So much going on...

First of all, I promised that I would show you the latest change for me...Yup, I have gone back to my natural color. My hair dresser finally admitted that the highlights weren't taking to my gray hair anymore, so she talked me into the dark color. I am getting used to it, but not a whole lot of people have noticed. Maybe that means that it looks natural???
I finished the lap quilt for the veterans. I couldn't stand the 3 stars in a row, so I took it apart and rearranged them. I machine quilted it with red, white and blue thread and am pretty pleased with the results.This weekend, Chuck and I went to the farm along with Beryl. We celebrated dad's 83rd birthday and today was mom and dad's anniversary. We had Aunt Rosie and Uncle Bill for dinner last night and just spent some time hanging around the house with dad.
Chuck had a little handy man work to do and he found this hanging on the outside of the house:
That's a little hairy black bat. The men tried to freak us ladies out about it, but the thing never moved despite 2-3 hours of drilling, hammering, etc. I think he was sleeping and not interested in sucking anyone's blood.
We are very sad in this family about the Cubs loss. I just can't believe it. This was supposed to be the year!!! 100 years we have waited. My dad has waited 83....our steps are a little slower, heads hung down. Preparing to be maligned by White Sox fans. There's always next year....
Beryl and I managed to spend some time together yesterday and we able to get to B&J's Sewing center before they closed. Barb is absolutely the sweetest and she has such a wonderful selection of fabric and ideas. If you live near there....and you are a quilter, you really should visit. She just put in all new shelves and it is so bright and nice. I attended a lecture on making scrappy quilts when I was in Madison and the one tip the speaker gave was to collect neutral fabrics. Well, Barb has such a lovely collection of neutrals and she has them grouped together.
Beryl and I both brought our machines but there was no time to sew.
Happy, happy birthday to dad. You are loved.
Notice how there are only 11 candles on his cake (that Beryl made, and was wonderful, by the way). Well, we didn't have 83 candles, so we put 11 on---8 + 3=11, get it???
Ta ta for now...have a good week.