Happy July!

 It's a busy month! Birthdays for Dan, Steph, John, Kenzie, Connor, Amary, Polly, and an anniversary for Steph and Dan! Yikes!

 Yay, we got S6 all threaded and bobbined! It took Ralph reading me directions while I threaded, but we got it done. Not hard, just so different than the 6500, especially the needle threader! 

 The blue one has been gifted to Charlotte, and the bottom one (terrible pic, I was in a rush) to Sharon. I have 3 more of this batch to quilt.

 Sandie had read and enjoyed this book, so Cookie Swap is all (maybe) reading it or going to read it. After finishing it, I found that while it's a standalone, the author has a cast of recurring characters he uses. Now some of us are going to read all of them! 

What's a blog post without a baby picture? It's hard to tell from the picture, but Boone is in a floatie in a pool, taking a snooze. 
 

 

Summer Funk

 I just have not felt like making a post. 

Look at this nugget! She's 4 months old!

A pic of my late dad when Eddie was a baby. Dad died in 2007, and Eddie will soon be 22!

 

Picked up the Skyline 6, and Ralph put filler because she has to sit on top of the table. I'm having trouble treading her, and I'm sure it's me, not her.

 Jul graduated, and Baby Boone was the life of the party! Aunt Sharon nabbed her, but later let her be passed around. It was such a terrific party that we stayed til 1 a.m.- Boone left much earlier, a girl needs her sleep!

Thunderstorms

 It's so  dark and dreary and rainy out. 

 Our Jake, Mike and Donna's baby, got engaged to his Molly! They've been going together for about 5 years, and plan to marry in another 5! Jake turned 25 yesterday, Molly is about the same age. 

 What book with a twist! Now I have to see the movie!

 Carol's Memorial service was so nice. It was great to see everyone, and Carol will be so missed.

 Carol was the queen of Longaberger, so there was no more fit place to put her ashes than a basket- Kamee assured us there was another container inside, LOL. We loved it!

I just paid the rest of the month's bills online, yay. The only thing I pay with a check is the quarterly MUA bill, they want a $7 "convenience fee" to pay online. Not happening. We drop off the check at the office. 

I'm working on the next set of table runners! 

Hello June!

 We sloshed thru May, June is starting out drier, and it's warmer.

 June is a bittersweet month. It includes Manda and Jacob's birthdays, Manda and Ben's anniversary, and the anniversary of Joseph's death. This year Jules will graduate high school.

 I did a thing! I ordered a Janome Skyline 6 Anniversary Edition. It will come in the end of June. I've watched a bunch of videos of it, and it'll be quite the upgrade from my 21 year old Janome 6500, which I'm keeping.

This is my sewing table, which I bought at an estate sale years ago. Best buy ever! I had places for two machines, which is handy. I think I'll move Moose to the wall side, and put the new one where Moose is now. 

 

I made two fabric books from panels for Baby Boone. I'm happy with how they turned out. 

Our anniversary

 May 27 was our 53rd anniversary! Yikes! So long ago, but seems like yesterday. We celebrated by going to our favorite drive up burger place for lunch, and bringing home takeout for dinner. Such party animals!

More table runners! I got the last of the 7 for cookie swap finished yesterday!

 

This great kid graduates next month, and will start Stockton in September. For one year, Heather and Ed will have 2 in Stockton! It's the start of a new chapter for Jules.

Table runners in progress

 My friend Carol died suddenly last month. I'd known her for 45 years! She was a co-worker for Artcraft Concepts, and she started our Cookie Swap group. We'd get together to swap cookies every December, thus the name. It started out with a bunch of us, and many dropped out as the years went on. We meet every few months to have dinner together, and several years ago added husbands to the group. We're now multi-generational! 

Her memorial service will be in early June. I'd had an idea cooking in my brain for several months, to make table runners for everyone, with matching backing. I found fabric with cookies and baking utensils on equilter, and got 4 yards of it. I was going to do the runners for around Christmas. 

Then Carol died, and I decided to make each of the group a different runner, with the cookie backing, in Carol's memory. I had a bunch of charm packs, so of course, zig zag runners. I have a bunch of the tops done.

 For Kamee, a teacher, and Sarah, a librarian. They are second generation Cookie Swappers, and Kamee is Carol's daughter, and Sarah is her niece.

 For Mary Beth, a retired principal who lives down the shore near the beach.

 For Sandie, who is Carol's sister in law, Sarah's mom, and needs some brightness in her world.

 For Franny, a retired banker who loves purple, and Janet, who may come up from Georgia for the memorial.

 For Gordanna, a lawyer and Mary Beth's daughter, and her wife Mary Ann, who works for the government.

Talk about a labor of love!

Rainy Week

 It's rained almost every day this week, which is ok. Tuesday I almost had an EMG of my legs, but because of the "swelling" in my legs, it couldn't be done- I have my grandmother's Irish peasant legs, I think it's fat not swelling, but whatever. So back to the drawing board, aka the NP.

 This gorgeous girl had her senior prom! It was in Ocean City, thus the beach pix.

 Two days later she co-won a Cappie award for her part in choreography in her school musical! A busy girl!

 And this little pumpkin is now 3 months old! Time is flying!

 Heather came up on Mother's Day and brought us pizza, cake, cushions for the porch couch, and this beautiful silk flower arrangement! And chocolate! 

And I think I got the tension issues on the HQ under control!