Mom to the rescue

So I get this text from my eldest yesterday, Mom, will you be home and can you hem a pair of pants? bring them over no problem.  and then a little text that one of the groomsman forgot to get his pants hemmed.

So here I am thinking my son is going to bring the pants over and no problem I'm just gonna give a rented tux and quickie hem, wrong!!  It's an invasion!  Before I know it my son Doug, the groom Steve (Doug's best friend from high school) the grooms mother Barbara (whom I love and haven't seen in forever) and the groomsman Billy with the pant issue all arrive!  The dogs are going nutty and all need to be put into crates, and thank God that my sister had asked me to go with her earlier in the morning to the vets or else I still would have been in my pj's!

Instead of renting tux's, all the groomsman's purchased suits! And most likely considering the age of these young men (all in their now late 20's) it didn't even cross Billy's mind to get the pants hemmed. Most likely he didn't even realize that they would need hemming seeing how all pants you buy at the mall are come that way. 

So the pants got hemmed and I was able to solve one of those little panic stricken wedding crisis's, but it was so nice to see those boys together!  I miss them barging into the  house larger than life, raiding the fridge and eating me out of house and home, hanging on the sofa watching movies then out the door again on their merry way to only who the hell knows where.

They're all grown up now, men out in the world, finding their way.  But, just for a moment they were those young high school boys again, that gave his mom a kiss on the cheek and thanked her for being there when he needed her.

3am

for all you dog lovers out there... we were woke up at 3am to the sound of the wall beat, for those that are unaware it is a 110lb Leonberger tail pounding on the wall next to our bed because he needs to go out! Then only to find out that our Bernese Telly somehow and only she could pull this off is stuck under our bed!!  I went to get up and there were feet sticking out a few inches. So my husband is attempting to lift our sleigh bed mattresses and all high enough for her to wiggle out.  At least life isn't boring!

Great day

What a great day!  My husband was promoted to the inside national sales manager of Bus Parts Warehouse, Manlius, NY!!  he is just walking on air he is that happy!!  oh dear, now he has his own office.  gonna have to make him something to decorate those bare walls..  hmmmm what can I come up with???

Quilters Consortium of New York State

Many thank you's to the NYS quilters Consortium for allowing me to join them yesterday.

What a incredible group of creative women. All of the quilts on display were breathtaking. I made new friends and caught up with some good friends as well! Lunch was very yummy, especially the chocolate raspberry cake, mmmm my favorite!

Hope to hear from you all soon, looking forward to sharing time with you

There are no words!

This past week has been one that I will never in my life forget!  My breeder, mentor and so proud to call friend, Bobbi Kinley Blewitt, won the Eukanuba Breeders Stake at Canfield!  Even as I type I am crying, I'm so proud of my friend and I can't think of anyone that deserves this more than her especially after the day we had.

Over 70 other breeders competed for this honor, each were required to enter 3 dogs that they had breed to showcase their breeding stock and their efforts to breed to the "standard" of that breed and their uniformity. 

Bobbi is the first in line in the above picture the dog she is holding is Ch. Adesa The Heat Is On, a.k. a. Steam! Steam held the title of #1 Bernese Mountain Dog in the country in 2008.

The second dog is Ch. Adesa's Pushing The Limit aka "Boyd". Boyd was the number one bernese in the country in 2007 and is not only a champion in the U.S. but in 8 European countries as well including being the #2 dog in Finland!

The third little one in the picture is Anna.  Anna is just coming on the scene and is showing great promise!!

How do I begin to describe the fullness of my heart for Bobbi? Pride, gratitude, joy, friend, mentor, love.

A friend of mine summed Bobbi up very well, "Bobbi is a lady, she is a lady when she wins, always gracious and giving credit to those that have helped and supported her. A lady when she looses, always the first to pat you on the back and congratulate you, and you know she means it".

Bobbi I love you from the depths of my heart! Thank you for being my friend.

Busy, Busy

I never dreamed I would be so busy, writing, classes, commissions, the independence is wonderful! let's just hope that all this hard work will begin to pay off.  I am so grateful for the people around me for their support and words of wisdom. keeping the faith and not going to give up on my dream.  I just need to believe in myself, I can do this. If anyone is listening, I want to get off of the wooden rickety  temperamental worry about how I'm gonna pay the bills roller coaster and and get on the I'm creating and working like crazy ride!!

my students

I'm so proud, I just had to share! My students have done such wonderful work! This is "Milka"!  just beautiful!