On Thursday, my sister and I attended a lecture given by master quilter JoAnn Belling. This picture is of my sister, Grace, JoAnn, and me. She was a natural speaker who was funny even when she didn’t mean to be. She doesn’t have a formal art background but has an eye for color. Her use of beads, buttons and shells has me wanting to add something to my quilts.

I was inspired by all the quilters at the festival. If I wasn’t careful, I could have racked up quite a bit of credit card debt. It would have been easy to do. If you find that you are buried in debt, check out ConsumerCreditDebt.org and let them help you. ConsumerCreditDebt.org was created to help people who need credit repair as well as educate consumers about credit and debt. I know how easy it is to get behind. The website will help you become educated about credit card features, terms and conditions. They have solutions for settling your credit card debt.

I went from booth to booth trying to talk myself out of buying everything in sight. I did buy a kit to make a log cabin quilt with civil war fabrics. I bought another kit that is red, white and blue fabrics with a star here and there. It was all I could do to maintain control of my spending. I went a little bit overboard.

Do you eat more when you are on vacation? When we leave for a trip I tell myself I will eat healthy. I will choose things that are less fattening like salads and brothy type soups. Do I do that? Nope. I eat all the breads I find out and about that I don’t find at home. I use the bread to clean up the bowl of creamy potato soup I ordered.

While on my trip to the Mountain Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, I ate so much that my stretch jeans are not stretching.

This is one of the desserts I had after quilt class.

I might have to put my quilting and purse making aside to have time to exercise. Do you think that will happen?