Saturday, November 10, 2012

new info

Ok Everyone - the Hotel Information has been added to the blog in a new tab - go to it, read it carefully and If you have a cookie, you may get busy!  BTW  - Officially the retreat starts on Friday, June 21 and ends on Sunday, June 23, 2013. You may check in on Tuesday the 18th & check out on Tuesday the 25th and still enjoy the special rate of only $95.00 per night! You will need to inform the associate of our code "COQ" to receive our special rate if you call in to make reservations.

I'll be sending out the 1/4yd fabrics for the retreat challenge on Monday  (that's Veteran's Day and no Post Offices are open so I am going to wait...) - I am SO excited! I can't wait to see what y'all do with it :) I, myself, have NO idea what I am going to do with it whatsoever! I really hope you like it. It was so hard to pick one that represents everything I wanted it to - i.e. - ALL of us :)

Friday, November 2, 2012

After Sandy

Well, Sandy has come and gone and we were so very fortunate to be left relatively unscathed. We lost power Monday after supper and it didn't come back until Thursday around noon. We had 3 romantic dinners for 4and fortunately we have a gas stove so I was able to cook. Cooking by candlelight was an interesting experience! We have 2 teenage girls to wash the dishes the "old fashioned" way (and a gas water heater!) so that was good - I did let them wash in the morning when there was light in the kitchen. Sunday before the storm we filled up the propane tank in case we needed the grill and went to the library to stock up on reading material. I was only able to finish 2 books and I got some cutting done for a quilt I'll be naming Sandy.

Since the city and most of the surrounding area had no power the post offices obviously had no power either and there has been no mail service. Because of this I am going to extend the deposit deadline to the 10th. So if you haven't already mailed - Get it done NOW!