I am slowing down in my old age.
I was up til 1:00 this morning working on Lilly's quilt. I have the panel all quilted and the binding on and now all I have left to do is finish hand stitching. My hands are killing me! I am going to try to finish this one tonight so that I can work on the last one tomorrow. I need to start cutting and putting it together.
I am hoping to have the middle strips done by tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow is the end of the pool season and we will be there into the evening. We always go for one last long day, order dinner delivered and hang out until it closes. That's our Labor day tradition.The boys love it, it's our last good-bye to summer. I can't believe how fast the season has gone!
Mass was nice. We had a visiting Missionary priest from Jamaica. He told us about the devastating poverty and how hard it is to help the people. He said that the hurricane was very hard on an already poor population. They don't have homeowner's insurance.
I am hoping we can do something to help. Something more than just a donation. The Mission has a program in which they can build a house for a family for 2500.00. That's really not much money when you think about it. John leaned over at Mass and said "That would be a great Eagle Scout project." I was thinking maybe TORCH could do an outreach project to raise some of the money. If every family in the group could raise 100.00, we could build a house!
We had a great time down at the MacIntosh's today. Roger and Amanda invited everyone for a big BBQ and it was so nice! We got to see people we never see! Dan and Trish Bird and their boys, The Feddes family, a couple of people that Tim has known through work for years, and several new friends that we just got to know.
We had so much fun that we invited several of the couples over next weekend! The truth is, I had forgotten my brag book and they all wanted to see pictures of Lucy and so I invited them up to see them. I wish I could get Lucy! She's much cuter in person. Soon I'll have Lilly to show off as well!
Tuesday we are hosting a "Redwall Feast". We will set up in the back yard, decorate the surroundings and have "Redwall Food". The kids have been reading the book and this will be our final get together. I'll have to take lots of pictures.
Well I guess I will finish a quilt now. Pictures to follow.
