*** Quoting Nancy Bird to Bettie West dated 03-12-97 ***
> Bettie, I will be sending you a block from when you won the QBE. As to 
> the QBE this month, Julia Sidebottom won, but because she is in the 
> middle of moving, the exchange is going to "wait" for her until April. 
> So, you don't have to worry about it for right now. 
Hehehehehe!!!! Talk about brain dead... here I am scanning the messages here 
looking to see who won for March! And of course you message jogged my memory 
that it was myself... I will choose a block and Post it on April first... we 
are just about completed with the move now... and am I glad!!!! 
  I was finally able to pull out some fabrics yesterday and begin some 
quilting projects... I also am finishing up my post cards to send out for my 
change of address to so many here as well as other places...  I needed to be 
able to do something creative through all this jumbled up mess!!!!
  I had only been here a few days when I started to question if I made the 
right choices... but already I am feeling much more settled and know that 
things are right and good.  But I can assure you all that moving is something 
that I NEVER want to do again in this lifetime!
  Both my serger and sewing machine are now on my work table as is my 
computer and the network is again in order. The bbs is back up and 
functioning .  the new printer is 
installed and I am even finding the basics that are slowly getting 
unpacked... the washer and dryer are working and the jucuzzi is the best!  
And the "view" is worth a million dollars all by itself!!!!  And of course I 
love the quiet surroundings.  It is going to be a bit before my cabinets are 
all installed and all my things are put away properly, but that goes with the 
turf... so I will be in boxes for awhile.  But at least I am finding the 
basics and that is the important thing for now.  I am excited about getting 
back into the swing of things.
  I also want to acknowledge that I have received a few mini blocks for the 
MQBE from Feb. Right now I am not sure if I already acknowledged them or 
not.. and because I am soooooo brain dead I can only remember that Shauna 
Charron sent me two... I know that someone else sent me a bow tie block 
also... I will look it up when I find where I put them in this organized 
confusion!  Mail is still arriving at both addresses right now... so we are 
still back and forth getting the final things done at the old house.  I will 
be so glad when all that is done!
 Thank you and everyone for being so patient with me!
Julia
--- He Lives! 
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