Monday July 28

Mary Agnes spent a lot of time binding her newest Quilt, and who shall be the recipient of this one? The most recent completion prior to this went to Uncle John in CT to keep him warm this winter. All in all about six hours of dedicated needle and thread time go into binding a quilt. Then of course putting one together initially takes weeks. The more intricate the pattern sometimes brings out frustration, but in the end when she figures it all out and fits the pieces together, she's a happy quilter. In the background a book on tape or NPR radio is usually playing.

On trips to CT M.A. has put the time into doing binding. This was especially true in 2006 when she did a quilt for each grandchild and had to finish up the last one prior to arrival. I remember one trip to CT when she was finishing up a Raggedy Anne or Andy. Each child in the family gets one for their first birthday. Well everything on the doll was finished except the hair. We were in bumper to bumper traffic crossing the GW bridge into NY and I can always remember a trucker looking down trying to figure out what this women was doing. Eventually the doll was held up for the trucker to see and Granny got a thumbs up.

I'd say quilting and exercise are Granny's greatest outlets. She's been seen all over Wicomico and Somerset counties walking. One such walk was a 26 mile trek from Wenona back to Allen. Now Wenona, if you check it out, is at the end of the earth right before you fall into the water. That walk was with her friend Judy, now a retired HS Art teacher living on Catalina Island, CA and working in an Environmental Educational camp.

In May of this year Mary Agnes and our daughter Sarah walked the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, a 39 mile walk in Washington, DC. I got to be their ground support person.
Our other daughter Kathryn was doing her bit on defending us on a Reserve weekend at Dover. This year Kathryn has set the Marine Corps Marathon as her goal and runs an unbelievable amount of miles each week.

Shall post Sam's schedule below. I'm off to the dentist this morning then have two pools to clean and adjust Chemicals for the week. I hope everyone has a great week and I shall talk to you again soon.

Go Navy, Beat Army

July 28th, 2008
0430 Reveille
0430 - 0700 PT/Hygiene
0700 - 0800 Breakfast
0800 - 1100 Morning Activities
Flight Drill
Room Inspections
Cadet Store
Briefing
1100 - 1230 Formation/Lunch/Transit
1230 - 1730 Afternoon Activities
Flight Drill
Room Inspections
Briefings
1730 - 1830 Dinner
1830 - 1930 Study Time (Military Knowledge)
1930 - 2000 Evening Brief
2000 - 2100 Hygiene
2100 TAPS