Yes, the family action around here starts a week from Wednesday with the arrival of the Texas family. My freezer is full, so I can’t wait for people to arrive and start eating.

Alas, the weather is still awful. Retired Mountain Lady informed me that we are in the middle of a “atmospheric river”.

I do not like atmospheric rivers. It has rained all night and this morning the fog has settled over the lake and I can’t see the mountains. I think we’re in for another couple of days of bad weather. Heavy rain, while gray and annoying, also means that our internet goes down completely or slows to a crawl. Therefore no streaming TV shows or doing anything online. As I type this I am using the hotspot on my I-phone, which should have been an easy fix but ended up only working by being plugged into my laptop. Go figure.

Friday Banjo Man said, as he was packing up seventeen little plastic containers of food to take to the cabin for his lunch, “You should go to town and buy fabric so you have something to do. You know, so you don’t go crazy like one of the Border Collies who needs work to do.”

Hmmmmmm…..

Of course I don’t want to go crazy.

So Saturday we went to town and I did just that. I had the bright idea to make little quilts for Will’s second-graders’ story time. This might seem like an insane plan, but at the moment I think it’s great. I have not told Will yet, though I did get approval to make a small quilt for the times when one of his “little guys” needs to take a break. Kids are dealing with a lot of anxiety these days, which makes me sad.

I think quilts will help.

Banjo Man dropped me off at the fabric store on his way to Home Depot and then picked me up an hour later. There was plywood in the car when he returned, but I didn’t ask what it was for. I know it is going up to the cabin, though. I hear rumors of a “camp kitchen” being created.

I had certainly had a good time at the fabric store. I spent too much money. I bought a new pair of large scissors. It was a great sixty minutes, believe me.

Check out the prints for boys:

Pretty cute, huh? I sewed some of this into a quilt top yesterday. I’m collecting easy patterns on Pinterest.

I’ll keep sewing until the sun bursts out from wherever it’s hiding. Maybe Thursday?