I went to the Lonesome Valley bazaar and it was bizarre to say the least. This is a quilt guild and one would expect the handwork to be above average - better than say at a church basement bazaar where the ladies circle put cutesy things together to sell to raise money for their mission funds etc. I was quite disappointed in the quality or lack there of put out by the quilters. This particular group began as an offshoot of Thumb Butte Quilters. I went to their organizational meeting many years ago now and they decided that the Lonesome Valley guild would be a feeder group for Thumb Butte Quilters. We comprised all the ladies who were on the waiting list for TBQ. The only drawback was that the meeting was to be held at night and I do not drive at night. Add to that, the meeting was to be held in Prescott Valley and was 13+ miles away from my home. As it turned out, I was admitted soon thereafter to Thumb Butte Quilters and stayed with them for about 4 years. I quit their group when I became the president elect for Mountain Top Quilters. I just could not support two quilt guilds.
On the 10th November I went to the Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild show and sale at the Hassayampa Inn Marina room. It was well attended and the quality of the workmanship was top notch. So many hand woven items that ranged from shawls, to scarves, to tea towels, to table runners, to purses and an endless variety of items made from hand woven fabric. There were some felted items there too that were spectacular. I looked at the beading items but they were not up to the same standard as the items that are produced by our beading group.
In the evening I attended the evening session of the Stake Conference. (a Stake is approximately the size and composition of a Diocese in other religions). This was a very inspiring meeting for all who attended. On Sunday was the general session and it was a broadcast by speakers from Salt Lake City, Church General Headquarters and it was broadcast to each Stake Center in Arizona . It was like having our own personal general conference.
After the conference we came home and had lunch and then we went over to the Las Fuentes Care center to see Catherine Randosh. Catherine suffers from dementia and has had a fall recently. They tell us that she sleeps a lot now and does not participate in the activities at the center. I was her visiting teacher before the mission and we used to always find her in her wheelchair out in the foyer watching the world go by. We visited a couple of other ladies who are members of the church and who are now in the care center.
Monday 12th at 8am I followed Linda Cook to the car repair place. Some one had smashed into her mother's car and dented the door. The lady who did this was really irate when Linda's mother insisted on turning it into the insurance. Apparently the lady had been involved with a serious accident (caused by her) and the insurance company was not happy with her at present.
Tuesday Nov 13 I was supposed to attend Hidden Stitches - the Applique group. I had them down for the following week, but they decided that they did not want to meet on Thanksgiving week, so I was not able to go be with them. Bobbie was coming over in the morning for us to do cards and other paper work.
On Wednesday 14 I went to Zumba class in the morning and then to beading in the afternoon. At night I went visiting teaching to Rosie Shipp's house. Her son lives with them now and the little granddaughter came up to me to be held - so I held her and rubbed her back for her. She sad there still as a statue, soaking it all in. She is 13 months old.
On Thursday 15 I went to Zumba class again - I really like doing Zumba. My friend Kitty came over and she brought the massage table for me to sleep on when I have my eye surgery. I have to lie on my stomach with my head down for one week. In between activities today, Bill asked me to go home teaching to his assigned families. It really became quite difficult for me to do this because I was tired.
Friday 16 was an even busier day than them all. At 8am I went to Shepherd of the Hills Bazaar. I have been to this particular Bazaar before and it was quite good but today it was not good at all. The quality of the workmanship was terrible. They had lots of baked goods for sale and I guess that is where they make their money. I do not buy baked goods at these events because I do not know what they have put into the item. My mother used to always buy baked goods at the St. Albans Church Fete when I was growing up.
At 8.45am I went to Zumba again. Kelly is the class leader and she is one red hot chilli pepper of a leader. I swear her feet barely touch the ground and I cannot keep up with her. At 10am I had a massage - I needed it. After the massage I went to the Eagles Lodge Bazaar. This was another great disappointment to me. An older gentleman had sawn off the top half of cowboy boots and had put a base on them so that they would hold beer cans or soda cans. He must have sunk a lot of money into purchasing the boots because even in the thrift stores they are expensive. He did not seem to be selling any of his drink holders either.
I went shopping for food in preparation for the visit of Bill's niece Elena. I had thought to go to Costco to get a giant pizza because she has two teenagers that we would be feeding. I went down to the store and saw that the parking lot was jammed with shoppers so I ditched the idea of the big pizza and went and filled the gas tank of the car instead. At least it was not a wasted trip altogether.
On Saturday we left town around 7.30am to go to the Temple in Mesa. We took my friend Betty Anne with us. She has had a heart attack and has become rather disabled. We finally got back home at 5.30pm. Elena arrived in Prescott before us and spent some time with the family friend that she has known since she lived in Prescott 15 years ago. She came to our house with Ruben and Tania and we cooked other pizza's and helped the children get filled up. Elena and children stayed with us through Sunday and left early Monday 19th.
I went to Quilt guild on Monday and stayed for a Paper Piecing class in which we pieced some Santa's.
Well, that about catches everyone up on how fast the Blender is whirring here in Prescott.
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