Ranch Lane has an annual block party and they alternate which end of our street is having it every year. This year it was at the “dead end” of our street. Mark and I only had a short walk to get there. Continue reading
2019 Block Party
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Trying to get Amtrak reservations
I have persuaded my mother to come out to Door County for a visit, but she is afraid to fly and she doesn’t like to travel alone, so I am going to fly out at the end of October and we are planning to take a train back here. Making train reservations has taken us twenty-four hours of frustration! Continue reading
Do you remember where you were a year ago today?
Exactly one year ago today, my family was gathered at the care facility where my sister, Sherill, had just died. I have been calling each member of the family in the last couple of days to ask what changes they’ve noticed since Sherill has been gone, or what they miss the most about her. Continue reading
Washer/dryer
For the last couple of summers, my washing machine has been occasionally staining our clothes with streaks that look a little like oil. This summer, it badly stained one of my costumes for work at the Noble House and my boss had to take it home and work on it to get the stain out. She told me about a repair guy that she trusts, and when I told him what happened, he suggested I try powdered laundry detergent rather than liquid. That seemed to work at first, but then… Continue reading
BACA
Over Labor Day weekend, Sister Bay is having their annual Marina Festival. This year, through Mark’s efforts, BACA has a booth at the festival. BACA is a biker group Mark belongs to and the initials stand for Bikers Against Child Abuse. Continue reading
Quilting for charity
Today was a wonderful day for me. I got to spend almost the whole day with the Trillium Quilt Guild, and this evening I had a surprise visit. More on that later. Continue reading
Barn dance!
Tonight was another Bridges event, this time in Egg Harbor at Sawyer’s Barn. (That’s as far as I got on Tuesday night when I began to fall asleep at my computer.) Continue reading
“You’re perfect, Mark!”
Checking back in my blogs, it was July 17th when Mark and Merih bought a used car for Merih. However, the car needed a bunch of work on it. Mark has been spending evenings and weekends on it, and a couple of times on his day off, Merih has come over to help. It was obvious last time, though, that Merih was beginning to give up hope of ever getting to drive it this summer. Continue reading
Hats 4 Hope
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word “Africa”? For me, it’s heat. I think of savannahs and jungles and deserts. But apparently, it can also get quite cold. Mothers and newborns have been dying of hypothermia in Tanzania. Karen Klemp and Jane Krogstad have started a program called Hope 2 Others to put together kits of things to help mothers and babies survive, including warm hats. Nancy Zieman, a famous quilter, is encouraging others to help by making heart-shaped hats from this pattern that you can print off your computer: http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Hope-2-Others-Heart-Shape-Hat-Pattern.pdf.
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Creative day
Today, I got to spend the day with women. Good day! And I got to be creative. Even better! Continue reading