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Company’s Coming

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Lisa comes in six days!  Oh my gosh.  This house is a mess.  I can’t let her see it like this.  When my husband looked at me fondly this morning and said, "What shall we do with this beautiful Saturday?", he was definitely NOT expecting my answer.  "We need to shampoo the carpets". 

He has been working like mad, and things are looking better.  I just love supervising projects like this.

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I am tremendously excited about the upcoming quilting retreat to the monastery next weekend.  The monks are used to hosting religious retreats, and it took some persuading to make them understand that to some of us quilting is a religion.  It is our second annual visit to San Damiano, which is tucked away in the hills above Danville in the East Bay.  This time there are 12 of us quilters who will be attending.  I cannot wait to introduce you to each of them, and show you the amazing projects they surely will be working on.  The most exciting thing is, my friend Lisa (Stashmaster) from Washington is coming down to join us!  I will be taking her to all my favorite quilt shops and then to see some sights down here in the Monterey area. 

Better get busy, I have LOTS to do to get ready!  Happy weekend everyone!

Ozzie, for crying out loud, the carpet isn’t even DRY yet.

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24 responses to “Company’s Coming”

  1. I’m very envious of your quilting retreat! Will you get a chance to stop in at the Quilters Inn? It is a great shop.
    Anita (I live in Danville!)

  2. I’m very envious of your quilting retreat! Will you get a chance to stop in at the Quilters Inn? It is a great shop.
    Anita (I live in Danville!)

  7. I sure wish I was going to be there with you and Lisa and the rest of your gang. I am sure you will have loads of fun. Looking forward to all the pictures. I see Ozzie is back in good graces evidently, lol.

  8. I sure wish I was going to be there with you and Lisa and the rest of your gang. I am sure you will have loads of fun. Looking forward to all the pictures. I see Ozzie is back in good graces evidently, lol.

  9. Oh boy I sure wish I was going with you all, it sounds like you are going to have loads of fun. I know Lisa is really looking forward to it. Poor Ozzie, he’s just trying to stay out of trouble.

  10. Oh boy I sure wish I was going with you all, it sounds like you are going to have loads of fun. I know Lisa is really looking forward to it. Poor Ozzie, he’s just trying to stay out of trouble.

  11. Hope you all have a good time you lucky girls. Poor Ozzie he is just checking that the carpet is dry so you can walk on it.LOL
    Hugs Mary.

  12. Hope you all have a good time you lucky girls. Poor Ozzie he is just checking that the carpet is dry so you can walk on it.LOL
    Hugs Mary.

  17. Ozzie thinks you made the carpet nice and cool for him since the weather has turned hot!
    San Damiano sounds wonderful. Our group of eleven does a retreat in Tahoe at a family members condo and one in the hills east of Sonora at a church conference ground. I may give San Diamono a call and see if we could do one there. It’s beautiful and not far from where we are. Have a great time!

  18. Ozzie thinks you made the carpet nice and cool for him since the weather has turned hot!
    San Damiano sounds wonderful. Our group of eleven does a retreat in Tahoe at a family members condo and one in the hills east of Sonora at a church conference ground. I may give San Diamono a call and see if we could do one there. It’s beautiful and not far from where we are. Have a great time!

  19. Oh goodness – you needn’t go to all this trouble on MY account. I wouldn’t feel at home unless there was a dust bunny hiding somewhere, and you have a PUPPY for crying out loud! I am so excited about my visit, I’m sure I’ll be too busy taking in all the sights to notice anything out of place.

  20. Oh goodness – you needn’t go to all this trouble on MY account. I wouldn’t feel at home unless there was a dust bunny hiding somewhere, and you have a PUPPY for crying out loud! I am so excited about my visit, I’m sure I’ll be too busy taking in all the sights to notice anything out of place.