Yesterday, I spent the day directing traffic ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù that goes in the kitchen ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù in the dining room ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù in the library ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù and the dreaded, down to the studio. The van arrived between 9 and 10 am and left about 5:30 pm.  All the while, I was unpacking boxes for the kitchen, deciding what to put where. Steph and Milo stopped by in the afternoon and helped. He thought it was like Christmas, unwrapping all of grandma’s kitchen stuff. Last night Mr. C and I went to the local Japanese restaurant and had some sushi and Tempura Udon and Tempura Soba noodles soup. Just what the Dr. ordered. We fell in to bed at about 9 pm and slept soundly.

This morning Mia and Steph came by to help unpack. Mia enjoyed the process as much as Miles, did. At one point, she said, "Grandma, you sure have a lot of wine glasses; you must drink a lot of wine!" As you can see, I have found a place for the wine glasses, but I am not sure about the stuff on the counter!

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We managed to unpack all of the kitchen and dining room dishes with only 3 broken things and one chipped platter. I was looking for my large coffee mugs and the pot to the new coffee maker ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù finally found them in the last box that we unpacked.

We have felt disconnected from the rest of the world as we had no phone or internet service. Today, The Phone Man came and installed a jack for our phone service. The Cable Guy came and almost ran off when he saw the brick house. There was one existing cable outlet down here in the basement so we have tv and internet access. This week-end they will install more outlets, through the attic. This is a necessity because Mr. C has been watching round ball on my tv all afternoon, with occasional breaks to help with the unpacking.

Tonight, my wonderful and thoughtful daughter, Steph, brought dinner and the grandkids to us!  She made tortilla soup and cornbread, and it was delicious and greatly appreciated. We are all so happy because she has started to blog again and look at what she said about us being here. There are no pictures of M & M, but here is the proof that they have been here:

Here is an idea of what we have ahead of us:

The living room:

The state of the studio:

Here are my sewing machines waiting  for some work. Hope it happens soon!

Now for some BIG announcements!!

I am going to have lunch next week with Terry Grant and June Underwood, in the Pearl, and we will do some gallery hopping. 

I will have 5, yes, I said FIVE, of my journal quilts published in the Journal Quilt book that Karey Bresenhan is organizing. At first I thought it was only one and I said to Mr. C, Karey probably chose one of mine just so I wouldn’t feel left out. Then, I found out that I had read the list wrong and I will have 5!

Then, I got an e-mail from Virginia Spiegel who has organized the Fiber Art for a Cause, (postcards are sold to benefit the American Cancer Society). This time around, some generous sponsors have donated prizes. I won a fun party pack of assorted art quilting supplies including
Angelina fibers, Fantasy film, Pearl Ex powders, Blendables thread,
Tsukineko ink, Setacolor Shimmer paints, sequins and charms donated by Flourish! @ the Country Quilter .

So, I am on sensory overload. It is time to just crash for awhile so that I can get on with the organization of our new abode.

Please know that I am so appreciative of your comments and good wishes. At this time, I do not have time to respond to each one, but I love hearing from you,