Ok - So it's been almost 2 months since I last posted on my blog. Did you think I was on a 2nd honeymoon, or reading trashy novels and eating bon-bons (this is what my sister always asks me when she calls), or maybe just taking a break? Well, it is none of these. When I returned from Virginia there was 4 weeks of helping my husband recuperate from his broken rib, then I went to Lancaster, PA and vended at Quilters Heritage Celebration. This is a wonderful quilt show and, of course, I love seeing the Amish families. Somehow when you see them working in their fields or in their buggies, it is really easy to think about a simpler time. Our frenzied pace seems to be at odds with their lifestyle. Then from Lancaster, I went to Chicopee, MA for a small guild show. Then this week-end I was in Manchester, NH for Machine Quilters Expo. So there is my life in a nutshell.
Now I have a few weeks off - but you have to remember that I am not a "normal" person. My friend, Elaine, calls me a maniac! So my time off, is not really off. I might work 16 hours a day instead of 18 or 20! Here's my goal before my next show in June in New Jersey: finish my newest quilt pattern and hopefully talk some friends into doing the applique for me, then I'll do the piecing. Go to Spring Quilt Market in Portland, Oregon! Can't wait for that because I get to see the newest designs, fabric and old friends. It is such an experience to see everything. Then at the end of May we're going to Wisconsin to see relatives that I haven't seen in almost 20 years. I have such wonderful childhood memories of Wisconsin and visiting my grandparents on their dairy farm, so I can't wait to see all of my cousins again and reminisce about the "old" days. I also have to get new samples done and off to the quilter so I'll have new and wonderful things to show in New Jersey. And then just to up the stress level we are having hardwood floors installed in our family room and hallway. Since our family room is almost 30 feet long we have to move everything out.....to where I don't know, but I guess we'll figure it out by May 6th when they arrive with the hammers! It sure will be much nicer without our 20 year old carpet. Not that it is in bad shape with just the two of us, and Mick the dog and Roxy the cat. But then of course, I thought why don't we talk off the wallpaper - a Warren Kimble plaid 1/2 way up the wall with a Canada geese border on top, and paint. Ten years ago I thought that was really fine, now I'm thinking off with it! I am going to buy a new couch and the "maniac" me was looking at lime green, terra cotta or pale aqua. That is quite a range, wouldn't you say? So who knows what I will come up with, but it definitely won't be "normal". The only furniture I have to work off of is my husband's navy leather Mission oak chair. So who says lime green doesn't look good with navy? Oh come to think of it, my friend, Elaine, said it wouldn't look good. But since I am a native Californian, maybe I have a different style than my New Hampshire neighbors. Well, I've got to run and make a little dinner. We spent the whole day working outside trying to get the winter mess cleaned up so that spring can be seen! Hope you are all well and hopefully I'll get back to posting more than every 2 months. Mary Jane
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