I've Been Gone

We've been gone for more than a week--first in Dallas and then in New Orleans. Tim had business to do in Dallas, so I spent a day lounging around the hotel (getting a massage and a facial) and working on little "quilty" things. Then we headed to New Orleans for the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Convention. Although Tim was "working" most of the time, we managed to get some time together and to eat our way through the French Quarter. We lived in the New Orleans area from 1981-1988 so we were really looking forward to some good food.

Here we are on our way back home yesterday (thus, the untamed hair). We stopped in Natcheze, Mississippi to see the old homes and enjoy the flowers in bloom. The azaleas were at their peek.

I just love the color of the houses in the French Quarter. We ate, and ate, and ate.....Etc. But we also walked A LOT so hopefully the scales won't surprise me too much. I dread stepping on!

There were Mardi Gras "heads" all over the convention center. They're getting ready to move the place where they build the floats close to the convention center.

All in all, we had a great time and I managed to sneak in visits to 3 quilt shops. One of them was going out of business so there was a big sale! (FUN)

We got home at 2 a.m. this morning --just in time for me to rest up a tiny bit and hit the road again tomorrow. Leslie and I are the tour guides for a group of 50 going on a bus to Oklahoma City and Guthrie for a shop hop tomorrow. Then next week our stitch group goes to Grand Lake for a three day "sew-in". Busy times. I've missed ya'll!

Mile High (and more)

We spent last week in Colorado, first in Denver for a convention and other business that Tim had. We enjoyed the mountain air (even though it was quite chilly most of the time). After we left Denver we headed for Golden where I got to visit the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Then we ended up in the little town of Leadville for a couple of days. We were at over 10,000 feet elevation so we found breathing to be a bit difficult. Here I am in front of the hotel we stayed at in Denver.

This is the Arkansas River in Silverthorn, Colorado. It's a lot prettier there than it is here in Tulsa. We stayed near where the Arkansas starts and is narrow enough to step across. The state is beautiful and full of God's wonders (and some very nice highway patrolmen). We got home in the wee hours of the night after only a short delay on the straightest, flatest, ugliest (did I say that?) part of Oklahoma. I'll just say that Tim's car CAN go REALLY fast!!! (There are no bathrooms out there and no bushes or ditches either!)