An Up and Down Week

We are just about recovered from our trip north to Massachusetts last week -- what a trip!!  Once again the I-95 route was bumper to bumper and most unpleasant travel.  We left on Sunday and planned to be back home on Wednesday.  Nope.  Didn't happen!  On Monday we started working on the apartment we were cleaning out.  About all we managed to do was hug the grandbabies, empty the car of boxes and totes and do a little bit of sorting.  Then we were exhausted so headed back to the hotel.

Tuesday morning we headed to Wells River, Vermont, to pick up our puppy!! Meet "Midge" ... all two pounds of badness!!  Definitely stole our hearts from the minute we saw her!  While visiting with Mary, I got to see a demo of Intelliquilter which was installed on her longarm.  Oh my!!!  If I'm really good and make a lot of money quilting, this is my next toy!!  Awesome!  We then drove to Barre, Vermont, and had lunch with our good friend Cathy and her lovely Mom.  Then back to Massachusetts to the hotel.

Wednesday we spent the entire day packing and sorting and tossing and at the end of the long day, we were finished!!  Woohoooo!!  Car packed and back for some well deserved rest.  Midge was totally great during all this!!

Thursday morning we left early to drive to Boston to see our attorney and to look at the house that we want to sell.  One of the apartments was vacated last fall and we also needed to see what repairs needed to be made before we could get it ready to sell or rent.  None of this was fun, that's for sure!  We headed south late in the day, and were grateful that crossing the GW Bridge in New York was, for a change, a  piece of cake!  After another day of terrible traffic, we made it home late Friday evening,  WHEW!!

The good part was arriving home!  The better part was that Midge is a FANTASTIC passenger.  And the BEST part was that I had a weekend sewathon waiting for me!  I needed the laughs that only quilters can provide!  Midge made her debut and was cuddled and petted to her little heart's content!