I Going to HOUSTON!!!!

Can't wait. Tickets are purchased, wish list growing in my mind. Nancy and I are meeting in Houston for 3 1/2 days of unadulterated girl time! No one yelling MOM, no work, just fun, quilts and good food.

Lots has gone on at my house since my last post. I got back from the wedding and State Survey walked in to my office (Of course, I had taken the day off and was still in my Pj's when the call came in at 10:30 am. 5 days of hell with them, but a good survey. I even got my test results the day they arrived and I passed my certification exam, so have new letters to put after my name.

Hubby has spent most of the last 5 weeks in Lafayette with ailing aged parents. FIL is 92 and MIL is 84 and has taken to the bed. Then on top of that the IRS decided it was time for us to file our 2004, 2005, 2006 taxes (I know, but there are not enough hours in the day!!) So I had to drag hubby back from Lafayette to do that chore. Trying to keep his ADD self on track was hard. Taxes is what I spent my birthday doing. What fun. Then DH got called back to Lafayette. At that time, I told him to just go get them and bring them here. They evidently can't live alone any longer, so they are with us now. I no longer have a retreat to go to. Hubby still hasn't found anyone to stay with them in the daytime, so he still hasn't gone back to work. He is reluctant to just put them in the nursing home quite yet. I told him we would try it, but if our mental or physical health began to fail, we would have to look for other alternatives. I won't have my WHOLE life upended.

So as you can see, I can't wait for the mental health benefits of a trip to Houston to visit my favorite (okay, only) baby sister.

I'll try to get the camera out later and post my latest sewing. I have done one top and got half of another lap quilt pieced yesterday. I also have my Bento Box cut out and kitted. I got really excited last Monday night because I got to sew for the first time in months. Okay, so what if it was a Sponge Bob Mat cover and Pillow Case for the youngest grandson to start pre-K with, it involved a rotary cutter, needle and thread!

I'll try not to be such a stranger.