The Wonder of Quilts

I painted this miniature quilt for a lovely friend of mine whom I've had the great pleasure of working with for the past eleven years. Lucky, lucky me!!! Oh, and she happens to also be a fabulous quilter.


But then, of course, my mind wanders as I gaze upon this wee little quilt. You see, I had a fabulous quilt experience just this morning. We had a washing machine mishap as I was about to leave for work this morning. Last night I'd cleaned out the little filter thing and I thought I'd gotten it completely back in...but the water rushing out of our laundry room told a completely different story.

I ran and got towels. I ran and woke up Dave. I ran and got more towels...and more towels...and more towels! And even with every bath towel we owned spread around on our floor, it was not enough.

So I ran and got two of our quilts. And those quilts had some super soaker soaking up power!

And then my mind wandered again and I thought, "Now I get why toilet paper is 'quilted'!"

...Yup, my early morning "aha" moment.

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That Safe and Secure Feeling

About a week ago something unexpected happened.  Something that has never happened to us before.  Something downright scary.

Yes, we actually ran out of toilet paper.

I'm the sort of gal who likes to purchase her toilet paper in bulk.  Nothing says safe and secure like a thirty-six pack of double rolls from Costco, right?  Luckily I feel the same way about kleenex, so at least we had tissue to use when the unheard of happened.

I B-lined it to Costco with the little guy, put a pack of toilet paper in our cart, and noticed a fella who had also just put the same pack in his cart.  Only instead of just putting it in his cart and moving on, he was poking a hole in the packaging and caressing a roll.


Me:  "Oh, good, I couldn't remember which kind I got last time.  Is it soft?"

Toilet paper caresser:  "Yes, it's soooo soft...and I'm picky."

Me:  "Great!  Thanks!"


OK, I stand corrected.  Nothing says safe and secure like a thirty-six pack of double rolls and a positive customer testimonial.

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