For ten days I’ve been blog free-missing all the crazy political disagreements. We took a road trip to Oberlin, OH soon after election night. Long drive. Parent’s weekend. I still haven’t recovered. Car rides of that length showcase our age limitations as I struggle to unfold my small frame from our small/old Saab each time we stop for fuel and bathroom breaks. At least now we have three drivers so on the way there I didn’t have to drive at all. I played with Groovy Girl, read, and did some knitting. Bliss.
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| Friday night dinner-probably should have edited out all that table clutter but hey, it’s real life. |
My in-laws met us in Oberlin coming from the D.C. area and we had a wonderful time visiting together and exploring Oberlin. My mother-in-law is an amazing woman, truly. She is a successfully crafty woman, taking on new projects with gusto, turning out finished projects that look far better than the original picture. She turns out award-winning quilts, scarves, hats, towels, American Girl accessories, and period costumes for smallish children to wear to colonial villages. I have many of her handmade gifts and I treasure each one.
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| (Teenage Boy’s Graduation quilt) |
She made a quilt for our oldest daughter for graduation and completed Teenage Boy’s quilt in time for his early graduation. She sent a photo of the quilt for graduation as they were traveling out of the country at the time so we waited until this weekend to actually pick up the quilt-I wanted her to be able to present the quilt to him. Isn’t it beautiful! It is a t-shirt quilt. She wasn’t very excited when I told her I wanted a t-shirt quilt for him. Her mind bleeped “tacky”, I’m just sure. But instead of tossing my idea aside she went to a quilting class and t-shirt quilts just happened to be one of the topics. I’m pretty sure Teenage Boy will love this quilt forever and for me, it makes me smile and teary as I can look back on all his adorable stages and activities; from the Winnie-the-Pooh theatre shirt, the “I need my space NASA shirt” that he wore for days on end as a four-year-old, to his love for various sports teams, HP, and his travels to Alaska, Montana, and Colorado. It’s all there, one pretty great life, wrapped up on a gorgeous quilt.
Every once in a great while I think I could trade my husband in but then I remember how much I love his parents and decide to keep him forever again and again.
Happy travels…
Peaceful Reader 
There's an Auburn tshirt in that quilt! War Eagle!
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Love the quilt!!
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