The Friday Night Quilting Bee met tonight. I'm fortunate that they have met at my house for the past umpteen years, because I don't have to drive home, and I don't have to rush to get to Bee. And, this wonderful collection of women come to entertain me once a month!
I thought tonight might be an early night for the group. One of our members has to go home for the funeral of a close friend's father. Another fell and broke her ankle a month ago, and is still recuperating. We got off to a slow start, but went more than an hour longer than I would have guessed.
We talked about the most amazing variety of things:
Senator Joe Biden
Depression Era Quilts
Coyotes in our back yards
Raccoons in our back yards
Our early saving habits
Putting kids through school without loans
Radiation, Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer
Loss of hair
Quilt Pink (the auction of quilts at eBay to support breast cancer research. Go to:
www.quiltpink.com for auction details)
Revocable Trusts
Title searches
Caring for our aging parents
Running a quilt shop when there's an electrical outage for several days
Quilting thread
Teaching our kids not to drink and drive
Litigation
Designers of depression era quilt fabric
Hand Piecing versus Machine piecing
Carotid Artery Health and Cumadin
Irish Restaurants
Long Arm Quilting Machines
Retirement Plans
Girl Scout Cookies
Health Insurance
Dessert
Huggable husbands who can be found at the grocery store!
Kids changing jobs and
Quilt Kits, to name just a few of the subjects.
We're old friends. We've met here for easily twelve, perhaps as many as fifteen years. We know each other's families, and our ups and downs. It's like having seven more sisters! And you can see that we talk about anything that comes to mind. It's very reassuring to have a community like this. It's a lot like my community of blogging friends.
I'm looking forward to our next meeting. I hope to have one more project done so that I can show it in show and tell! YES!!
Comments (8)
What no gossip??
Posted by janet | February 3, 2007 5:19 AM
Posted on February 3, 2007 05:19
Your youth is showing, Buffy--that you consider friends of 12 years' standing to be "old friends". *tittering* I consider those whom I've known for 35-45 years to be "old friends". Oh, well. I'm really happy to have "young friends", too! (You're in that category, Babe!)
Posted by Cop Car | February 3, 2007 7:39 AM
Posted on February 3, 2007 07:39
Cop Car, STOP THAT. You and I are less than ten years apart, if I recall. I'd love to be your "young" friend, but I'm not so sure that it applies to me! *G*
I must have not written very clearly. Most of these ladies are friends who go WAAAAAYYYYY back. We've just had bee at my house for the last twelve years or so. I think I first met some of them when we started a quilt guild in the early '80s. That doesn't match your 35-45 years, but we've covered a lot of ground in 25 or so.
Posted by buffy | February 3, 2007 9:33 AM
Posted on February 3, 2007 09:33
Oh, all right, I'll give you "old friend" for 25! Although I do think of you as being in Bogie's and Dudette's generation, it was I who was not being clear: it is our friendship that is young, young friend! *still chorteling"
Posted by Cop Car | February 3, 2007 8:23 PM
Posted on February 3, 2007 20:23
Cop Car....I came across this as I read mail tonight:
"I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one."
I'm about halfway between your generation and theirs, which is why I can identify with all of you. I rather feel like the peanut butter in a PBJ! *G*
We're going to have to tape you laughing at my blog (at ME??) so visitors can click on a button to hear your sound effects! *G*
Posted by buffy | February 4, 2007 10:51 PM
Posted on February 4, 2007 22:51
Buffy--What in the world have your other readers ever done to you that you would inflict such torture upon them? *going off to bray in a corner*
Posted by Cop Car | February 5, 2007 9:11 AM
Posted on February 5, 2007 09:11
Ohhh GOOD....that bray was particularly good for the sound effects button! *G* Heck, CC......we might as well have a little fun. Life is short!
Posted by Buffy | February 5, 2007 2:10 PM
Posted on February 5, 2007 14:10
Janet......Actually there WAS a little gossip, but I was in the kitchen helping with the dessert, and I missed most of it.
Is it possible for eight women to get together for three hours with nary a word of gossip? I don't know. I try very hard not to gossip, but it's the nature of the beast that we like to talk about each other. And then there are our friends who make gossip a high art! *G*
Posted by Buffy | February 5, 2007 2:12 PM
Posted on February 5, 2007 14:12