Life Lesson #374 - Be careful of allowing kids to play with the iPod.

After an unexpected leak in the ceiling this afternoon (was only 102 heat index), we finished patching the hole and cleaning up fairly late.  Took the munchkins to Steak & Shake.  The music was an eclectic mix.  Matt and Rob simultaneously recognized a song.

This started Matty off on a story about his favorite song on the iPod.  He hilariously told Rob which buttons you push and what play list to go into.  I quote "That's how you get to the song daddy.  It's like the ones you like.  I listen to it every day. Ain't My Bitch."  I must say I've never seen Rob's head come up and pay attention that fast. Ever!  Rob says what did he say.  Matt, Ian and Paige in their extremely high, loud, piping voices all scramble to say "Ain't My Bitch".

It was truly impressive.  Rob's face was redder than the red neon bulbs glowing in the ceiling.  My eyebrows had disappeared up to my hair line.  Sheepishly, Rob explained that it is a Metallica song.  I smiled and suggested that perhaps he shouldn't add his play list to my iPod.  He turned even redder.  hehehe  10 years together and I've never seen him that embarrassed.

It got even better when he told the kids not to mention the song by that name.  Even I chimed in with what name should they use?  I've never seen anyone so grateful to see a waitress with a tray full of food show up!

Best comment of the day from my 6 year old daughter....mommy are you playing with daddy?!

No, daddy is playing with mommy!

Oops, major double entendre!

Alzheimer's Quilts

Hi all,

This is off topic but you could still get a great workout for your Janome from it.  I've seen articles in the quilting magazines before and thought I should look into this site.  Ami Simms is a well known quilter and author. Her mother had Alzheimer's.  She founded a 501(c)3 charity called Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (http://www.AlzQuilts.org).

Initially they had a display of 52 quilts that is a traveling exhibit called "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece By Piece".  The second component is that they raise funds for research and raise awareness through the auction and sales of donated quilts.    Here's the kicker - the quilts must be 9" x 12" or smaller.  Not so bad hmm? 

They are trying to collect 1000 quilts to take to Houston for the Quilt Festival.  The specifics are here.  http://www.alzquilts.org/houston.html

I had promised to post about this a few days ago and I forgot.  This morning I was reading a heart rending tale in the news about a woman undergoing a clinical experiment in California.  It involves two pencil sized holes being drilled into her skull and she may or may not have received the test medication.  As I read about her and read her husband and son's comments, I couldn't help but cringe. 

There are so many worthy causes that quilters help out with:  Project Linus, Quilters against Breast Cancer, the ConKerr Cancer Pillowcase projects, Hancock's & St. Jude's Quilt of Dreams, and so many more. 

As I gave a few yards of fabric to a new quilter this morning, I quietly set aside a few extra pieces.  I know what I'm going to be working on this weekend. Best of wishes to all of you and hopefully some of you will choose to send in some quilts as well.
http://www.alzquilts.org/houston.html

Jewel Box Quilts

There is a small neighborhood quilt guild where I go every month.  Several of the members wanted to do a jewel box style quilt.  Natalie and I took a similar pattern and re-sized, rewrote and basically re-constructed the whole idea.  We were pretty happy with the end results. 

Maisy Quilt

Last fall, I was downtown at Happiness is Quilting and found the most delightful fabric.  It had Maisy the mouse all over. Unfortunately, there wasn't a pattern to go with and so I designed something simple and made up a fun throw.  Laura Kay down at Happiness liked it and they hung it up in the store for a several months.