September Goals 2012

Things I need to get done:

     1.  move quilt books to sewing storage area
     2.  fix cutting table top--take off top boards & remove sticky 
          tape residue--add long boards--securely attach--attach 
          top boards again.
     3.  cut out fabric pieces for GFG--Mom and Dad
     4.  make 150 granny square centers for Rosanne Afghan 
          for Tom
     5.  hand quilt mosaic doll quilt
     6.  prewash 4 bolts of solid fabrics  white/black/cheddar and
          snow
     7.  press white/black solid fabrics 3yds each  and rust colored
          stonehenge type fabric  4 yards 
     8.  cut out Jake's maze quilt top from above fabrics following
          cutting guide in magazine
     9.  work on brights GFG to finish flowers--begin sewing 
          more 4 flower sections to put quilt top together--need 
          to decide on how large to make this---add more flowers??
          put on edging of half hexagons--add more hexagons for
          border--add solid border--add patterned fabric for 
          border???
   10.  cut out quilt pieces for leader/ender project--9 patch 
          pattern from Oregon antique quilt in Bonnie's book--
          cheddar print is already prewashed & pressed under
          cutting table in cupboard.  Look up sizes to cut 9 patch
          pieces to coordinate--store in white banker box
   11.  add last calendar quilt kit to stack by machine
   12.  bring in other 9 unit storage rack to place in front of 
          the other rack to make deep storage for fabric strips--
          label each section to size strips to contain & color family
   13.  work on one vintage felt kit
   14.  sew the rest of the pinwheel quilt top together to prepare
          for quilting
   15.  add block of the month kits to the top of newly formed
          storage tower to hold cut strips
   16.  move all felt cut pieces and stuffing towards desk
   17.  put thread storage unit near working table
   18.  put small drawer storage unit near working table
   
  

Introduction

Hello to everyone!!    My name is Judy and this is my first post as a blogger.  I have been poking around blogland and reading others posts for sometime now, and have decided to start telling my own tales!!  Oh boy--watch out.  

I was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1958.  I am the baby of my family with 2 older brothers.  I kept trying to trade them for sisters, but no one would take me up on it!!  We lived in Council Bluffs, until I was 5 and about to enter Kindergarten.  My oldest brother has Cerebral Palsy and needed to go to a special school in Omaha.  My dad worked in Omaha~~so it made sense to move there.  So I have lived most of my life in Nebraska.  

My dad was a paper salesman for Carpenter Paper Company.  This began my love of all types of paper products.  My mom was a stay at home mom until I was 10.  She went back to college to update her teaching degree from business education to vocational education.  She taught home economics at Ralston High School for 21 years.  This began my love of all things crafty and textile related.  Mom was my first sewing teacher, and my toughest teacher by far.  Perfection is her middle name.

My first remembered experiences of my life included being busy.  I had to have something to do.  I loved to see how things worked.  I loved color--lots of it.  I loved any animal I was near. I am pretty sure I drove everyone around me silly with all my questions.  I had a hard time sitting still and being quiet.  I also loved to talk--and talk--and talk.  I loved music--any kind.  

After 50 years + a few, things have not changed much!!  

I did make it all the way through high school and met my husband during my senior year.  He was a sophomore!!  Egads!! My pysch teacher was the only person who gave me good thoughts on this predicament.  He said we would both live about the same amount of years together~~since men have a shorter life expectancy.  Wow.  How profound.         

We dated through high school and college.  I went to University of Nebraska-Lincoln and he joined me during my junior year.  I majored in vocational education, like my mom.  He transferred to University of Nebraska-Omaha to help his Dad run his company.  I came back to teach for a year & then we got engaged.  We married in August of 1982.  I taught for 3 more years--the last 2 at the high school level.  That last year of high school teaching--I found out I was going to be a mom!!  My husband--John--wanted me to stay home with our new child.

That was my first retirement.  I had a son named Thomas in 1985 and a son named Jacob in 1989.  I never got the manual on how to raise a boy from the hospital!!  It wasn't easy, but we all made it to adulthood!!  Most of us kicking and screaming.  

Jacob turned 21 in December of 2011 and bought a "new-to-him" house in April of 2012.  Thomas turned 27 in May of 2012 and bought a new house in August of 2012.  They both graduated from Gretna High School and work at our company with their Dad.  

This is my second retirement.  It has been a busy year to say the least.  It has been fun to see them grow up and become young adults.  Jake is not too happy to see his room change into a quilt studio~~but after 27 years of waiting for my own space~~he will just have to adjust!!    John and I also celebrated 30 years together without killing each other!!  

Now let's let the fun begin..............