Quilting aside . . .

I broke from daily tradition and didn't quilt all week! Yes, there is a touch of withdrawal symptoms. However, sewing didn't stop even if it didn't result in a quilt. I made a jumper for one of my college daughters. In order to keep it modest, I delved into my vast collection of ancient patterns, back when there was some modesty. The pattern we decided on was a bit narrow in the skirt and threw me into a contemplative mood for two days until I figured out how to work around it! The solution came to me at Mass! I measured, cut, measured, thought, measured, and cut some more but finally put in two side panels with tiny gathers at the waist. Happily, it looked like a 'planned' pattern, my daughter was pleased, and it was done.

Next project is All Saints' Day costumes. I sold a few on-line last year and they were gone almost before I finished the posting. I'm going to try it this year to see if I can make some spending money. Oh, yeah, and I suppose I'll have some fun designing and sewing them, too!

It's getting beyond the element of surprise . . .

The president recently awarded 16 citizens with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Among the criteria for their selection of this award was 'promoting world peace'. Some of these recepients are anti-life promoters. I found this yet another sad statement on the well being of our country that people would be valued for their work in seeing to the murder of the innocent. Anyone who voted for this president, take heed because you are actively sharing in any abortion committed on an unborn baby since your vote made it possible.

The national health care proposal not only targets the unborn but the elderly. Many of the people who have chastised me for not supporting the president's policies are elderly. If the national health care fiasco goes through, I wonder if they realize they may have cast a vote for a very early retirement from this world?

Naturally, you can't constantly dwell on all the evil being put forth into our nation by elected officials and the president. We have to continue to live our own lives to the fullest, pray harder. There is, however, that few minutes upon waking when you have that pit in your stomach like everything isn't quite right with the world. And it isn't . . .