Happy New Year

 Yuma, Arizona         High 73 Low 52

The  weather has been nice the last few days. A little windy, but warm.

On our way here, I saw one place that said 5 degrees. When we stopped at some of the rest stops, we were very cold because of very low temperatures and wind. It was nice to get where it is a bit warmer.

I hope everyone had a nice New Year.

The day after New Year, our friend, Nancy, came to spend time with us. She parked in our driveway, where she will stay for the next week.

Yesterday we went to the Arizona market to show Nancy the remodeled quilt store. Cindy has said she was not buying any more fabric, but one piece on sale caught her eye, so she made it clear to January 3rd, before she found some she had to have.

We then went to the other quilt store that used to have lots of southwestern fabric. They also have changed owners and now have very limited southwest fabric, but Nancy still found another one she had to have some of. 

So they both made it clear to January 3rd before buying more fabric.

I guess, like they say, you can't have too much fabric.

Thanks for visiting.

More Quilts and Getting Ready To Head South

 Riverton, Utah             High 33 Low 21

Winter finally caught up with us. We had a little snow  overnight Friday night, but it was gone by noon. With it came colder temperatures, so all the more reason to get back to Yuma.

We are getting our stuff in the truck and plan on leaving early tomorrow morning.

Since the party, I have quilted almost a Quilt a day. They are all small with over-all patterns.

So far it looks like the weather guessers are right about tomorrow being the best day for travel. We  can only hope.

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Christmas Party

 Riverton, Utah             High 55 Low 46

The weather here has been warmer than usual, but still way colder than Yuma. We've only has light rain since we've been here. The sky resorts are hurting because of lack of snow.

Yesterday we had our Christmas party, which was brunch followed by games. We were expecting 30 people, but some of the great-grandkids got sick, so we ended up with only half that many. Needless to say, because of the smaller numbers, we probably have enough food left over to last us a month.

Cindy found a picture of these on the internet, they look like small Grinch's,

The game was a treasure hunt. In this hunt, there was a snack at each check point. Everybody had to carry a sack to hold all the treasures. Everyone had fun, especially the smaller kids.

Now to get ready to go back to Yuma. Cindy has a lot of the Christmas decorations put away. Right now, it looks like we might have good weather for traveling, a week from tomorrow. We'll see if the weather guessers are right.

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Busy Quilting

Riverton, Utah         High 53 Low 33

It still is a lot colder than Yuma. At least it still hasn't snowed (the awful 4 letter word).

We have been busy quilting, Cindy making more, and me doing the actual quilting. We decided to do the Dignity of Earth and Sky quilt. I didn't want an over-all like in the store, so I spent a week quilting it. I think it turned out nice.

I had one of my customers call about doing a quilt for her while we are in Utah. I told her sure, bring it over. It was an easy all over, and they liked the end result.

Now we have more doctors appointments tomorrow. And we will be getting ready for the party next Saturday. We are now expecting about 30 people. Lots of fun with all the little kids. 

Thanks for visiting.

Back In Utah

 Riverton, Utah aft      High 46 Low 31

It has been cold since we've been back to Utah. We got here Thursday late afternoon. We did get here before dark. We spent the next two day unloading the truck along with putting stuff away. It probably will be cold the whole time we are here.

The evening before we left Yuma, the Park had a tree lighting program with cookies after. It is an electronic tree and is very well done.

We had an early start Thursday, and had a good drive home. We only had wet roads going over the mountain pass  north of Beaver. We did hit a lot of rush hour traffic in Utah county, but we still made good time.

Now to get ready for Cindy's Christmas party.

Thanks for visiting.