Holy crap, Di! It's YOU!!! I didn't even open this thread because I said to myself "Meh, I don't know a 'sun_n_surf_chaser,' so why would I care if he/she were greeting me from the beach!" Just goes to show that such small-minded thinking will only make me miss out! I confess I'm not shocked to learn your new neighborhood is not for you. I remember your house was differentiated because it was the one with a tree. Sounds like a pretty radical departure from what you had grown to love. Please give Mr. Di (and yourself) my condolences for the loss of Summer. I'm so happy to hear from you again. Please stick around and post often.

OK, I missed this. Opening of our camping season here at our backyard campgrounds on Berlin Lake, the stress and confusion of them drilling an oil well on our property about 100 feet from our house and the winding down of the school year (I'm a bus driver). Can't imagine how that happened. If anyone is game we do have ours coming up in Deerfield, Ohio on June 12th. Only about 40 minutes from the PA/OH line. Expecting about 2 dozen or so at the moment. Of course you never know one way or the other for sure. I have about a dozen GW traders interested and close to that many locals. Covered Dish Luncheon, Door Prizes, Silent Auction, Garden themed Craft Project and a local Soap Crafter all lined up. Let me know. Denice Let me know.

Nice stories, great doggies and kitties, too. We lost our beautiful chow mix, Toby on February 16 (he was 14 years and 7 months old), almost 2 years after losing his dear, sweet litter mate brother, Tibby (he was 12 years and eight months old) We've been heartbroken, sad and both of us are just mopin' around this too empty house. We got Tibby and Toby when they were just 10 days old... we bottle fed them, round the clock, their eyes were still closed and we instantly fell in love with them. It's still hard for me to believe they are gone. We had both of them cremated and they are in beautiful wood boxes with a great picture of them sitting on one and their tiny little first collars with heart shaped name tags, sitting on the other. We knew we would want to save two more litter mates and give them a wonderful life. We found the 2 new pups at a rescue in Mississippi... we are in Boston.... lots of phone calls, lots of pleas for transport help and finally everything came together. They are now, at this very moment, on a flight from Mississippi. They will get here, in Boston, at 7:30 tonight. They got a bath this morning and I'm told they are very, very excited to meet their new Momma and daddy! The rescue was wonderful to work with... not all of them are, most are. This is a pic of our Toby.. I wish I had one for Tibby. Not on this computer. You can see how old he looks, but he was still happy. These pictures were taken in December on the same day. And these are the new babies.. they are 8 weeks old, born on my dearly missed mom's birthday. I'm sure she had a hand in this. My mom's middle name was Bridget... she loved it. But everyone of her kids did not! Not 1 girl grandchild was given the name of Bridget! I don't have any kids.. but I, too, told her ixnay on Bridget if I did! tee hee. Funny how now I think it's such a lovely name. sigh. Her maiden name was Flanagan, so I decided to give her 2 grandkids bearing her name! She would have been thrilled. I'm sure she is! She helped us with the bottle feedings of Tibby & Toby.. she proudly told anyone who would listen, that they were her newest grandkids! We might name Bridget, McBridget...my last name, my Dh (dear honey of 30 years) last name both begin with MC. Still thinkin' on that, though. Bridget is the adorable black girl and Flanagan is the adorable cream colored boy. They weigh 9.6 pounds for Bridget and 9.5 pounds for Flanagan. Sorry these pics are so large. I'm very happy for the Op! Silly

Well 2 more blocks arrived: Redrosey_2008, your block is exquisite! It is a brilliant fuchsia and green. All of the small pieces remind me of a stained glass window. Froggy Quilter (by the way, I love your name!) sent a gorgeous bold block that looks like a variation of the friendship star. It has orange, yellow, green purple and blue in it. Thank you very much for all of the work that you put into these blocks. For those of you who I have not received blocks from yet, first, do not worry if you are running late. Second, IÂm going to be out of town for the better part of the next two weeks. My husband will be home (so your blocks will be safe), but I will not be able to post about them for quiet a while. I also wanted to say thank you to GrammyP and Meima for the extra fabric. It is always fun to get new fabric! IÂm sorry I didnÂt acknowledge it in my earlier email. Thanks again everyone, Lola