A weekend in the country

When people talk about time off work and good vacations, there is a tendency to think that the farther you travel and the more exotic the locale, the better. It ain't necessarily so. Thomas and I had a wonderful weekend in Alisonia, VA, staying in a cabin. We were there with your friend Samantha. We all brought our dogs, so the six of us had fun.

The cabin wasn't so far away, and it was hardly exotic, but I had the best time. We cooked and ate some delicious meals (and washed a lot of cheezits down with a lot of wine). I worked on some quilt squares and Sam knit a shawl out of yarn she handspun. She helped me figure out how to edge a shawl I am working on.

Saturday was a freezing cold, windy day - and snow flurries fell outside the windows. Sunday was warm and sunny...the change in the two days was amazing.

Sam brought some videos with her, and we watched a bunch of episodes of Psych and laughed like loons.

It was a good weekend.

Tax Prep is a pain in my arse

It is the end of February. Well, the end-ish of February. You know what that means...it's time for me to start thinking about taxes. And what am I thinking? I am thinking that it would be nice if we didn't wait so long this year that I go all postal on Thomas.

Do you think I am unreasonable for wanting to get our taxes done by the middle of April?

Anyway, I am getting my stuff together as far as charitable donations, receipts, etc. Anything I can do to move us one step closer to Tax Success 2011.

MAQ, hurry it on up!

The Mid-Appalachian Quilters Symposium (MAQ) has not put anything of interest on the website yet, and we are into the second half of Feb.

I am looking forward to the class list. I finished my top from the class I took and am sending it out to be quilted. One more thing to add to my finished list!

She's not really a natural performer

At quilt guild last night, i was the auctioneer. When i got home i felt like all the energy i have ever had was gone. Like i had been boiled, pummeled, and mashed flat.
Maybe i am not as much of an extrovert as i like to think i am.

They are installing my Christmas present

Yesterday the plumber came and set things up with the gas lines and whatever needed to happen, and today the new inline gas generator is being installed.

This is what Thomas and I jokingly said was our Christmas present to each other. I gave him half of it, and he gave me half, so sometime later when the power goes out and we still have heat and light, we will be thankful for our thoughtful present.

Today I am powering through the 24 blocks I am making for the 1812 quilt. I have the fabric marked and the machine is ready. All I have to do is sew, trim, and press. I already have five made, so this won't be very difficult. I have to hand them back to Joan at next Tuesday's guild meeting, so I want to get this out of the way.

I will try to post some pictures.

I read Janet Evanovich's new book, called something like Welcome to the Nuthouse. Sort of disappointed. The idea had potential, but it was kind of...dare I say, dull. Surprising, since most of her other book make me laugh.