Yeah I know the rest of you have been home for days, but not me.
My girliefriend and I got down to the quilt show. Trip down was a dream...made great time. We were there ONE HOUR when her car broke in the Hancock's parking lot. The ignition was messed up and since she had a digital dash that meant we had NOTHING--no speedometer, heat, windows, turn signals, fuel indicator, or wipers. We could wiggle it and get it to work...kind of but one minute one thing would work and the next it wouldnt.
So what did we do? We went quilt shopping of course! When you have driven 500 miles to do something by God you are going to do it. Then after a bit we decided we better get to the town where we had a hotel if we were going to have a broken car. For sure we could get it fixed there.
So here we are in Murray. KY, 500 miles from home and an hour from Paducah. We take it to the local Caddy dealership and they REFUSE to help us. Bring it back nest week when you have an appointment. None of that great "we love quilters" hospitality in Murray. More of the "Yankees Go Home" attitude. He wouldnt even tell us if it was safe to drive or call another dealership.
Well we got to another dealership in Mayfield and they were very nice but they needed a part. Nothing we could do so we rented the ONLY available vehicle in the community of 10K people. An F150 pick up with an extended cab and full bed. Mind you my GF and I are only 5'2'' tall and and to literally climb into this thing. I drive an Audi roadster and she drives that infamous Caddy...we are not F150 people.
But undaunted back to the quilt show we go, even if it is in this huge truck. I spent an ungodly amount of money but picked up kits for 5 bed quilts and 5 wall hangings, mostly batiks and hand dyes.
Then we got the bad news.....the part came in wrong. It has to be shipped in from some other state!
So here we were stuck in this town of 10K in the pouring rain from Saturday afternoon until Tuesday at noon in a older Super 8 with a truck we cant back up and can barely drive. We watched TV. We did laundry. We ate. We read books. We went to the movies. I went to Walmart (think Sunday in the Bible belt--there is nothing open) and bought a rotary cutter and matt and we cut out two of the quilts I bought yes that would be TWO twin size. Yes we were bored!
Counting the lost wages, additional hotel, rental car, gas (dang those F150's suck gas) and food expenses, we could have gone to the Carribean for a week but this makes a better story. I enjoyed the show and got some great things (Bali Wedding Star, two other Niemeyers) and all is well that ends well.
Are we making plans for Paducah next year? As Sarah Palin says, you BETCHA! But we are getting a new car!