I know, I know… It’s been MONTHS since I last touched base.   The Facebook group gets me a little more often, but not much.

Let’s put it this way.  There is a lot of Drama happening, and it has been taking up my attention.  I have barely had any time to do quilts, much less anything else.

The good news is the muse is peeking out and pointing my attention to things.  And I have been nodding and agreeing with her until something happens.  I am also dealing with stress over other things.

I am still awaiting the seat cover material.  And M is finding that people are really willing to pay for me to make them quilts.  People at work are wanting to see what I have done, and he has someone asking if a Baby quilt can be done.  This is great news.  (and shocking for me.  Remember, I am shocked when you guys read my stories!)

But… I am thinking of working Part Time for my mom’s boss and seeing what happens.  We will be soon ready for the remodeling to happen, and having the extra income will mean that it will go faster.  We have a bunch of things happening to the point I am unavailable for Grandma for a month starting Monday.  I will be having family come from AZ to here, then I will be watching my nephews for a week or two.  (I can’t remember now!)

The happy thing is that I am taking my laptop with me to work on stories since I can barely work with kittens on quilting.  (especially Bobbie who thinks my brother’s quilt is his and you should see his face as I am finishing it!)  When I get back here, I will be working to integrate everything, but the office will be mine.  I will be rearranging to allow me to flow from place to place in my chair.  You might think this odd, but my OCD tendencies have come with a vengeance.  I literally can barely work unless I clean and have things my way.  And if I do work, I am so easily distracted to be worth anything.  A mess is my enemy.

After the upheavals end soon, I should be back to working as I can on what I can on the stories and so on I enjoy doing.  I really want to get my Marvel stories done and work on my E/S stories.  Besides the stories, I have done, and sequels, I am not posting anything new unless they have been started before now.  I want to finish up some things.  I need to work on my original Novel and just get things back on track.  I don’t know how I am going to do that exactly, but I do know I am cutting out some things.

I am barely on Facebook, which will probably change when I am back to writing.  But I am not going out on the main walls anymore.  I am tired of fake news, being blasted for expressing opinions and so on.  I am tired of drama and acting like I am back in High school.

Real Life is happening, and just last month, my sleepy town had its eyes blown open with a shooting literally down the road from me.  Now before anyone says anything, I live in TX.  I live in Santa Fe, TX, which is rural.  Houston is an hour one way and Galveston is closer than you think for storm purposes.  So down the road is a ten-minute drive I think.  7-10 minutes at 55mph.  But I was peeled to the TV, seeing things that are happening right outside my street.  There was no traffic on the streets, and everyone spoke softly for days afterward.  I saw the Old Gym, was confused when they named it as what it REALLY is, but I have known it as the Old Gym the entire time.  The reporter confused on what the schools were was felt by me as I knew the school he was in front of as the JR High and now it is a middle school.  I watched as my neighbors were searching for their children, finding out if any of my family had in-laws or such in the High school.  Sat there confused as they said one thing and then another.  Horror struck as I recognized more and more of the places.

Harvey was bad enough, but it was down the street.  (Literally 15 minutes another way for Dickinson).  But this was happening in my town.  I will tell I drive by the High School a lot, and seeing the crosses in front of it for those poor ten souls makes my heart ache each time.

I had more typed but realized it will do nothing to change anything.  So I will end this just saying, I know I have slacked.  I know that it may look like I am giving up on writing, and I am not.  In fact, I am bored reading, and need to finish some of my own stories so I can see how they end!!!

So, Be patient for a bit longer.  I will try to come back and start posting everything that is ready for you guys, I just need to make sure that I will have time to make sure I can keep doing it.  For I have missed this, and you guys as well!!!

Seeing you hopefully soon!