Ken’s Neighborhood

Go forth and fill your libraries with media.

Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.

~daisy

The List:

1.  Frog Star using 2008 shop hop fabric -- finish purchasing fabric, finish designing, piece, applique, quilt, bind

2.  Pacific Koi block swap -- quilt, bind

3.  Edmond Quilt Guild block of the month -- piece blocks,  prepare applique blocks, finish applique, assemble top, quilt, bind

4.  Front Porch stars -- quilt, bind

5.  Starry Night in May -- quilt, bind

6.  The Mother Road -- quilt, bind 

7.  Weather Vane -- quilt, bind

8.  Christmas Quilt -- quilt, bind

9.  Plumeria alba II -- design, fracture, border, quilt, bind

10. In the Merry Old Land of Oz -- quilt, bind

11.  Yellow Brick Road -- piece blocks, add borders, quilt, bind

12.  Lone Star -- piece star, add borders, quilt, bind

OK, I've made very little progress this month.  But the quilt that I've added to position 12 will get finished.  It's a challenge quilt that must be turned in before the end of December.  And since I really do have all those wall hangings I made this year that don't show on the list I think it's fair to say that this resolution is in the bag.  Now to start planning my strategy for next year's resolution...

If you could only drink one beverage for the rest of your life (not including water), which one would you choose?

Wine.  I like wine.  But I'd sure miss beer and Diet Coke an awful lot.

I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.

I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.

Cheers,

daisy

If you could be any age again for one week, what age would you be?

As far as me in general is concerned I'm rather fond of the age I am now.  Can't see any point in reliving any past age.  Life just keeps getting better as times goes on.  But if I could simply regain an earlier stage of my body with everything else remaining in the present, well, I'd like to have my 25 year old body for a bit.  Dang, I miss it!

Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.

We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.

I will keep you posted.

Thank you for being so patient.

~daisy

Today is "Evaluate Your Life Day." So, tell us: how do you think you're life's going so far?

Swimmingly.  Though winning the lottery would be a nice touch.

Last week my sister, Marcia, and I drove down to Houston to attend the International Quilt Festival.  We've been to Market several times, but this was our first trip to the festival.  How lovely it was to go and simply have fun instead of spending every waking minute trying to figure out what to purchase for the shop.  If you wish to find out about what we saw and did at the show I'll be posting that stuff here.

We arrived in Houston on Wednesday and stayed with John the entire time we were there.  Our original plan had been to spend all of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday attending the show, but we ended up spending most of the day Friday with John.

Our day with John started off by going downtown to visit one of his favorite stores (and now one of ours) Spec's.  We could easily have stayed there for the entire day shopping, but after picking out a few goodies we moved on. 

The next stop along our route was the Johnson Space Center.  I spent two weeks there back in 1984, but some things have changed since then.  They have a flashy new visitor center with lots of interactive exhibits, a food court, and the obligatory gift shop.  You can also take a tram ride around the campus which stops off at a couple of buildings including a visit to the old mission control.  The Saturn V rocket has been refurbished and is now located inside of a building.  You can also get right up next to it which you couldn't do the last time I was there.

Saturn V

From there we drove down to Galveston Island.  We arrived just in time for a lovely seafood dinner.  Marcia was hoping for oysters on the half shell, but we were about a week too early.  Oh, well.  Maybe next time.

The view along the seawall was mostly unobstructed by tourist traps.

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After dinner John treated us to a bluegrass concert and the Grand Opera House.  John rarely does things halfway which means he reserved a box and there was an iced down bottle of champagne waiting for us when we arrived at our seats.  There's another activity I can check off my list!

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If John were more cooperative this wouldn't be such a crappy picture.  He has no one to blame for it but himself.

Blog Action Day

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Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.

This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!

Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.

Can't wait to read your posts!

~ daisy