Cancer again

One of my family members, Patsy has cancer...again. 2 1/2 years ago she had a mass removed on her tonsils that was positive for cancer cells and 2 1/2 years before that she had a form of lymphoma. She is so remarkable and has fought this cancer. She was told last week that she has a mass in her chest that has grown 4 times in size since October. The plan is for her to start out with radiation this time and go from there. I know prayer works, and I know she could use our prayers.

Before and After

Every once in a while I get a wild "hair". I thought I'd share with you what I had done today.

before after

Quilter's weekend

Last weekend mom and dad, myself, and aunt Mona and Dakota all decended upon Kismet. The ladies met to quilt and the guys went off to Dodge City for sprint car races. I was told by dad that the sprint cars were better than Indy racing! Mom, Mona, Grandma, and I all had "projects" to work on over the weekend. Here are some fun photos of our weekend.

Aunt Mona made this beautiful quilt and brought the finished product down for us to see. Then her next project was to sew together the quilt top made of bright colored children's material...it turned out super cute! Then she started ANOTHER project! I've never seen someone do so many things in one weekend! She cut out an entire quilt in one day! Aunt Mona is a pro...she goes home on her lunch hour and sews!! She even helped me finish my project!

This is one of mom's projects. It's called "Funky Monkeys". The story of 5 funky monkeys jumping on the bed, one fell off,...you get the idea. It is going to be super cute when she gets it all finished. Mom also cut out an entire quilt top and had material for infant recieving blankets. I'm not sure if she got them sewn together, though. The blankets will be really cute when she finishes them.

When we got to grandma's she had all of these blocks sewn together. She soon realized she had sewn them incorrrectly!!! We all pulled out our seam rippers and ripped out the stiching so grandma could put her project together correctly! Here she is in her sewing room cutting blocks to be re-sewn back together. Needless to say, she sews like me sometimes!! Our projects took a lot longer than everyone else's.

So, here's my project...it took ALL weekend to do! The cutting out and sewing together of the strips was the easy part. The thing that hung me up was these little triangles that were supposed to be on the ends of the rows. That's what supposedly gives the table runner the slanting effect. Let's just say I HATE triangles. Aunt Mona suggested I just take them off and just cut the table runner to shape. Boy was that tons easier! After I was all done I was really proud for making this all by myself. I've decided my next project will only involve squares!! I can handle those!!!!

Mom found dad and Dakota outside on the roof. Grandpa needed the yard light fixed and enlisted dad for the job...since dad is now an official member of the City of Goodland's Electrical crew. Dad goes out with the line crew once in a while and does electrical things around town. Dad also took on the job of plumber during the weekend when the stool backed up and overflowed. Grandma and grandpa's sewer backed up a little so dad fixed that for them as well. Oh, did I also mention the roof leaked during the heavy down pour we had on Saturday? Dad, Dakota, and Grandpa are all up in the attic when it was lightening and thundering, trying to figure out where the rain is coming in at!! Dad sure had an exciting weekend, too!