Last weekend I received a notification that I was about to lose my blogging and Facebook rights because of inactivity. Seriously, Ken let me know I was waaaay behind in contributing to either, so I am repenting and updating today. I know myself and resolutions, so I make no promises ;)
Let's just work backwards by significant weekends, and by the end I may be excused for not taking time to post.
9/29 -- Spent the day with my friend/business partner Deb Curtis at the Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival in Harper's Ferry, WV, where we manned a booth selling our quilted products. My first quilt sale!!
9/24-25 -- Enjoyed a visit from Ken and Jay. Julie, et al, here for dinner with the uncles. Wonderful time and stories.
9/15-17 -- At Monticello for Mars' American Heritage Chocolate participation in the annual Heritage Harvest Festival event. Loved helping and touring the Jefferson home. Beautiful grounds.
8/24-26 -- Weekend at Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water house south of Pittsburg. Discovered Fort Necessity and the National Road. I love history!!
8/17-19 -- Weekend at Tricia and Dan's returning Courtney and Jonah after a week at our house. Love the hugs.
8/4-6 -- Chico for a beautiful baby blessing and family gathering at Es and Bill's. Wonderful to see them, Giselle, Kennan, Austin, Lynn and family, and Tom. We really loved seeing the new house and handing over a quilt of love.
7/27-29 -- Weekend in New York City hosting the daughter of a friend of Ed's in Equador. She is an intern with Mars. We stayed at the Algonquin with Matilda the Cat, did a chocolate shop hop in Manhattan, saw the musical Memphis, went to the Manhattan First Ward, and loved seeing old and making new friends.
7/21-22 -- Enjoyed Dallin's Eagle Court of Honor and Taylor's YW Recognition. What terrific examples of growing up well. Brought Julie's kids with us because I was babysitting them for the weekend while Julie went to a conference.
7/13-16 -- Visit to Mesa for Aidan's birthday and ordination. Fun trip to the Science center and great cake decorating!!
6/22-7/8 -- 2nd Hawaiian trip, this time to Kauai. Stumbled into an amazing quilt conference. Took a side trip to Oahu to visit good friends and to enjoy the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Honolulu Hard Rock Cafe.
6/14-17 -- Great trip to LA to see Heather, snuggle Shelby and Cameron and to celebrate our anniversary at Disneyland and Tom's graduation as an MBA from the best school!! Go Bruins!!
5/26-28 -- Quick trip to Las Vegas for The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour at Red Rock Casino. Sound test tickets, seats in center row 8 (closer than Nicholas Cage!), and dancing until we hurt for a week afterwards!! WOW!!
5/20-26 -- week at State College with kids while Justin joined Julie in Paris.
5/13-20 -- week in London with Julie at the British Library and Ilana and me touring everything from the Tower of London to Kensington Gardens and the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, including the original Hard Rock Cafe, M&M World, and Lion King at the theatre.
5/4-13 -- more than a week with Lynn, Julie, and Ilana, on a girls' trip to Paris with the best possible tour guide and lots of adventures and good food.
4/20-22 -- To Chico to meet baby Giselle.
4/13-14 -- To Raleigh to cheer for Carter at the Region 8 meet. What an amazing gymnast!!
3/29-4/3 -- To Argentina for Jonah's baptism and a wonderful visit with Debbie and Doug Carter and our shared grandkids. What an awesome trip, including a log to sit on, an endless bar-b-que, amazing food, and tango shoes.
3/11 -- Released as Relief Society President.
3/2-5 -- Cameron's blessing in Redondo Beach.
1/7-1/22 -- The first trip to Hawaii in 2012. Spending time with Bobby and Andy Csaplar, and the adventures I already blogged about.
WHEW!!! And that is why I haven't had time to blog. In the same time period the business, Cat Hollow Quilting, has taken off and I have delivered 108 quilts to satisfied customers. It just gets better from here.
(Note to Ken: am I reinstated??)
