Home for Now

I have been home for 4 days now after being away for 49 days in the last 4 months.  I am hosting a Quilting at the Farm retreat here next weekend. The farm files need to be completed for the bookkeeper and its raining outside. It is 2 days away from the middle of winter and my next trip will be back to visit the little boy grand children mid March, although my daughter would be glad to have me return next week. Three week old David rolled over today and 19 month old Jonathan said excuse me after burping and pooped in the toilet. Major developmental milestones. The plan this time is to take 8 year old Ava with me. If she wants to go that is.           

Serious progress on a  Beyond the Cherry Trees block. It still needs a bias wreath to complete it. There is another block similar to this one with fewer leaves and flowers. It should be easier. I might use a different colour for the flowers.

BTCT Block # 12

I finally made a simple phone call to our internet provider about the slow upload issue and they tweaked something and suddenly I can upload photos in 6 seconds instead of 60 minutes. Can I keep pace with that kind of speed? I can now stream lectures so no more excuses and procrastination about school work. 

Did I mention that I missed my flight home? Craziest thing. We picked up the other grandma at 4 and my flight out was for 8. We went for a quick supper then back to the airport for 6 for an early check-in. It was then that I found out that the flight I booked in October had been cancelled and they emailed me Dec 11 to inform me of the changes. I was in Europe then and had done something to mess up my net book so had no internet the final week in New Brunswick. So I did not see the check-in email that had the new flight details. Oops. So, I missed the 4:30 flight back to Toronto. It did not kill  me. One of  my anxiety triggers has been getting to the airport late if you want to see my stress levels skyrocket. Now I know what it feels like. They were very kind and put me on a flight the next day no charge. That was very nice of Air Canada.

Blessings,
Chris