Overreact

THese are the Adam golf clubs Doug and I ordered at Bobick's demo days today. They should be here in a week or so. I hope they are not too flashy for a beginner!

Fanny Freezer

This past Saturday, Valentine's Day of 2009, Mary Ellen and I walked in the Fanny Freezer at Shoaff Park in Fort Wayne, IN. This was a 5K run/walk, sponsored by the Fort Wayne Track Club. Mary Ellen and I planned to walk instead of run. The day started with a lovely dusting of snow which had melted by the time we started the walk. It was really cold and pretty windy. We wound up only doing half of the walk as a result but it was really a nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon with a friend. Thanks Mary Ellen!

Victoria Sampler - Cyberclass

I was so lucky to sign up for Thea Deuck's cyberclass - Tea Party Sampler. This project had been offered at VS's retreat some time ago and I was so happy it was offered as a cyberclass. I think this picture shows my progress to include the first installment and a bit of the second. When it is completed, it is made into a tea cozy. How cool is that?

Christmas 2008

Katie, Maggie, and Cici enjoyed Christmas together immensely. We wore Christmas tree earrings made by Maggie. Wonderful!

Mary's Visit

Mary, my sister, and I enjoyed a weekend together. We exercised, ate well, travelled around a bit during the ice storm (just to get out) and visited with Doug, Katie, and Maggie. She bought some new buttons for a lovely shearling coat she was given as a present and they look smashing!

Christmas Gathering

Yeah! I finally got these pictures to load. Some of the Hoosier Stitchers got together last Saturday and enjoyed stitching, laughing, and eating at Jean's house in Huntington! In the top picture, in order from the left are Jean, Annette, Cici, Rhonda, Ana, and Debbie. In the next picture, we have Jean, Annette, Cici, Anne, Ana (with the dog "Useless"), and Debbie.

Thanksgiving Guests!

We really enjoyed Christopher, Regan, Evan, and Grace! They loved running around the house!

Beautiful Babes!

Katie and Maggie are enjoying a relaxing visit!

After the meal ...

These two hunters appear very tired - wonder if they shot any thing?

I started today - Thanksgiving 2008

At a 4 mile walk, starting at St. Francis College and winding through Lindenwood Cemetery. I took 6 minutes off my time - from my only other 4 mile "race". Today's time was 1 hour and 10 minutes!

Eileen Bennett

This is a great picture taken at NANI's Eileen Bennett class, Legends of the Underground Railroad Quilt. Can't show much of my work - 'cause I did so little. But I did have fun. I also won a drawing - a lovely new sampler design by Eileen Bennett.

One of my co-workers, Ted Nitza, is spending a year with his family in Garborone, Botswana, while Ted's wife completes a Fulbright scholarship program. Recently, Ted came back to the US for a visit and presented me with a lovely crocheted mat, which I have displayed in my office. It was crocheted by the woman in this picture, Esther. She crochets and sells enough of her work to support her family, which includes her son, Neva, who is also shown in the picture. Ted knew I would espcailly appreciate her handwork because of my interest in needlework. It was a very special gift that I will cherish.

Mary's Visit

This past weekend, Mary and I had a lovely visit with Katie. Wish we could do that every weekend!

Fort 4 Fitness - Four Mile Walk, Sat, 9/27/2008

Here are our stats - much room for improvement!

Fort-4-Fitness
4-Mile Run / Walk

Fort-4-Fitness
4-Mile Run / Walk
September 27, 2008 - Ft. Wayne, IN
number of finishers: 972
number of females: 742
number of males: 230
average time: 54:15

Cecilia Case
bib number: 5259
age: 53
gender: F
location: Fort Wayne, IN
overall place: 868 out of 972
division place: 71 out of 81
gender place: 659 out of 742
time: 1:10:30
pace: 17:38

Susanne Sulby
bib number: 5814
age: 44
gender: F
location: Yardley, PA
overall place: 837 out of 972
division place: 84 out of 94
gender place: 636 out of 742
time: 1:08:39
pace: 17:10

Douglas Freiburger
bib number: 5260
age: 53
gender: M
location: Fort Wayne, IN
overall place: 737 out of 972
division place: 20 out of 23
gender place: 187 out of 230
time: 1:05:02
pace: 16:16

Neighborhood Block Party

On September 13, 2008, there was a block party in our neighborhood, celebrating the electronics makeover given to the home of our neighbors, The Royers. Here is me at the party and the website - telling more of the story - is here:

http://www.2pointhome.com

The Athletes

Matthew and Polly participated in the Skylands Triathalon A half mile swim, 13.5 mile bike ride and a 5k run. Reports were of a very muggy day but the water was a nice temp and it did not rain.

The challenge has been launched for next year. Matthew has his sights on Philly in June and perhaps a San Francisco swim from Alcatraz - yikes!

Polly got second in her age group - 55 and alive!!!

Learning Hardanger

Some of you may know that I am teaching hardanger - through the use of Janice Love's Basics and Beyond book - to several of my co-workers. I have taught this technique before but, this time, I decided to experiment on my daughter, Katie, first to see if I could teach her and then use that experience to teach my co-workers. Katie capably mastered the first part of the series, kloster blocks. This is a picture of Katie working on the second lesson, blanket stitches. She seemed to master that section quite well, too. Next she will work on petite blanket stitches and then algerian eyelets.

Louisville Trip

The EGA's 50th year was celebrated in style, as heralded by this elegant musician, who played while the attendees entered the opening banquet!

The below picture shows the 4 lovely Fort Wayne EGA ladies (Sarah, Sue, Joyce, and Cici), who celebrated Sarah's "29th" birthday at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, KY, the home of the EGA's National Seminar, September of 2008.

I was lucky enough to attend for four days, during which I took two classes. The Saturday-Sunday class was a beaded watch called, "It's About Time". I was able to finish the watch during the two day class, all because of the talented instruction of the teacher, Deanna Powell. Below is a picture of my watch in progress and of Deanna helping me with the beading.

The Monday-Tuesday class was taught by Canadian designer, Deanna Bartell and you can see my progress on "Molly's Mouse below. I loved the class as it was on stump work, a technique I knew little about and found it to be very interesting and fun.

This is the end of the story - Cici at Linn's Paradise Cafe - funky restaurant with great food and fun gifts!

The Aunties Versus The Cousins

WHO RULES? THE SISTERS OR THEIR OFFSPRING? NO CONTEST!