rryder

Martina, I'm so sorry to hear about your pup.

Hugs,
Rob

retiredteacher09

Our pets are part of our family and it is certainly hard to lose one. Thinking of you!

Connie

letawellman

Prayers for you, Martina. It is hard to lose a fur-baby - they are just as much our family as the people in our lives. Sometimes I think it's harder, as we can't communicate our love so completely to them.

Well, I finished piecing the Dr. Seuss quilt, and rummaged through my stash to come up with some backing. I have someone interested in buying it, so that's a good thing too.

Some of the scraps are polka-dots, and I also have other polka-dot scraps from the embroidered animals quilt. I'm putting them into the "Metro Medallion" pattern from Sew Kind of Wonderful. I've found enough stash to do the setting fabric as well as backing. Altogether, it comes to about 9-10 yards used, and it's all from my stash.

Being out of work is both good and bad... good, because I have time to work in the garden and my sewing room, bad because I'm stressing about paying the bills.

MadQuilter

Any prospects, leta?
My DH is going to retire in July and I am stressing about that change. I am a worry-wart for sure.

letawellman

I actually got a call this afternoon for a follow-up interview. I was told I was the ONLY candidate they have contacted for this 2nd round of talks, so that's encouraging.

My DH retired back in January, so being unemployed is doubly stressful because of that. But, at the same time, we are definitely getting a LOT done in the garden, and elsewhere here on the farm. This is giving us a small taste of how it might be when I retire myself... but since there's 6 years difference between us, and I fall in the age-range where I have to be 67 to get full retirement, that's a decade or so away.

ekuw

I literally laughed out loud when I read this! Sooooooo Funny :-)

MadQuilter

Follow-up call sounds very promising. We are in a similar situation. Pat is going to retire on July 1 and I will be working for a bit longer. 6 years between us too. I am a little concerned about the money situation. If push comes to shove I'll have him sell produce. lol

elly66

Love those colors in baby quilt Princess.

Martina sorry about your pet. Quilty hugs going out to you dear.

Well I made it through the Mother's Day sales but it was a close thing there. Into carts and left there. I can almost pat myself on the back since even looking was tempting myself.

Interesting how many of us are in similar boats as far as retirement. Hubs is thinking about retiring at the end of the year and money is always a little scary. We've been over and over scenarios in our head but can anybody be completely prepared? It's definitely a big life changed.

letawellman

Erin and Martina -
On the subject of your husbands retiring, one thing that will definitely help is if HE fixes dinner several nights a week. Mine hardly ever did before, when we were BOTH working, but when he retired, he realized (1) how much $$ it saves us and (2) how much I truly appreciate not having to come home from a 1-hour commute and fix dinner OR pick up fast food. Fast food gets old really quick. I did make a big (complimentary) fuss over him doing that, how much I appreciate it, etc.,etc., so he gets it. He's getting better at using the crock pot too. You will figure things out. My hubby fortunately is not quite tech-savvy enough to make purchases online, and I have not bought anything except our food pretty much since March 1st, so there's not a lot of excessive spending going on.

My follow-up interview is in 2 hours, so I'm really hopeful. The recruiter said they want the new person on board well before June 1st, as the person I would be replacing leaves then. Hopefully, I'll start next Monday.
In the meantime, I've had a few other calls from recruiters, so something will come along. It IS stressful though.

oksewglad

Best of luck, Leta