Age is no barrier to friendship!

It's a good day here in Minnesota. No snow is falling and nothing measureable is in the forecast for the coming week! I think this means spring is trying really hard to make it's arrival! There are still mounds and mounds of snow everywhere you go, but the roads are clear so no blowing snow to worry about. That means that my date tonight won't be cancelled. Yep, it's Saturday night and I am going out to a Valentine Dinner. It's the "Faith in Action" fundraising event in the nearby community of Arlington. My friend Joanie bought tickets and then had a family event that took precedence, so she gave her tickets to me. How nice! I am taking my friend Carolyn. She is a young 96. My husband preferred to stay home and start working on taxes and watch the Olympics. His loss, Carolyn's gain. LOL! Earlier this morning, my friend Lois called. She needed to know when the next meeting is for our Crazy Quilt Group. Told her it's Thursday night and I could pick her up. She is also 96. Yep, age is no barrier to friendship!! And these two are so much fun to be with that I always look forward to their company! My grandpa Thurman and his mother/my great grandma Lillie each lived to be 96. They were blessed to be active up to the last year of their lives. Knowing them all has been a gift. I can only hope to be so fortunate. Just think .........that would mean I still have at least 35 years to finish all my quilting and stitching projects and maybe time to start new ones!!
And speaking of new projects.........look what I found at Firefly Quilt Shop yesterday............
This is a line called Aunt Lindy's and Janice was just opening the bolts. I bought these two pieces and will go back later to get the coordinating fabrics that go with them. I loved them and some I'll use in a project for my little green bedroom and some I'll send to my mom. She will really like this fabric!
My purpose in being out yesterday was to do my grocery shopping. I love to go grocery shopping. I think that's because I always make a stop to buy fabric. LOL! And I always check the clearance counters for goodies. And that's when I found...........

the cute little bear sitting on that satin box. All the Valentine stuff was half-price at Wal-Mart so I bought this one for me. Then when I was at the grocery store, I decided to "gift myself" with the red carnations. I couldn't resist. They were only $4.99 for the bunch! :-) When I brought them in, I told my husband ....... "look at the lovely flowers you bought me! LOL" Last weekend, he offered up pizza for Valentine's day but that wasn't quite what I was looking for. I love real flowers but he thinks they are a waste of money. I think I'm going to buy flowers for me everytime I go to the grocery store. I'm a thrifty shopper and so a bunch will go in my cart each trip. They will look really nice in my thrift shop vase and the pretty plate it sits on. Sometimes it just works better to do your own gifts. :-)

That's all for now.............

Next post is lots of quilty fun and photos from the program I did for the Kindred Kwilters in LeSueur, MN. See ya later.

Sandi