Today I am grateful for Meyer lemons. I had heard about them from Martha Stewart and other chefs on TV. They sounded wonderful, but I never saw them in stores where I lived. Last week I was in WalMart and there they were in a little bag - Meyer lemons. I bought some and went online to find some recipes. I made Lemon Pudding Cake and Chicken Piccatta. They were both amazing. I love the sweetness combined with the tartness.
Let's continue the silk quilt story. The quilt was designed and I was ready to start sewing when our family had a major change of plans. My husband was in the Army at the time and he was offered a chance to go back to school and get his PhD. It was an opportunity too good to pass up. So we were moving again. This time we were going to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. As I considered what I would be doing while he was going to school, I thought maybe it would be a good time for me to finish my degree.
We were married while we were both going to college. But I took a break after my junior year to have a baby, and he graduated and was commissioned into the Army, and we started moving around the world, and more children came and I didn't get back to my school work. Now that I had four children, I felt that it was time to finish.
I applied to Iowa State and was accepted. They even allowed me to pay in-state tuition because my husband was in the Army. I changed my major, so it would take me the entire three years we were there to graduate. I was very excited and absolutely terrified. But I felt that I had to take advantage of this opportunity. What else was there to do in a little town in the middle of Iowa? (Ames is actually smack dab in the middle of Iowa.)
There was no way I was going to be able to get that quilt finished while I was in Iowa. Going to school full time and taking care of 4 children would pretty much take up all of my time. So I talked to my mother and we decided that she would just have to make the quilt herself. I sent her the fabric, the design, the patterns for all the blocks, and wished her well. I hoped she was up to the challenge.
Let's continue the silk quilt story. The quilt was designed and I was ready to start sewing when our family had a major change of plans. My husband was in the Army at the time and he was offered a chance to go back to school and get his PhD. It was an opportunity too good to pass up. So we were moving again. This time we were going to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. As I considered what I would be doing while he was going to school, I thought maybe it would be a good time for me to finish my degree.
We were married while we were both going to college. But I took a break after my junior year to have a baby, and he graduated and was commissioned into the Army, and we started moving around the world, and more children came and I didn't get back to my school work. Now that I had four children, I felt that it was time to finish.
I applied to Iowa State and was accepted. They even allowed me to pay in-state tuition because my husband was in the Army. I changed my major, so it would take me the entire three years we were there to graduate. I was very excited and absolutely terrified. But I felt that I had to take advantage of this opportunity. What else was there to do in a little town in the middle of Iowa? (Ames is actually smack dab in the middle of Iowa.)
There was no way I was going to be able to get that quilt finished while I was in Iowa. Going to school full time and taking care of 4 children would pretty much take up all of my time. So I talked to my mother and we decided that she would just have to make the quilt herself. I sent her the fabric, the design, the patterns for all the blocks, and wished her well. I hoped she was up to the challenge.
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