm ready to start sewing the new "petals" together and that's…

CRAZY busy sewing! Yeesh!! I sewed from 8:40 until 9:20 today-- long story short? My petals made too big a "plate" and I can't use them for the quilt that I was going to use them for and so, as a result, I'm starting all…