Busted!

I love my Nintendo DS for Brain Age training, I have both the original Brain Age and Brain Age 2 to vary my brain training regimen and keep my pre-frontal cortex active. A friend introduced my to the Virus Buster game (it's included on Brain Age 2 but I had not discovered it) it's not a training discipline, but a game to supposedly promote relaxation. She warned me that it was a time waster... I would like to declare publicly that she was, indeed, correct about that! I could play this game for hours on end in an attempt to better my score each round, it's completely addictive. The only place I even allow myself to play now is while I am embroidering by machine as I sit and keep a watchful eye over the proceedings. (I am ever-wary of any "glitches" that might occur after the machine ate my grandson's Christmas outfit last December!) Up until now I have found the act of sitting-by rather boring, but not anymore; there are some serious viruses to bust between thread changes! I have four more high school graduation quilts to add church logos to before they are layered for tying by the Quilt Ministry. The way I see it: each of these logos has a forty-eight minute stitch-out time, I should be able to show some impressive Virus Busting score improvement by the time they are completed! Oh yeah, and for the record, this game is anything but relaxing! What else can I find around here to embroider?

Life is Good!

One Smart Cookie

This precious little girl is one smart cookie. She and her family are members of our church, her dad and I served on the Personnel Committee last year. She is the apple of her grandparent eyes, both grandparents... I know them too, but especially her Nana, she is a quilter. Nana and "Cookie" love to spend time together; sewing, quilting, creating. Lovely things... American Girl quilts, family heirlooms and wallhangings. In this photo you see a wallhanging created especially for the Arts Festival at our church this past winter; by none other than the fiber artist you see pictured here, "Cookie" herself! This quilt was auctioned off to the highest bidder for a very generous sum! The owner of our LQS suggested to Nana that "Cookie's" little quilt should be entered into Bernina's quilt competition this past July at Bernina University in Kansas City. Long story short: it was, "Cookie" won a blue ribbon in her age category. When the winner was announced there were immediate, excited phone calls between KC and Nana's house! In this blurry photo (sorry, dead battery gasping for life in my camera!) you see our little quilter at 'show and tell' with her great grandma's button box as well as a lap quilt created for her best friend. This was just moments before she was overwhelmed and awarded with her grand prize from the show: a Bernina 230 "White Pearl". She's just 9 years old. It was quite a moment, one I'll long remember, she's one smart cookie. Teach a child to quilt, pass along a life skill. The quilt world will only be made better and stronger by these: our newest, youngest and smartest sisters. Welcome!

Life is Good!