Mare's nest: Back in Sorts!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Back in Sorts!

I'll tell ya, nothing gets you right back in sorts like a birthday!
And this one was pretty darn good too!!!
The big guy was working nights, so he slept through much of it. But the girls took charge and took care of the rest of it.
I had lovely coffee on the porch. - until we all got too cold and went in the house, this is, after all, Wisconsin. yeah, 68 gets a bit chilly when it's windy.

But! Once in the house, I had my awesome package from my best blog buddy Flori!! Otherwise known as Susan, the officer in charge of coffee in One Of The Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds........... see my sidebar. Go ahead, I'll wait for you...... toe tapping quietly................ subtle look at watch..............
Isn't she awesome!
She sent a big box of all kinds of treats, most of them were wrapped in fabric too! My favorite gift wrap! I took pictures of every step of it, and if I can ever EVER get them off my camera I will post a retrospective of the gift opening. fabrics, a super cute cake slice pincushion, an awesome totebag, a quilt magazine. I was just in HEAVEN!!!
Then daughters number 3 and 4 took me to the antique mall and we spent several enjoyable hours there. Meanwhile daughter number 2 made dinner. We did pick up a luscious chocolate cake from a local grocery store bakery. A nice small one so there weren't any leftovers!!
Then the big guy had me sit down on the porch and he gave me a Yak Rack for the new kayak he got me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK does it get any better????? And my orthopaedic surgeon says I can go for it!!! yippeeee

5 comments:

*karendianne. said...: Absolutely Fantastic!!! What great treats - fabrics - a slice-o-cake pincushion (can't wait to see that) and a cool tote bag, too? You lucky gal you. :) And the Daughters really were wonderful. Wishing I had some of that chocolate cake from the local bakery this morning with my coffee.

Right on - Kayaking here we come!!!; July 20, 2009 at 5:37 AM
Shirley--Knot-y Embroidery Lady said...: Happy birthday!; July 21, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Chris Daly said...: Happy birthday! Your girls sure know the way to a mom's heart. I'm so pleased you are healing and able to use your new gift. What a great present.; July 22, 2009 at 4:17 AM
Quilter Kathy said...: Happy Birthday! Sounds like it was lots of fun!
I hope you'll show us photos of what a Yak Rack is and of course we have to see you in the kayak!; July 22, 2009 at 7:32 AM
QuiltedSimple said...: Happy belated birthday! What great treats you got.
Kris; July 30, 2009 at 5:54 AM

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Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings