The past couple of weeks have flown by - some good, some not-so-good.
Back in the middle of the month (it seems like more than two weeks ago), I was invited to do a trunk show at the Ladies of the Lakes Quilters Guild -- what an awesome group! Here's just a couple of the pictures (apparently I make really strange faces and use my hands/arms way too much when I talk):
So, after this wonderful night, I was supposed to come home and prep for teaching at the East Coast Gammill Statler Conference. Well... life throws some major curve balls, and we had one. My dear father-in-law passed away. So off we go to Jersey. It was a very rough week, to say the least. In about an hours time I packed up our stuff and managed to grab as much of my teaching items as I could. We drove... straight through.
So after all the funeral happenings, my husband had to drive me down to Virginia for ECGS 2018 - so, of course, I missed my flight from Florida on Thursday (more on this later). I also missed the welcome reception and was a little out of sorts my first class on Friday, but I managed. Steve, Lori, Emily (Threads Run Thru It/Gammill Mid-Atlantic) and all of my Gammill family are amazing people -- everyone had plenty of hugs for me.
So here are just a few class pics from the conference:
And what a beautiful resort!
And a picture of part of my Gammill family:
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| photo credit: Jen Smith/Gammill Quilting |
Oh... about missing my flight from Florida to Virginia. Well, it turns out, if you ever miss the first leg of your travel itinerary, they automatically cancel your return trip. Yep, the ticket in my hand to come home was no good. I've since learned when you know you're going to miss part of your flight, call the airline immediately. Anyhow, Delta found me a seat and didn't charge me anything extra, even though my return ticket had been canceled. See, you learn something every day!
So sorry to hear about you FIL. Prayers for your family.
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