Getting ready for the retreat

Wow time sure flew by and now it is almost time for the retreat. Whats more unbelieveable is I have everything ready for it. Not the meat for the sandwhichs but everything else. I got the block samples sewed last night and all of the guest gift bags packed and ready. Yeah! I always manage to get things ready in time but I start to worry about a week before. I have my rolling tote packed and my tool bag packed. All I have to put in it is my fabric for my quilt. It is all cut and ready but not in my tote yet. I also have to tear down my machine and get it cleaned and oiled so it is all ready to sew on this weekend. We have the biggest guest list that we have ever had. I hope everything goes well and we have a good time. It always has and we alway have. I have been thinking about taking my old machine just in case. Last year my machine broke down on sat. night and I had to borrow Eileen's spare. Good thing she lives down the street from where we sew.

What I have been up to

Time has been flying by lately. It seems like christmas was yesterday. Mom and I have been working hard on the planing of our guilds retreat that is next weekend and I think that we have it all under control now. I only have a few things to get yet and then all I have to do is show up. Then we will have to work for about an hour to get things set up before we can kick back and enjoy ourselfs. The quilt is all planned out and copied, the gifts are all bought and put together. I have one more set of bags to do and then it will be all done till I have to load up my car next friday night. I think I need a small truck to haul all of the stuff I have to take with me. I finished buying my fabric today so I have to get it cut next week. I am using dark pink and light pink for my quilt. We have guild meeting tomorrow so I can answer any questions that any one might have about the instructions or fabric or anything else that comes up. I hope that everyone likes the things that we got them this year. I think that this year is going to be the best one yet. I say that every year though. It seems like it just keeps getting better and better every year. I can't post what the gifts are yet as no one knows what they are until the retreat but I will post them after. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY. Happy quilting Karen

A little sadness

Larry C. Hoy October 19,1941-Febuary 4, 2009

After a three week illness I am sad to say that my dad passed away last night. He was 67. None of us thought that this would happen when he got sick this time. The cold air always made him sick because he had breathing problems along with other things.

He is getting cremated and we will have a grave side service at a later date in the spring. We are doing it this way so grandma can go. She can't get around very well and going out in the cold and snow is not an option for her.