Auntie and I have been working on my first Lone Star quilt. The top is done, but I made some mistakes. I am fine with that as it is my first try and I will get better. It is fun working with her as she has taught many workshops and classes in quilting. I am anxious to get this one done, as my mind cannot remember how to do the star well. I have never used a rotary cutter before, as they always scared me. I move fast and have a tendency to cut and hurt myself so a razor cutter is not something I want to mess with. But I am learning and it is fun.I can already see ways I would speed up the process, especially the backing. But right now I am following orders, because well I really don't know what I am doing.
I let Aunty pick out the fabric. I am not a fan of purple and gold, but they are the High school colors here so someone will be happy. Aunty lives on a reservation in Minnesota, so all her quilts are bright colors as those sell well. This is a twin size. It is turning out nice but I really hate the colors. That is okay someone else will love it. This is a learning experience. Not everything I do has to be worthy of a Good housekeeping award. Sissie shut up I know what you are thinking. I am anxious to get this one done so I can go onto the next one.
The basement is drying out nicely with no smell so I am grateful. Of course when I was in Spokane we had two babies born in our ward and of course I am in charge of meals. So that added to my stress. I am sure the ward will take care of these needs and I will send around a clip board in class today. But I went ahead and cooked up two whole chickens. We ate on one last night and I can use the other one for soup or enchiladas if I don't have to cook up a meal for someone else.
As the post title says I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news first.
Hubby has prostate cancer. His grandfather,dad and brother and only Uncle also had this. His brother had it very bad and we almost lost him. Hub's is contained and caught early, but with the family history there were cells in one biopsy that showed the fast moving cancer. So now we are in the waiting game to see what treatments we will use. This does affect our mission plans, but we are not totally derailed, just delayed. We are still moving forward on selling the house this spring.
Good news:
Both of our younger daughters are pregnant. Our youngest (who was not supposed to be able to have children) turned up pregnant and has a baby due on August 3rd, the date she was married on 6 months ago. It was a shock to them but they are over the moon. Our middle daughter had been trying to have another, as Schmills is going to be 4 in less than 2 weeks. So her baby is due Sept. 3rd. To say we are excited is beyond true.
We will have two new babies in our lives, how can anyone not be excited about that? As we have all grandsons it would be nice to get a girl, but we really don't care. I just want healthy babies.
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
Kim
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