What A Week!!

Hi Everyone,

I usually begin by saying Good Morning, Afternoon,

or Evening, but not today.  I'm just hoping we get

through this day without too many problems.

Haven't we had a week!! Earthquakes and now

a hurricane.  Hollis has quite a story to write

in Avery's baby book.  In the month of his birth

he has had quite a few experiences.  She and I

 had just gotten back from taking Avery to the DR.  

I was on the telephone with Faye at home when she

starting yelling something and then the house

 starting shaking.  Hollis said "It's an earthquake,"

grabbed the baby, and we went out on the deck.

What an awful experience.  I never want to go

 through that again.  In 2003 there was an

earthquake in Richmond, so she knew what

she was feeling.  According to her the one in

2003 was nothing compared to this one.  Two

days later, an aftershock woke me up about 1:00

am.  Hollis and Paul were in baby comas and felt

nothing.  Nothing since then, thank heavens.

The earthquake was stronger in Fredericksburg.

I had pictures off the wall, things fell off of shelves,

the door on my linen press opened and some of

my glass items fell out and broke.  It certainly 

could have been worse though.  I don't know

how people in California deal with that threat.

I'm back home for a while and am in serious

need of more time to get all of my new 

designs finished.  I want to share with you

my almost complete Cinnamon Stick Santa.

There is another design in this publication, which

I will show you later this week, I hope.  Plus,

I will share some of the designs from my

Christmas Stocking publications.

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A little parting picture of Avery?  Can you believe 

how much he has changed.  He has finally gotten

back to his birth weight, plus a few ounces, and

grown 2" in length.  Gosh, I hate to leave Richmond.

I miss him so much. 

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Hope to get some much needed stitching done

during this hurricane.

"Many Happy Stitches" 

to all of you,

Sandra