Friday, March 26th, 2010

What a crazy week - busy busy. I did get to cuddle up with my new grand baby for a few minutes yesterday - the feel and smell of a new baby is the best - I am still amazed at the miracle of it all. I could go on about how I would like to freeze time for a while - for see the future - I can be quite a dreamer - but I am quickly put back in my place with the reality of life. It definitely is what we make of it and I just can't seem to get a handle on mine. Enough!
Today is the day we are making pillowcases for the American Patchwork and Quilting million pillowcase challenge. I hope we can produce a grundle to help with the cause!
Lets chat a bit about blogs. I love reading blogs. Sometimes I feel a little bit like a voyeur- but then it has been put on a blog! You visit a blog and then you can find other blogs from those blogs and it goes on and on. On one of my travels I found this fun blog and it needs to be shared with all of you - http://www.thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com/ . So keep blogging - I love love love it!
Now - lets talk about our retreat - a few of the classes are almost full - yea! I am hoping that we will everything full in another week.
Still having some carmera issues - so many pictures to post.
always in pieces - Kaye

Welcome to Earth - little miss Lilly Marie Neilson

Saturday, March 20, 2010 was a wonderful day for my new grand daughter was born at 3:14 p.m. weighing in at 7 lb. 2 oz, 19" long, a head full of dark hair and as healthy as can be. How blessed are we!!!!!! Katy (the proud mom) had some tough times but came through like the trooper that she is. I am so amazed at the miracle of life - seeing this little person arrive after only 39 weeks- I wonder if I have done anything constructive in the last 39 weeks. I can't seem to get my camera to upload today - but I have taken some wonderful pictures. I will share them with you a.s.a.p. I just came to the shop after visiting with them today - I wish I could just hold her for the next few days- wouldn't that be the best thing ever! I wish for her a happy life, an open mind and a grateful heart - and to always know how much her Nanny Kaye loves her. xoxox

Happy St. Patty's Day

Any lucky Irish men or women out there! Have a fun day!
Tomorrow would be the anniversary of my marriage to Rob - it would have been 27 years - yikes! The night before our wedding we went out with friends and family that had come in to town and we all ate corn beef and cabbage and had green beverages - what a crazy fun night.
Isn't it nice to have this wonderful sunshine - I hope it lasts and soon I will be adjusted to day light savings time - am I the only one that struggles with the time change?? Must be an age thing. T T F N - Kaye

Don't forget to change your clocks!

I forgot to turn the clock ahead at the shop and I figured it out at about 6:45 p.m. tonight - Not one customer took advantage of this extra hour! So I was looking at another blog and came across a picture and so I am going to do a test and see if I can post it- I smart like tractor!!!!

I am finalizing the retreat plans - should be worth the delays - I hope.

I will have a green treat for all you lucky Irishmen on Wednesday - and for all non-Irishmen and women too!!!!!! Don't forget the green or you may get pinched - do people still do that or would that be considered sexual harassment? !

Well I am going to try to upload this picture from my youth ( I am the one with the cleavage) - I hope it works. good night - Kaye

Today is Wednesday -

What a great name for today's blog - that is about as creative as I am feeling. One of the many joys of aging is how slow my brain recall is - and today I mean slow. It took me so long to remember how to upload pictures - so I have included some from the Peace by Piece quilt retreat from 2 weeks ago and then some from the baby shower we had for my son Rob and his Katy. They were showered with the most delightful things for our new little girl - she will be the most well dressed, clean, diapered, fed hip & educated child ever born!!! Of course all of us Nannys' feel that way! Rob showed up just in time to unwrap the gifts. We had yummy food, a couple really FUN shower games (we all love shower games) and many laughs. I made Katy and the baby matching quilts from the Eva line of fabric that Moda had out last year - she loved the plum , green and pink. I have loaned them the wicker bassinet I had bought when I had Rob - made a liner and sheets to match the quilt - it really was sweet.
I hope you enjoy the pictures - I wish I were a better photographer - but I can't do everything!!!! But I can do some work today - have secured a couple of teachers for the retreat----- "Two Peas in a Pod" will be coming up from Bountiful to teach a fun mystery class in the afternoon. I have local wonders teaching in the morning and I am still trying to find a few more classes before everything is posted. I am slow but sure - as usual. Well I best get something else done - to all my peeps ( i don't mean those nasty marshmallow guys) out there - have a great week - and enjoy the bit of sunshine we have today. as I remain in pieces - Kaye

"Bee my Baby" -

Rob and Katy - he showed up just in time for the gifts!

Mariann and Krista in a few years ! Just kidding - my Aunt Marj (92) and my friend Alice (81

These 2 are really amazing.

The most beautious best friends a girl could ever have - Mariann and Krista - I am so lucky.

my friend Carrie - she is a quilting mad woman and Annette Rose too.

Barbara Campbell and her wonderful basket quilt.

Teresa is the one who wanted me locked in the closet!

Happy Friday

My blog is so very boring - not at all like all the ones I like to visit. I found a picture that i thought i would try to save - maybe share it with my friends. But it wouldn't load - something about being corrupt - I didn't think it was that bad at all- just nice. I will try again later>
I spent Thursday at a guild retreat - taught a mystery class in the afternoon - "Burgoyne Surrounded". It was a great group - although one lady wanted to lock me in the closest - but other than that I think everyone was pleased with the class!
I have started plans for a pillowcase making day - Friday, March 26, 3 - 9 pm, here at the shop. I am pretty sure that everyone has heard about the
"1 Million Pillowcase Challenge"
brought to us all by American Patchwork and Quilting. We want to do our part by participating in this great cause. If you want to learn more about it - go to www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases and you can see more detail. At the shop, we will have a great time making pillowcase while visiting with friends and sharing eats! You can get more details at the shop as well. Friends - Shirley, Gail and Ellen Rae- will be here to show us a real slick method for pillocases.
I have found a location for "Spring Break" - now I am contacting teachers - working on the details - but for sure - save Saturday, April 17th for a great day of quilting! xoxoxoxox