Quilt World Magazines get Recycled

We all have things that can be recycled laying around our home. Where do we start is many persons lament, but I am a person that likes organization and I will keep things around until they are no longer useful. Thus, I have begun today tearing apart my 1980's issues of Quilt World magazines. They have been listed on Ebay several times with no buyers & offered on my blog to anyone that would pay for the postage of having them mailed...no takers. So today, I am going through each issue and taking out what I want to keep. They will then go in the recycle trash!

Speaking of recycling, I sold my old V-Tech phone and may also be selling my long black wool coat this week-end, so that is great! I just believe in passing things along that really shouldn't be in the dump piles.

A lazy day today, I should be quilting but I can't seem to get in the mood for it. Usually I love to quilt, but lately I just seem to not have the ambition. Big part of no ambition is I sit on the floor to do most of it and with my fractured foot, it is to painful. Oh how I dream of having an area to do my quilting in someday!

Still Searching....

I have been swamped this week with painting the house and yesterday of course just as we were starting to paint, the rains began. So, our front door is in the living room on saw horses and we have a plastic backed paper sheet and down comforter hanging across the door. We slept last night without a front door & for the first time in years, I wasn't worried about rattle snakes, scorpions, spiders or 2 legged humans that want in my home & I slept like a baby!

It is so nice to know you can sleep at night even without a front door and know no harm is going to come to you or your family.

On the flip side of the coin, I am still looking for someone willing to donate a quilt to the dispatcher who was seriously injured in a car wreck last week. I am looking for something more lap to crib/twin size just to comfort her or her family while they are going through so much pain and heart ache at this time.

I have one I am working on to send to a dispatch center in Iowa that just lost another dispatcher and the sad thing is, this young mans dispatch partner had to give CPR instructions over the telephone to his family while he was dying.

Now, if you don't think that is hard, I can tell you that nothing ever prepares you for doing that type of thing in your life. So many things are whirling through your mind and all you can do is focus on the task at hand.

If you don't have a completed quilt and would like to send me a completed top, I will gladly add the batting and back to send off. It is just right now I am so backed up on just he routine daily house chores with the painting task, that I haven't had much time to do anything else!

What Makes News?

I am probably going to make a few people mad at me, but I really don't care. As the saying/song goes, 'You've Got to Stand for Something or You'll Fall For Anything.' As a Christian I must ask what makes Ellen Degeneres's marriage front page news? For that matter, what makes any star front page news unless it is a death or something of significance to help others.

Let me clarify my comment a bit more. Today, Tropical Storm Fay destroyed parts of Haiti and Cuba, the Florida Keys are being evacuated or at least vacationers and visitors are being asked to leave & yet I learned this news from people at church. I get my news via laptop & my headlines this morning was a lesbian marriage? What gives?

I have family and friends in Florida and the southern east coast as well as many other people do, does Yahoo honestly think we wouldn't want news of the storm? No, they put it finally on their news feeds later because Ellen's marriage was important.

Aside from that, I will drop the subject here because my blog isn't about politics or gay marriages, but my question is more on what is really news and what is Hollywood Hype.

Please Help A Dispatcher & Her Family!

Any of you who read this know that I am a retired police dispatcher who still loves the profession and those who are in it. This was in my Email this morning and I know that Kevin and the folks at 911 Cares wouldn't mind me posting it here. If you can help this family and this dispatcher in an small way, I am asking you to do so. Remember, 911 dispatchers are the voice in the dark when you are scared someone is breaking into your home, they are the voice of calm after an accident and you are waiting for the paramedics to arrive, they are the voice of help when your child is choking and they are the ones who do their job most of the time without recognition or thanks. Please, if you feel led, any amount would help. Or, if you would like to send a quilt to keep Patti comforted while she is the hospital please let me know.

Dear 911 CARES supporter:

PSTC and 911 CARES is currently at the APCO national conference in Kansas City. We were advised of the local tragedy below. Please keep Patti in your prayers. We will keep updates posted at www.911cares.com in the activation area.

Posted Monday, August 4th

Last night, APCO member and Whittcom, Washington 9-1-1 Director Patti VonBargen was the victim of a hit and run by an intoxicated driver. The suspect is in custody. She was in a cross walk near the convention center walking home with two InterAct employees. Patti suffered a severely crushed leg and broken arm and is still in surgery this morning. Local news reports say she was dragged up to 100 feet by the suspect vehicle.

**Update at 5pm local time, she is out of surgery and we are awaiting an update. Patti's 18 year old daughter is being flown in to be with her Mom. The local chapter and WA chapter are working closely together to fill the needs of Patti and her family.

911 CARES has offered to pay for both of these costs. We'll keep you updated when there is anything you can do beyond prayer. Friends of Patti are asking that nobody call her room at the hospital as she is in ICU. When she is moved to a private room, we will post it** She does not have life threatening injuries, but she's going to need some significant healing time. She's at the Truman Medical Center in Kansas City . Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

We will keep you updated on this tragic event and post the Truman address when Patti is moved. We went shopping for get well cards tonight and will have them signed at the PSTC booth at APCO. We'll deliver them Tuesday and Wednesday night after conference hours.

Tuesday 8-5 update at 15:38 local time:

911 CARES EVENT UPDATE FOR PATTI VONBARGEN:

Below we have more information from the accident and an address where cards and well wishes can be sent.

Sunday, Patti was walking to her hotel after having dinner with two InterAct employees. One InterAct staffer made it onto the curb, another InterAct staffer was hit by the side of the drunk driver's car and Patti took the full force of the impact. The driver fled after dragging Patti's body but was later arrested.

Patti went through extensive surgery Monday but she is in serious condition. PLEASE keep Patti, the Washington Chapter of APCO and all of the staff at Whittcom and InterAct in your prayers. Today, 911 CARES team members Richard Behr and Kevin Willett went through the vendor area and asked vendors to sign cards and give us "vendor gifts". We filled a big bag of goodies that Patti will enjoy when she gets better. We also spoke with Peggy at Grays Harbor 9-1-1 to reinforce our financial and emotional support for Patti, her agency and her family. We have spoken to Conference Chair Robin Tieman and members of WA APCO reassuring them of our ongoing support!

One last note, if there is any question of rumors, let us address them. We are 1000% supportive and appreciative of everything that Willis Carter, all Chapters of APCO, individual members and the local conference committee have done. Please do what you can to send your love and support to Patti. See the update below provided by Washington APCO.

Tuesday Update: Patti's son Jeremy has arrived and is being briefed this morning by the medical staff. We're continuing to make other flight and housing arrangements for her other son and daughter to join her. I don't have an update on her condition except to say that she is still in ICU, is in a lot of pain and needs her rest. Cards are welcome
but since she is still in ICU, she is not able to receive flowers and her family asks that you please do not call yet as she is trying to rest. We appreciate all the well wishes and I know they are being passed on to her and her family. If you have any questions, please
don't hesitate to ask.

Cards may be sent to:
Patti VonBargen
c/o Truman Medical Center
2301 Holmes
ICU Room 204 bed 1
Kansas City , MO 64108

Continue to keep her in your prayers...deb

Deb Welsh
Assistant Director - Skagit 911
(360) 428-3200

1730 local time:

InterAct has informed us that the staff member that was hit in Patti's accident is now safely home. We also delivered the first batch of well wishes and cards to the nursing station for Patti’s unit. We didn’t want to bother the family but the nurse was happy to deliver the cards for us. --911 CARES

As Promised, The Lake Trip

If anyone knows how to combine 2 blogs, please let me know as I would like to combine mine all into one & save myself some time. In the meantime, here are some pics of the kids at the lake and they took to Kayaking like ducks to water, plus they swam and were super duper kids. Not one complaint from any of them!

The Kayak picture above is our neighbor in one and my 5 year old grandson in the other one all by himself, he did an amazing job and the only one that flipped into the drink was the neighbor & of course, my camera at that exact time quit working. Oh well, I am sure he wouldn't want me to post his picture here that is why I posted this one as it is from a distance. No, I am not in any of these. I am behind the camera!

Here is one of the 3 of them swimming. I was so shocked that the water was so shallow, but I wouldn't let them in the water without an adult since I am still wearing the air cast for another few weeks.

I would love to post more, but we are prepping our home for painting and hubby told me I needed to get the scraper and get busy! He is on the roof doing more than his share!

Happiness Abounds

I sent Judy off her goodies package this past week for being on of my first three posters on my site. I hope she likes the things I packaged up as I am new to this trading thing, but I am having fun and it makes me happy to be thrifty!

Next, I must get Rebecca's off, but I am looking around for something special for her gift. There is still some time to post to this site and get yourself a little goodies package from me!

On a side note, it is cloudy out today, but I don't think that matters. We are going up to the lake today with some neighbors and they are taking the babies out Kayaking for the first time. I will post pictures here if I don't forget my camera!

************************HELP PLEASE***********************************************
I am in desperate need of someone taking my resume and making it look better than it does and shows what I can do. Mine is old and tired! So if you write resumes or know someone who does and they are willing to do it for gratis I can sure use a boost to finding work.

Also, please pray for my family. We are hanging on by our toenails while the bills pile up, my credit union has cancelled my credit card, cancelled my overdraft protection and refuses to help out at all during this most difficult period in my life. While most of the companies I owe have been super to step up and help until I find work, my credit union has told me NO, NO & oh yeah, NO!!

Pray that I will find the job the Lord wants me to have soon!

Quilt Magazines for Sale

Up for sale on Ebay, I have 3 listings for quilt magazines and they are all in fantastic shape.
11 Editions of Quilt World from 1989-1990, 14 issues of Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts. These magazines were well cared for by the person I got them from and I have so many, I cannot possibly keep them all.

Check out my selling at Ebay by going to seller oilman85037 and you will see I am an honest seller.
Some of these issues are selling for over $3 each on Ebay and my prices are less than $1 per magazine.

These aren't all I have either, I have 2 bins full of vintage magazines. If you are looking for something you can't find, ask me, I just may have it.