Bev, "her love language is gifts" is a quaint way to say it. :-) My mother was like that, and my sister is like that too. I can so identify with that concept.
Rosy, I canned 'pear sauce' too, was it last week? and got bored waiting for it to boil down and "round on the spoon," gave up waiting, and my pear sauce is pear syrup this year, to use on pancakes, I guess. :-p
QNS, the AQS show! That's on my to-do list. I've never been to a quilt show yet.