Steve I'm heading over to the photos thread to check out your new scores. I am so excited to hear that you are collecting that treadle today. I needed the good news
I'm up in Colorado right now. At this point I'm just mentally worn out so I came over here to get a break from everything going on. For those of you who don't know, I lost my youngest brother suddenly on the 12th. He had a seizure in his sleep and never woke up. He was 28. He lived up in the mountains near Breckenridge and Keystone and lived to ski and snowboard. Mom is understandably devastated and not dealing with this well, so my older brother, younger brother and I have taken over all the details. Monday I drove my mom and step dad from Texas to Colorado as they were on a cruise when this happened (thankfully not the Triumph!) Tuesday we drove up to the mountains to his apartment and cleaned/packed it all up. I also had to go around to all his "places" and notify them of his passing, like the bank, post office, work etc. and to the Coroner's office. I drove his car back to my parents house yesterday and today we finalized the details with the funeral home. Tomorrow I'm driving back to Texas. On a positive note I am bringing my Pfaff treadle home with me.
I'll be back on more in a few days when I get home but I still have a ton of work to do to settle all his paperwork, taxes, etc. We didn't plan a memorial service because my brother wouldn't have wanted one. He would have wanted a party on the slopes, so we decided to cremate him and we will take his ashes up to the mountain top where he loved to be and scatter them later this year.
I'm thankful for the distraction of my hobby. I will probably make some sort of memorial quilt for him eventually but right now thats just a little too painful for me. If you are the praying kind, I'd sure appreciate it for my family.