I'm still around....

Things are winding down here in PA and I will be returning home to Florida the end of the month. This past Tuesday I went to the craft store and took a knitting class. I have finally figured out how to do this! Mom tried and tried over the years to teach me, but I could not wrap my brain around it. I have crocheted since I was a teenager, but could not get the hang of knitting. This weekend I am going to spend some time at my friend who lives in Cleveland. Will be nice to have this visit before I go back home.

RIP Mom.....

Late Friday evening we got the call from the Nursing Home that Mom was asking for us and that she had asked if this was the end...so we went over and stayed the night with her and talked, etc. Saturday evening Aunt Phyllis came back around 9 and at 9:30 pm Mom passed with the 3 of us by her side. She went peacefully and they did an excellent job of keeping her comfortable. Mom is now in a better place and no longer suffering......A big thank you for all the prayers and well wishes...they meant alot to us....

I'm still in PA....

Mom is now in a nursing home and is doing as well as can be expected. It's been a rough couple of weeks and will get rougher from now till the end. Jim and the kids made it up and it was great to see them, just wasn't long enough....I haven't done any sewing in so long and don't think I will for quite awhile yet. I did get into Joann's and Pat Catan's(craft store) and picked up a pattern, crochet hook and yarn to make some dishcloths. Will start on that sometime today. The other night as I was leaving from visiting Mom there was a nice sunset and I just happened to have my camera so here is a picture of it. We are just taking it one day at a time for now.

Why I've been MIA...

I am currently in PA helping my Aunt and Uncle take care of my Mom, she has liver cancer and the chemo wasn't working so they have stopped and Hospice has been called in. My Aunt has set up her sewing machine upstairs so I can hopefully get back to sewing this week. It is in the living room and that is where Mom spends her time. So I'll be close by. Jim was able to get up over the 4th of July weekend and it was so good to see him. I have a few blocks in progress and hope to finish them up this week. Hopefully I can get back to some sort of regular posting.....

Good heavens it's been almost a month...

Since my last post. It's been crazy since we got back. It's been hard trying to get back in the groove of being home. Both of us have been busy with work issues and I really haven't done much sewing..I did finally get around to taking pictures of my purchases while in Paducah. So I will post those for now and as soon as I get organzied on my pictures from the trip I will post a few more.

Here are the books I purchased at the AQS Store they had downtown!

Lots of thread and notions and Tshirts!

And my fabrics!!!!!!

Wildlife and pork chops!

We have been staying with my Aunt and Uncle in PA and having a great time with them. It has been so relaxing here....they have this patio area that they turned into the greatest room. It overlooks their backyard and one can spend hours just looking out the windows at all the different birds and squirrels and chipmunks and oh! They also have a little pond with a couple frogs in it. There are numerous feeders around the backyard and here is one of the squirrels under them scavaging for some food.

This feeder has food for the finches and they are just the most beautiful and bright yellow that I have ever seen.
Sunday we cooked pork chops and had a great dinner! Heather this picture is for you!!! Don't you wish you were here to eat these two that were leftover? ROFLOL

Our time here has gone fast and we have managed to pack quite a bit of family time into it. Saturday we start our drive back to Florida and will be taking our time.

We arrived in PA late

Saturday night. It was good to get in after the long drive. We left Shirley's around 7:30 AM CST and got in here at Jack and Phyllis' around 9:30 PM EST. Stopped off in Austintown at Quaker Steak and Lube and had a nice dinner and stretched our legs a little and then got back in the car and drove in. The trip here was uneventful thank heavens! LOL

Here are some pics of our travels over the weekend...

Ebby (Bill's dog) and Jim supervising Bill on how to wash the car!

Some of the damage left from the ice storms in KY

Pretty countryside in KY

Road salt storage building along the Interstate in KY

Bridge we drove on getting into Cincinnatti, Ohio

Passing the Reds baseball stadium...they were playing the Atlanta Braves

Kings Island as seen from the Interstate

Coming into downtown Columbus, OH

Truckload of red onions we followed through Columbus!