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!
\nI 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.
\nWe talked about the most amazing variety of things:
\nSenator Joe Biden
\nDepression Era Quilts
\nCoyotes in our back yards
\nRaccoons in our back yards
\nOur early saving habits
\nPutting kids through school without loans
\nRadiation, Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer
\nLoss of hair
\nQuilt Pink (the auction of quilts at eBay to support breast cancer research. Go to:
\nwww.quiltpink.com for auction details)
\nRevocable Trusts
\nTitle searches
\nCaring for our aging parents
\nRunning a quilt shop when there’s an electrical outage for several days
\nQuilting thread
\nTeaching our kids not to drink and drive
\nLitigation
\nDesigners of depression era quilt fabric
\nHand Piecing versus Machine piecing
\nCarotid Artery Health and Cumadin
\nIrish Restaurants
\nLong Arm Quilting Machines
\nRetirement Plans
\nGirl Scout Cookies
\nHealth Insurance
\nDessert
\nHuggable husbands who can be found at the grocery store!
\nKids changing jobs and
\nQuilt Kits, to name just a few of the subjects.
\nWe’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.
\nI’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!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading