Good morning. Glad more blocks are coming in.

Yesterday, DH finished with the old house and we’re finally here together. We’re looking forward to a nice long weekend. Hope you all have a pleasant one, too!

I received my blocks yesterday but haven't had a chance to even open the package. I plan on doing that sometime today.
I hope everyone has a nice and safe Labor Day.

I believe everyone has received their blocks. Woo hoo!

Thank you Janice, for another fun Boom swap. We appreciate all you do to make it work.

You are welcome. :)

Janice so glad you and hubby will be together in new house. Do you absolutely love your country setting? We sure do, have been hoping to see deer and other wildlife but so far have only seen a harmless but ugly garter snake and a flock of turkey vultures. Yuck

Thankfully we have had a good offer on our house and once again off the market waiting for their inspection. This couple has been much easier to work with. They are willing to do an early closing as soon as they get their finances all settled and are only looking for major problems with the house inspection. There shouldn’t be any since we took care of the cracked sewer line that came up in the previous inspection. Hope they love the house as much as we did.

Terriamn, sounds like everything is going well for you now. So happy to hear the newest buyers are easier to work with. I’m sure they’ll love the house! Our house went on the market Saturday and it’s been non-stop showings. Our area hardly has any homes for sale and those that are, go fast. We are closing bidding tomorrow and expect several decent offers. I know that one person offered low, put in a bunch of stipulations, the most obnoxious of which was that the place get a thorough cleaning before they move in. Wellll, excuse me, that house is spotless now! We had a cleaning crew for two days do everything anyone could possibly want, and more. Guess who won’t be getting our house! Fingers crossed that we get a nice offer.

The question has been raised as to when I’ll run the next Boom. I think I’m going to wait until right after the holidays. I hope that will work for everyone who might be interested.

Have a great week, Boomers!

edited to add: yes, Terriamn, we do love it here. We’re just off a busy road but far enough back to hear nothing. We have lots of deer, two dozen wild turkeys, a bear I have thankfully yet to see, lots of birds, a grey heron who frequents the pond across the street and lots of squirrels, including white ones.

Sounds wonderful Janice. Glad the houses are selling for you and Terriamn!

Yahoo Janice hoping you get your choice of several good offers.. Hard to believe some people can be so demanding at a time when most houses are selling so fast.

They'll find out... https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...s/rolleyes.png

In the Memphis area where I was looking for a house, they have this silly thing where prospective buyers also submit a "love letter" with their offer... telling why they love the house and how much it would mean to them to get it. Crazy or what? My 'love letters' didn't do me any good.

They have that here too. Many people are selling their houses here for an astronomical (to me) amount of money. They like the idea of selling their house to someone with like values because so what if it goes for $10,000 less when you’ve made a million dollars on the house. I’m not sure what I think of this. On one hand we have a lot of foreign investors or others turning the houses into Airbnb’s but couldn’t the letters be used to discriminate too?

on another note Sewbiz I know you’ll appreciate this, my tennis partner Inge and I won the San Diego District tennis 3.5 championship against two 25 yeah olds. I had my Fitbit on and my heart rate exceeded my ‘maximum’ heart rate a number of times. Grueling 3 hour match. They usually give you a beer mug for winning but this time we each got $60. I’m thinking some more fabric.

this might be our last hurrah as I expect next year we’ll be at the bottom of the barrel of the level we get moved up to.

Congratulations, MJP, on your tennis win!

We accepted a nice offer so we are under contract. It looks like it should go well since they just sold their house and need another right away. We expect to close early next month. That's ok for us. "Love letters" were a thing about 5 years back when I was selling my sister and Mom's place. I fell for it, a "sincere" letter. Yup, it fell out of escrow but it wasted two weeks of showing times. Next time around, I looked only at the figures and was tougher.

Have a lovely day!

Yes, congrats, MJP! The tennis win was great. It's hard not to get competitive and exceed your max heart rate, LOL! Very proud of you and Inge.

Thank you for all the beautiful blocks, really awesome! I enjoyed my first boom! Also thank you to Janice for all her coordination, much appreciated! I'm looking forward to putting these blocks together :)

Congrats to you and Inge, MJP!!! That is spectacular.

stcpawz, I am so glad you joined us this round! Putting the blocks together is a different kind of challenge. I can't wait to get mine put together. I promise to post pics along the way! I hope you post the finished product, too.

I am very happy to hear that everyone is getting their houses bought and houses sold. I hope I never have to move again but a house in the country where there are turkeys and deer and squirrels constantly around sounds lovely. I have squirrels and birds and too many people around me, lol.

Hello to all you busy moving and grovin Zinnias! I have been on the road but every now and then drop in and my mouth drops open at all your wonderful creative talents ....while you are so very busy!
I really so miss you gals! But I should be able to play when #27 rolls around - after everyone gets settled into their new abodes and all the closings go through easily.
See you all then - and have a beautiful crisp colorful Autumn

So good to hear from you again, TG. I'm glad you plan to be with us on 27! Enjoy your scouting for fabric!

Congratulations MJP quite an accomplishment

On a sadder note one of our best friends passed away from Covid this morning and his wife also has it but getting stronger everyday. Unfortunately she is in quarantine and we can’t be with her physically. This is our same friend who lost her sister to cancer 2 weeks ago. They believe they came in contact with the virus at Sue’s funeral. We were t the same funeral but thankfully no breakthrough Covid for us

Terriamn, sorry about the loss of your friend. This dang virus - hopefully vaccination rates will continue to rise and we can beat it. So tough, so much loss. I don't know if I ever shared I lost my former father-in-law last fall to Covid.

MJP, you are a rockstar!

Janice - yep, I'm a numbers gal too! Tug at my heartstrings all you want, but have the $$ to back it up! He he he....

We are off camping again this weekend, got to take advantage of this hot weather before winter comes.

Terriamn, you have my condolences on the loss of your good friend. I’ll keep his wife in my thoughts for a full recovery.

Terri, so sorry for your loss!

JayneW, I’m sorry to hear about your former FIL. It seems like almost everyone is being touched by Covid in some form. I continue to hope people will keep on getting vaccinated. A friend who had the vaccine and has some medical issues is struggling to recover from a breakthrough case. Luckily, he’s improving daily but it’s not easy for him. We wonder how much worse it would have been had he not had the vaccines.

terriamn My prayers go out to you. I lost a special sister and BIL one month ago and I am still overwhelmed by their loss knowing it could have been prevented if they were vaccinated. I will keep your friend in my prayers.

terriamn, so sorry for your loss. I hope that his wife doesn't give up the fight because she lost her husband. Prayers to all from my corner of the world.

Julia and Jayne so sorry you have also suffered losses from this horrid virus

Thanks for all the prayers, Nancy is getting stronger every day. She won’t give up the fight, she has strong faith and her sons to live for. I truthfully don’t know if I could be as strong as she is.

On a much happier note the racks for my sewing room overflow arrived yesterday and dh put them together right away. Today starts the task of facing up to my plethora of fabric, tops, blocks and accessories as I put them away. With them not hid away out of sight maybe I will actually finish them

My boyfriend and I just signed up for the first level of sailing certification! First step toward retiring and living on a sailboat! Maybe I'll start a blog, the sailing quilter!

We just heard a former church friend (who moved to another state) died of covid a few days ago. He's about the same age as us. I don't know the particulars.

The vax does not prevent you from getting the virus and has been fatal or debilitating for some. It's a crap shoot. We do not know enough about what they are injecting us with and the long term health effects of it. My daughter has had problems with miscarriages since getting "the jab". I cautioned her not to get it, but of course I know nothing....

No vax for me. I'm working to keep my natural immunities up. So far, so good. If I get sick, I will want to be treated early with one of the proven therapeutics.

Terri, have fun arranging your new sewing room.

Jayne, hope you love living on a sailboat. I knew several people that did when I lived on Maui. It's all lovely but you need a plan for storms! And winter.

JayneW, that sounds very exciting! I’m definitely not one for sailboats but I can appreciate your love of them and the life. Good luck!

Terriamn, I’m sure you’ll do a great job arranging your stash. I hope you are able to finish more quilts now that they’ll be easier to find. I’m not having much success in my room. It’s a small area and I haven’t the storage I had before. Right now it’s still mostly in boxes and plastic bins. I’m kind of at a loss as to how to arrange the area. Oh, well. I’ll figure it out.

But I have a delightful piece of news. Guess who will be a grandmother again! DS and DDIL are due in April. Little Charlie will be a big sister. Woo hoo!

JayneW - we were fulltime RVers and one of our friends were fulltime boaters. So many places to go - just need to know the ropes in each place and country.

SewBiz - my cousin just got out of hospital for having several pulmonary embolisms. Doctors all concurred that it was the result of the her getting the shot. She had no other issues beforehand and they are seeing more coming in with this. Scary world. We are not getting it - but we have had it and have anti-bodies. Daughter and SIL both work from home and both employers are pushing them to get the shot. They are working at home!! Scary

I am working on my row robin and loving being able to create for someone else.

Rather than anecdotal evidence I always like to see the numbers. These are the ranges that include all the states. The article below will let you know your specific state numbers

Hospitalizations of vaccinated people are .5%-5%( depending on which state you’re in ) of all people hospitalized from Covid. Or 95% or above of the hospitalizations from Covid were unvaccinated people.

Deaths of vaccinated people from Covid represent between .2% and 6% (Depending on what state you live in) In other words 94%-99% of the deaths from Covid are unvaccinated people.

even if I were totally confident of my immune system I’m vaccinated so I won’t give it to my darling new grand babies, the woman I train who has a compromised immune system, the under 12 kids who play on the block . I got vaccinated to help keep my hospitals from filling up with Covid patients leaving no room for heart attack patients and others who need the emergency room

stay safe my friends, my heart would break if something happened to any of you.





https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-vaccines.html

I decided I’d better stop comparing my old sewing room to the new one and just dive in. So I did and I located my two latest projects, put up my design wall, rearranged some daily used sewing items and I’m actually in good enough shape to sew for the first time in what, three months? Woo hoo! Happy gal!

Yippee our house sold. The buyers have been incredibly easy to work with compared to couple who made the first offer on house. Hoping hubby will be able to relax now and be his old self

Was up at 4 this morning sorted through 8 full moving boxes. So much fun to ohh and ahhh over fabric and blocks. Even started a donation box of things and fabric i will never use

Jayne how exciting on the sail boat lessons. Hubby and I had a smaller sailboat, not a live aboard and we loved it. He wanted to retire to a sailboat or catamaran also but I get motion sickness to easily. Just think it won’t be long and you’ll be enjoying the sun and the sea

Janice, wow wow and wow on another grand baby how exciting

Great news on the house and your sewing room, Terriamn. What are you going to start on first?

This morning I started a few blocks for a scrappy quilt. I got exactly three seams in when I got a call from DS. Apparently the grand has to come home from daycare bc they think she has pink eye and her parents have an important business meeting. I’m dropping everything and going to sit with her this afternoon. Well, that’s why we relocated, to be closer and spend more time with them. I get to come to the rescue today. Super Grandma!

have a great day everyone.

Message from Long long ago! Photobombing this Boom link.
 

All:

Eons ago, I participated in many of the boom swaps ... My Dad was a huge part of my participation. Once he passed away, I lost most of my sewing mojo and just "collected" fabric and hoped that some day I would start again.

Recently I decided 8 years was long enough to brood so I pulled out some blocks and started in. This top comes from ... hold on ... don't faint ... Boom #14! I didn't go back and add it to that link as I didn't know if anyone would be notified of it or not.

Hopefully some you will recognize your blocks. I thank you for making them way back when.

I doubt I will do any swaps ... at least not now as I have an overwhelming amount of "catch up" projects.

I have peeked in over the years and looked at some of your treasures and missed all the fine folks that helped make mine and Dad's days in the past.

Take care and thanks again!
Lisa -- Moonwork from Possum Trot, KY

Moonwork, that is gorgeous.

Moonwork, so good to hear from you. I hope you are well. I remember these boom 14 blocks. They were the first ones that made me like orange! Stop in anytime and say hello. We won’t be having another boom until after the holidays. Maybe you’ll feel inclined to join us then. :)

I want pictures of those sewing rooms, ladies!

Congratulations on the new baby, Janice! Super Grandma, indeed!

Good article, mjpEncintas! I suspect our government is very worried that the workforce is going to suffer tremendously with COVID fatalities and that is why they want to make this one of the "must take" vaccinations for our defense personnel and corporations. If we loose that educated class too fast, our country will suffer. Instead of providing the extra vaccinations to other parts of the world, they are encouraging us to take them. Seems heartless to let the rest of the world die away just because they don't have money. The conspiracy theorist in me says that there is much the government isn't telling us.

I don't want to lose any of you to this virus! Please be safe everyone!

And Jayne, I am so happy for you and wish I could do that, too!

Janice! How wonderful you were able to go to the rescue! That makes all the moving worthwhile!

Hi everyone, sorry I've been away for a while. We just have two covid scares back to back. Poor baby girl had to take two tests, both turned out to be negative, but it was enough to lose some sleep. The waiting between test and result is awful while attending to a sick child. So far, she has missed almost two weeks of school. She is much better now and we are just waiting for her to be symptom free for 24hrs before returning to school.
I try no to think too much about the politics of vaccines. The only thing I know is with vaccines, my chance of getting sick is lower and if I do get sick, my chance of going home to my baby is high. I watched news about these unvaccinated parents who died of Covid and left behind young children makes my heart ache. Then I see these vaccinated and unvaccinated parents being so careless about protecting their own children. It angers me how they put my child at risk.