November First!!

I am having a hard time believing that it is the first of November - where in the world did October go!!  It seems like just yesterday it was winter and my Husband was rushed to the hospital - everything went really fast from there - with the pancreatitis - and the working on the new diet and the discovery of the heart condition and all the tests and doctor appointments and then more tests and then the waiting for the pancreas to heal so they could do the essential Surgery that would get him back to normal - what ever normal is supposed to be.  At any rate the surgery is now nearly 10 weeks behind up - there are no more Doctor appointments before March, he has rehab three days a week but he can do whatever he wants to do - within reason.  He's not going to bench press 500 LBs.

The other reason it is hard to believe that it is November is the WEATHER!!  It was a most glorious day today.  It was close to 80 degrees - dry - calm - the birds were singing - I took some of my sewing out and sat in my front yard and enjoyed the day.  Hubby was working on a project over by the garage.  Is that what is called alone together??

At any rate - I'm working on Christmas Presents and getting ready to go to the Northern Illinois Shop hop next week.  We decided to sneak into Wisconsin as we have never ever gone to a quilt shop in Wisconsin - that ought to be fun.

I started two new blocks of the month in September - one is called 1930's Farm Wives and one is Called Freedom Bound.  They both have their challenging moments, but that is why we do them to challenge ourselves.

My friend Merrie and I are thinking of starting a quilting circle at our church - called the Lydia Circle.  We'd start off with a block of the month and then maybe morph into making quilts for local needs.  Houses that get destroyed, new houses that get built.  Va Quilts - I don't know yet, but I think we should do something like that.

I've had a very productive reading schedule the last few months.

July 2016 Book List 
Death Comes Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Cranberry Bluff by Deborah Garner
Murder and Moonflowers by Leslie Leigh
On the Fringe by Aaron and Charlotte Elkins
The Reluctant Queen by Joan Wolf
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
Pick of the Litter by Laurinda Wallace

August 2016 Book List 
Savannah Gone by Doug Keeler
Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis
Daughter of Jerusalem by Joan Wolf
Booty Bones by Carolyn Haines
Hazardous Duty by Christy Barritt

September 2016 Book List 
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
Illusion Town by Jayne Castle
Motherhood is Murder by Diane Orgain
Spider Woman’s Daughter by Anne Hillerman
A Temporary Ghost by Michaela Thompson
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

October 2016 Book List  
Dinner for Two by Drea Stein
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia Macneal
The Nightingale before Christmas by Donna Andrews
Obsession by Nora Roberts
Aunt Dimity’s Death by Nancy Atherton
Heron’s Cove by Carla Neggers


Many are old favorite authers, Jayne Castle, Donna Andrets, Nora Roberts, Carolyn Haines,Aaron Elkins Susan Wittig Albert, Carla Neggers, and Joan Wolf.'

New are Jacqueline Winspear - on a recommendation from a Friend I tried Maisie Dobbs - I was hooked in the first few pages and have now read 4 of the books. Anne Hillerman is another.  The daughter of Tony Hillerman and she is continuing the story line that he started - it is a very good book.

I'm really tired so I'm off to get some sleep