Not only did I get things acomplished that had to do with living, I also was able to finish appliquing (sorry I can't sepll that - why doesn't Yahoo!360 have spell check???) Sebastian's(Sebo) birthday quilt, I got all the sashing sewed and even have one panel sewed together.

This is Sebo above, isn't he a cutie. He is going to be 6 on 8/9. I am so happy with his quilt. You see first I bought no extra fabric for it - I actually used fabrics I had already purchased. I had gotten this metalic batik pack off of e-bay and I wondered what I would ever do them. They are awesome lizzards and dragonflies. And I also had perfect frog fabric.

Sorry about the quality of the pix - first the lighting is bad and second, I have to take it from an angle as my design board is in a narrow walkway and I have to stand at an angle. When it is done I will take it to work and photograph it.

When I added the sashing it just makes it sooo cute. I only got upset once while sewing it. You see my son-in-law's mother, Diane, died when Sebastian was only 14 months old, she died on Halloween. Diane loved frogs. I love dragonflies and Sebo loves lizzards. So on the back of the quilt I am making a label with a picture of the three of us. And I was thinking of what I was going to write on the label and how sorry I am for Diane not to know all her wonderful grandchildren and for them not to know her. They are all very small. Three were born before she passed and three after, and there is one more coming.

Anyway, as you know I stopped taking that medication so now I am a little sadder than usual. Also, today in the Tampa Trib my friend Peggy's sister wrote a story about a friend of ours who recently died of breast cancer. And then yesterday I heard my business partner, the dog groomer Lorrie, has a lump in her breast. Can you blame me for being sad?

Oh well, anyway, on Friday I sent Scotti's quilt over to my old office so her grandma, Ruth, could see it and some of my other friends. Then Ruth sent it on to Scotti in Philly. I can't wait till her Mommy sees it. Here is the baby doll blanket that I made for baby Scotti's 2 year old sister Sydney - front and back

Ruth cried when she opened the box up.

Good news tomorrow, my girl Carri is coming to the office - her and Mike are visiting from Hattiesburg and I will be so happy to see her.

OK, I really am not sad now - just so you know. It comes and goes. I am going to go watch TV. I have started the 2d half of my writing class. I know I said I would put in some of my stories, but life keeps happening. The one I wanted to put in has pictures that goes with it and I want to scan them in first.

Oh, I did get good news, My moose friends, Wilma and Dino of Hanau Germany recently gave birth to twins. My sister-in-law Sabine sent me their picture from the paper and a Moose carrying bag from Sweden. She knows I love meeses to pieces. Here is a picture of Dino, the proud Papa. http://www.erlebnis-wildpark.de/ this is the link to where Dino, Wilma and the twins live. It is also where I was born (not in the zoo, but in Hanau).

Peace my friends, it is raining and it is still early. I am off to sit with my dear husband. Luv KB