Bye, Bye August!

This was just the best way to wave August Goodbye and welcome in September!

We hadn't had a fire pit evening in a few weeks - and the weather could not have been better.

Low humidity.  The cool of the evening coming on.  I don't even think we were bothered by bugs, though the tiki torches help a lot.

It was just enjoyable all the way around, what a way to wind down what was a busy over-the-top stressful weekend for me, and a full-on quilting frenzy for the September Quiltvillians!

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Out With The Old -

Let me tell you about my weekend. Pour yourself a cuppa - get comfy, because this is going to be long winded.

I went to update the index page of my website. My webhost started out as Startlogic, then they were acquired by iPage, which then got swallowed up by Network Solutions.

I built my page myself, simply, using Weebly many years ago. It was just a landing page, with links that took folks where they needed to find things, and my Ecwid store was a tab attached to the main page. Easy. Functional.

Well, upon accessing my dashboard on Saturday morning to upload an edit, I was greeted with a message to update my PHP. It wouldn't update me because my Weebly page didn't accept the higher PHP version. Weebly is being discontinued.

So I upgraded to build a new front page on another builder. This one cost more, but you know. How hard could it be?

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Drawing Day!

Welcome to the weekend, Quilters!
Our big gift-away event is TODAY so I thought I would get this out of the way, and THEN we can get on to retreat goodies and projects-in-progress updates.
I'm thrilled with the response, I can't wait to see what you make with your own Sunnyside blocks!
This quilt is a true scrap buster and each little block is so much fun, I know we'll see some fantastic quilts being made in your own colors and fabrics.

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Soaking Up The Porch Time

I'd been waiting for this all day!

Afternoon porch sitting with the September Quiltvillians.

I had walked through the kitchen earlier to the effervescent aroma of freshly juiced limes.  I later found out that they juiced NINETY (Yes, as in Nine-Zero) limes so they'd have fresh beverage makings on hand in the fridge to last over the coming week.

Strawberry Margaritas on the porch to celebrate the last few days of August and into September we go.

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