Thanks for all the birthday wishes, KTers! Thought I had already thanked you, but I looked and didn't find it. Quiet day around here. Twinkie's back is not great. Think we'll go later on this afternoon and eat and that's about it. Have gotten a lot of phone calls, birthday wishes and great cards. Received a neat photo album from a Ya Ya friend of mine in Houston. Nice birthday!! 58 is just a number. I'm glad to be still hangin' around! LOL

OK, Joann.... Cherbo....Feb. 3 Carolyn...Feb. 4 Carol in CA...Feb. 5 Sandra Maine Feb. 8 des arc ya ya..Feb. 8

Sounds like everyone is accomplishing lots of projects in April, both in and out of the house! My one ray of hope for me......this week I pulled out the Cricket loom that I warped with a scarf for my niece 2 or 3 years ago. I've woven several inches each day and the scarf is growing! I want to finish it to hold for fall and then weave two more scarves for friends. I just have too many things I want to do! But I'll bet NO one here knows anything about that! LOL! I did get the blocks made for our Round Robin exchange next month. And I am making progress on a birthday quilt commissioned by my sister for her 'manly' friend. I gave her three fairly easy-to-make quilt designs to choose from and she chose the Chantilly quilt from Black Mt. Quilts. It is all HST and several borders so I am sure I will finish it by mid-June. There is one finished smock and a summer blouse cut-out to put in my Etsy shop. Then I want to make a simple jacket for the shop too. I have several (ok, a lot) pieces of clothing fabric on hand to make things for myself and for the shop. They are laying out on my cutting table and they shout at me when I walk in the room....... Off to sew HST blocks together! Teresa

Since I'm in a 15-foot wide (at its widest) row house, my first floor is essentially one long narrow space of vestibule, living room, dining room (separated by a double wide pocket door, which is virtually never closed) then kitchen. Originally, the dining room and kitchen were separated by a wall and back stairway, but I took the stairway out and opened them in to each other, providing much better light to the dining room. I like it that way, not only for the better light, but because this area functions for me as cooking/working/living/entertaining space. I'm upstairs only to sleep and bathe. But, this is important...I will soon be on my own (son leaves for boot camp in Sept.) and didn't need or want a separate quiet place and or a formal living room that would rarely be used. And even now, my son has his own "chill" room along with his bedroom and bath on the 3rd floor, so there's not a lot of spillover noise/activity from one part of the first floor to another.