planning meeting

Recently we held the planning meeting for the celebration at our church for the over 80 ladies.  We are doing a Spring Fling and will play bingo for our program.  Three circles plan it and my circle is in charge of the food.  The ladies really look forward to our party.  During the party we also acknowledge those ladies that have passed this year.   All in all we have a great time. 

League

Recently  I decided to join the Headwaters Quilting Guild.  I met my classmate's  wife there and was very warmly accepted into the fold.  Four years ago I had tried to join the other guild in Bemidji, but did not have the same experience.  We had dinner as it was combination Valentine and Christmas dinner.  It was great.  We are engaged in making a quilt for the Senior Center as a money maker.  The senior center is financially in trouble.   They have been cut funds from the state and may not make it another year in operation. That would be a shame. 

This is during show and tell and is a T-shirt quilt

Things are not what they appear to be

Fantastic true story A woman was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight att...endant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes... Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind... A man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her guide dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight... He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, "Kathy, we are in Sacramento for almost an hour, would you like to get off and stretch your legs?" The blind lady said, "No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs." All the people in the gate area came to a complete stand still when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a guide dog for the blind! Even worse, the pilot was wearing sunglasses! People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines! Two tips for the day… 1. Things are not always as they appear and 2. A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Confirmation quilts

Our quilting group at church has the job of making 11 quilts for the teens that are being confirmed on April 27, 2014.  The committee decided to make all the quilts the same and make no distinction between sexes.  The are black with a gray print and a plain gray block.  When they are finished they will be spectacular.  The ladies that tie them will decided on the accent color -- red, white or black thread color.  It is a group project. 

sunrise

This is one of the reasons that we chose to live in this cold country.  The spectacular beauty that can surprise us on a daily basis.  This picture is looking out my front picture window.  The picture does not do it justice, but is it a beautiful representation.  I think all of us can see beauty around us if we would just take the time to look.

wolf

The day before I left for Jamestown for Christmas I decided that my wolf fur hood trim needed brushing.  I got it in 1973 and have had it on various coats.  I brushed it and then the next day I set out for Jamestown.  On the way I could feel that I was in the throws of a major allergy attack.  I waited until I got to Jamestown before I took a benadyrl tablet to bring my histamine count down.  Can't take those and expect to drive.  I told my son I just can for the life of me decide why I am having an attack.  The pill took affect and I was feeling great.  When I got home I was hanging up my jacket and saw my other coat and it clicked.  I am highly allergic to dog dander so the 40 year old wolf hide had set off the attack.

BEC

I had a high pitched buzzing noise coming from my furnace room.  I was not sure if it came from my electric furnace or my propane furnace or from the converter that changes them back and forth when I am rippled.  I called BEC and a technician came out very quickly as they thought it was probably a dangerous situation.  We come to find out that on my electric furnace I have a sensor that will emit a high pitched tone when the furnace is overheating and the walls and the rest of the ducting can not cool off.  The problem was due to the filter as it was  restricting air  hence it could not cool down.  The sensor would send the alarm and shut off the furnace.  He pulled the filter and showed me that it actually fixed the problem.  He told me to go buy a less restrictive filter.  So off  I went after knitting and found the task troubling.  First,  I looked at construction of the filters offered.  Then I looked at price.  I finally chose by price.  I found filter that cost 2 dollars for four filters.  I knew I had come across the least restrictive filters.  All is working well.