Snooze -- great sewing area!!! I will stay away from Bus Tours.
BitsnPieces -- I see a great quilt of valor quilt option with those beautiful log cabins. Here's a pattern I have decided I will have to try. Perhaps your blue and reds can play nicely on this kind of a quilt. Your orphans are going to be a great quilt, too. Wait and see!
Sewingpup -- Are you loving the new machine? If so, it will help you use up your stash. And get that Bonnie Hunter quilt to finished status. If your buyer's remorse is too great, give it back. (I'm an enabler -- Pick out some bungee cords to put on the machine to keep it on the wagon with you).