Registration was at 11, tee time at noon, dinner and raffles at 5, and it was over at 7:30. It will be a while until the final results are calculated but the proceeds will be in the neighborhood of ... read more
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I left home on Friday with plenty of time to arrive at the convention hotel in west suburban Lombard. I planned to check into my room and then attend a committee meeting at 3 p.m. When I got on I-94 and accelerated to merge with traffic the front end of the car started shuddering. Badly. [It had done that, but not as badly, when I went to Peoria in early May but I made it there and home okay. It's been fine all month -- but I haven't driven at interstate speed, either.] Shuddering both personally and vehicularly ...
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2020: a drive-by birthday parade to honor Sally |
OMG April #1 is finished! Here are a dozen daisy mug rugs for our P.E.O. chapter project.
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I finished the daisy wall hanging. I adapted a design from a pattern in the National Quilting Assn. magazine. 20" x 20".
It will be presented to the outgoing president of the P.E.O. Lake County Round Table in appreciation for her six years in office. The P.E.O. flower is the marguerite, or daisy, and there were seven founders.
I've made crumb-pieced backgrounds for several projects and I like the effect.
This is one of my OMGs for February.
Linking up with Alycia's Finished or Not Friday and Wendy's Peacock Party and Sarah's ...
read moreTuesday noon: I was co-hostess for the Zion Woman's Club luncheon and used my vintage tablecloths on each table. In lieu of a white elephant gift exchange we each packaged "festive food." (I gave a gift box of Penzey's spices and received four different kinds of treats from Trader Joe's.) We collected hats and mittens for kids at Elmwood School in Zion.
Tuesday evening: my P.E.O. chapter had dinner at a great Italian restaurant. There was another festive food exchange. (I gave Penzey's, again, and got a ... read more
I do not have a wooden hiking stick to which to nail it, nor do I have an RV to which to glue it, but I do have a bulletin board. <g>
And I'm still walking!
There cannot be too many golden autumn woods photos.
These were taken at McDonald Woods (Thursday) and Lyons Woods (Sunday).
Such a beautiful time of year!
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On Friday Stevens and I took our friend Pat out to lunch. The restaurant ...
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I was my chapter's delegate.
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Both of us were sneezy on Sunday. My husband suffers from allergies year-round (dust and mold as well as pollen) but I only react in late spring when pollen is very heavy. We took quick Covid tests and both read positive. I don't have a fever, just sneezes and sniffles and a few aches. He, meanwhile, is grumbling because we got our second booster shots last week so we should be immune, right? Umm, no. I've pointed out that sniffles are a lot better than being hospitalized. CDC guidelines say to self-quarantine for five days (=through Friday). I ...
read moreThere was a Covid outbreak among the church choir members after the Easter service. No choir this morning and we were back to alternating pews and masks required ...
read moreIt was wonderful to have dinner with P.E.O. sisters on Monday after months of Zooming. We had great fun with our white elephant exchange (sidelined for two years due to Covid). I'd had custody of one of the perennial white elephants -- a funny plaster pig--and successfully handed it off.
Deb got the bead-and-safety-pin basket. Lenee got the owls--we think they are travel jewelry holders. One owl has been around for 20 years. I got the other owl and the basket at this estate sale way ...
read more[Next post will have quilting updates and the one book I managed to finish this week.]
The 75th International Convention of the P.E.O. Sisterhood was held virtually this week. Because it was virtual any member could 'attend' at no charge. I registered months ago and fully intended to tune in -- but Life In General intervened. I did watch the opening ceremony on Wednesday and one of the workshops. Now I need to go back to see the results of the voting on amendments. There were many. Like so many organizations P.E.O. is striving to improve its ... read moreI found another patch of hybrid iris. (Last week I posted a photo of the clump that comes back annually.)
Daisies are ... read more
Operation Warm also provides new winter coats for kids. Our ...
read moreI am an inexpert gardener, but I love to cook with fresh vegetables, so every year I buy tomato plants, seedlings, and seeds. Ever hopeful!
It was in the high 80's Sunday afternoon when I walked in Spring Bluff Forest Preserve. I saw a crane, five egrets, and many red-winged blackbirds. Most of the people I saw were on bicycles, heading farther east to the marina.
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My OMG for May is finished. It's a tote bag for the outgoing chair of the Illinois P.E.O. Home Fund . P.E.O.'s colors are white and yellow and ... read more
The tote bags I made for the school children in Nepal have been delivered. Margaret, my friend who supports the school and asked if I could help out, sent this photo of the kids. It was taken by the school's U.S. coordiantor. (The sign says, "Thank you dear Nann Hilyard.")
[For those who are interested in the school and the parent organization: Impact Schools ]
The counter tops were installed Friday. I had no idea there were so many choices for faucets until I had to choose one. (The first one I sort of liked was $1400. The second ...
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