Happy Birthday USA

Tomorrow we celebrate Independence Day. I will be celebrating (for the 3rd year in a row) in Romania, so my celebration will be different than when I am home. There will be no fireworks or hot dogs, but my heart will be in the USA with my family as they celebrate the day. With all of the issues facing us as a country it is, in my opinion, the best place to live. So I say:

Happy Birthday and GOD BLESS THE USA

Blessing to all

What to do on such a rainy day?

It is raining again! I love to stay inside when it rains and quilt. I am working on a quilt for one of our children and hope to get the top finished before we leave Romania in July. We will only be home for 1 week in July so I hope to find a long are quilter and get it sent off before we come back to Romania so I can get it back in September. Then I can bind it and have it ready by December.

I have been watching videos on QNNtv and The Quilt Show. I love both of these on-line subscriptions along with Quilters Club of America. I find they are well worth the subscription fee and have a bunch of good quality videos with great information. Check each of them out and I think you will agree with me.

With the lightening I think I should pull the plug on the lap-top and say goodbye for the day.

Until next time,
God Bless

Memorial Day

We will be celebrating Memorial Day in Romania aging this year. It is different for us when we are home. My husband's VFW group visits 3 to 4 cemeteries in the greater Green Bay area to perform a celebration that honors the Vets and he is the Chaplin for the group. I miss these ceremonies to honor the Vets that have made the ultimate sacrifice so we can remain the free nation that we are. I will still send a prayer of thanksgiving to the fallen and my spirit will be with the VFW as they celebrate without us for another year.

until next time
God Bless you and keep you safe

No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth

I know I haven't posted for quite a while, but I have been busy traveling and the internet connection was not wonderful. I am back in Romania until July and our internet connection is very good here in our flat.

I was wondering if spring would ever get here! It has been so cold in Romania until a few days ago. Now it is hot enough to need the air conditioning on during the afternoon and early evening.

While we were home the last time, I had a wonderful visit with my Mom. She came to visit me in Green Bay with one of my daughters and her husband. I went back to CA with her and got to visit with my other children that live out there.

My learning fiber artist group on Yahoo had a class on how to make a Seminole strip quilt. Our teacher had wonderful instructions and my resulting quilt is below. I think I should have picked different fabric, but I do love the technique that she provided in her lessons.


I am working on a quilt for one of my children, but other than that, I have not done very much sewing, due to all of the traveling that I have been doing. I hope to finish the quilt top I am working on and at least start another one before we leave for home again. I will post a picture of the top as soon as I finish it.

Until next time, May God Bless You

Counting the days until we head for home

Our flight home is February 26th and I am sooooo happy to be going home. I like Romania, but I love my home and it seems that we have been gone for a long time. I will be home for 2 months, but Bruce only has a week and then back to Romania for him. I am looking forward to having several months at home and have planned many projects while I'm home. Bruce's work in Romania is slated to be finished in October 2011, so we have many more months here.

I hope to post more often when I am home as I will have more to share.

Until then,
God Bless

It has been a long time....

There has been a lot going on since my last post. Melissa got married and I not only have a son, Allen, but also a granddaughter, Taylor, which makes me very happy! Leah, another daughter, announced her engagement to Michael so another son will join our ever growing clan.

We did get home for Christmas, but it took us 4 days to get there. We were stuck in Amsterdam for 2 days and then a day in Chicago due to bad weather. We had 3 weeks at home and enjoyed every minute of it. Bruce was asked to come back to Romania for another 20 months. We will be able to vacation again in Europe this year and are trying to decide where we will go. I do love to travel and experience new things.

We are having a real cold spell here with temps of -20C and below. There is about 6 inches of snow on the ground and it makes getting around town hard. They are not as prepared for snow here as we are in Green Bay so there are no snow plows to clear the roads. Here are just a couple of photos of the last snow storm.

I am working on a quilt for our son. He loved to golf before he had his accident so I am making him a quilt using golf material. I hope to get it done before the end of February when we go home for a few weeks.

Until next time, God Bless you all