Dancing with Francis

This morning I slept in until....8:45. This is rare. Normally I am up at 5:45 to pack my husbands lunch, make him coffee and see him out the door. Then it is a few hours of coffee drinking and quilting. However, this morning I needed sleep so I did just that. Sometimes I feel guilty sleeping in when my husband is at work. And then I start to think of all the things that I accomplish during the day and then it makes sense why I am so tired! I deserve the sleep! Yesterday I ripped out a portion of my new quilt (pattern to come soon) because I pieced the block incorrectly. So two hours later everything was back together and fantastic. Then I took the dogs for a walk and came back and did my own running. (We are currently staying with my aunt in her "love shack" which is a mother-in-law suite off the garage, and she has a treadmill inside her house so I really have no excuse not to exercise!) This was followed by paperwork and phone calls for our new house to close next week! I...

Many of you know that my little family and I have relocated to Kalamazoo, Michigan! The entire process has been a whirlwind of an adventure. In April, Tommy, my husband, applied for a Electricians Apprenticeship here in MI. Three months later he was leaving me and the girls behind in Washington to trek out east and begin a new career. This left me with a laundry list t hings to do! Downsizing almost 1000 square feet of studio space into a 7x14 trailer along with minimal household items was a chore! I had many friends who came to take fabric and goodies off my hands. Needless to say it was a very heavy trailer for our truck to pull... but everything made it safe and sound! It was extremely sad to leave Washington and my family, especially my Mimi. Building a life there for the past 9 years was hard to say goodbye to. Leaving a network of safety was painful. I was packing up a business that had grown and was successful to move to a place where I knew no one and start over. A busin...