To Japan We Go!

Los Angeles at Dusk.

Getting this far wasn’t easy!

My day was frought with hiccups starting with the scheduled Lyft ride that didn’t show up as scheduled.  I thought that was what SCHEDULING A RIDE meant!  I had even added 1/2 hour just in case some traffic issues happened – but at pick up time I received a text that it would be 40 minutes until my ride arrived.

GAH!

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Here is Moby parked in the long term lot.

what else could I do?

Jeff is in training in Arkansas, and hopefully will be home on Sunday.  The car will be picked up next week so I don’t have to pay for a whole 3 weeks worth of parking.  I was so angry I could have spit nails.  Yet I know that in the whole scheme of things, it was an small hiccup.

Hiccups turned to smiles when I saw this shirt in Atlanta!

Hmmmm..this would be gorgeous in a quilt!

This is the kind of thing that occupies my tie while waiting out yet another flight delay.

Not much sewing happened.  I first fell asleep to my audio book, and will have to rewind a couple of chapters to rediscover what I missed, and I settled in to some movies.

Why did no one tell me that Mamma Mia 2 would make me cry?!

The credits rolled as we landed through clouds and fog and there I am wiping my eyes and trying to get myself back under control.  But oh, what a feel good feel good.  If you haven’t seen it, or haven’t seen EITHER – start with the first, finish with the second.  Love them dearly!

Yes, I lip-synched my way to LA for the entire 2 hours of the movie.  How can you sew during that?

While I’ve been traveling, I’ve been getting Sadie updates:

She is having a fun time sleeping over at Auntie Mona’s with Beanie & Max!

I don’t think she misses me at all! LOL!

I took a cue from her photo above, checked into my hotel – grabbed a bite to eat and was in bed before 8pm California time.  I just needed some horizontal Zzzzz’s to see me through the night so I could be ready for our Quiltville travelers today.

TODAY IS THE DAY!

My friend Jill from San Diego is swinging by the hotel to pick me up on her way to the airport and we will be meeting the rest of our crew at the gate.  Japan Airlines, here we come!

And that brings us to now – our drawing for the Quiltmaker Bundle Gift-Away!

It’s an awesome bundle!!  Let’s pull a winner!

There are 5,746 of you who WANT this bundle!

And Jenni Hurlburt gets it!

Jenni, I’ve sent a message to the email address you provided.  Please get back to me with your mailing address.  Your bundle will be sent to you upon my return home from Japan and teaching in Phoenix.  Look for it to hit the post around the 7th of February!

We have a LONG travel day ahead.  I don’t know when I’ll next be connected to wifi to update you from Japan, and posts may be sporadic, intermittent and posting at odd hours.  If we miss anything, I’ll catch EVERYONE back up upon my return.

And if you missed this one, don't forget there is a QUILTY BOX Gift-AWAY happening as well! Enter to win ON THAT POST. 

Winners to be drawn on January 23rd Japan Time - my birthday!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.

Don't just listen to what other people say about our world.

Discover it for yourself!

And off we go to Japan!