As you can tell I did not blog last year. Where did it go? I babysat with Macie & Layne 3 days a week after pre-school. We had so much fun together. When school was out I thought I'd have more time. Evidently not. The twins are in kindergarten now and are so busy that I hardly see them even though they live across the road from me. Right now I can't even tell you what I did.
I bought a new car in March. In September I went on a little road trip for the first time in the new car. It took me 6 months to go more than 30 miles from home.
In June my mother and her sisters had a "Sisters Quilt Week" here at the farm. The sewing was set up at my house and Aunt Sis taught us how to do a paper piecing project. They included me in their activities. It was so fun and I love the quilted wall hanging. I have purchased a pattern and fabric to make another paper pieced project.
I am on the library board and work a few shifts at the library per month. I also get the rotation books ready for pickup and then get the new rotation books logged in and shelved. I also helped with the Summer Reading Program at the library in June. Our theme was 'Dig into Reading'. Our big event with the older children was a trip to the Fick Fossil Museum in Oakley then to Monument Rocks south of Oakley to look for our own fossils. It was a very hot day but a nice trip with the kids.
I went to a Family History Expo in Kearney, NE then drove through Iowa to Nauvoo, IL to visit church history sites. The middle of September and the temperature was 99 - 103 degrees the whole time I was there. HOT! I did enjoy my 3 days there and loved the Nauvoo Temple. I then went to the Carthage jail. I tried to make short travel days to try to prevent growing anxiety and would stop early and sleep late in the mornings. On the way home I went to Hannibal, MO with the plan to take a river boat trip. There was so much road construction that I could not figure out how to get to the place. I got lost in the construction and then got frustrated. It was time to go home. I was gone a week and was glad to be home.
We made two trips to Loveland to take Dad to the cardiologist. All is going well. The medications are doing their job and his heart functions have greatly improved.
I made three trips to Denver with my mother and aunts. None of them want to drive in Denver any more so I am the driver. I enjoy it. Aunt Dorothy broke her leg and was put in an Alzheimer rehab unit. Her leg healed but her condition deteriorated greatly. I am blessed to be able to spend time with my mother and with my aunts.
I have never been to Colorado so many times and not at least drive into the mountains for a day trip let alone go camping. Maybe this year I will get to camp in the mountains again. That is something I love.
The end of October I went with Mom & Dad to Arkansas to see my brother, Allen. We were gone 2 weeks. That was enough time away from home for Dad. It was so nice to see Allen's home and all the work he is doing on it. It was even nicer to spend time with him and to catch up again. He has finished his RN schooling and is working in a phych hospital and loves his work. We were able to spend a weekend on our way home with Karen and Ron in Wichita. It did not work out for me to go down and spend a week with Karen this summer like I usually do.
I have worked on several small quilting and sewing projects through out the year. Besides the paper pieced project in June, I designed a 6" block with a square offset center in a square. I made over 325 blocks then made a king sized quilt top. I want to get that quilted this year. I also helped piece together blocks that my sister, Cathy, hand pieced over the years as she listened to her kids read 15 minutes a night for school. She has 8 kids so that is a lot of listening and hand sewing time. Since she hand pieced the blocks, I also hand pieced them together with background blocks. I have done a couple embroidery projects that need finished as well as a couple little wall hangings to quilt and bind.
Then came the holidays and now 2013 is over and 2014 has begun.
2014 goals to come.
Rose
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