I knew April would bring some changes for all the lives in the house.
My nieces and nephew headed home to Arizona. After a little over 2
years of having them around things had certainly changed. 
Here's a look at those cuties in Feb 2010.
This is how much they had changed by Christmas 2011. Those cute baby faces have been replaced by amazing kid faces.
I knew the kids leaving would be hard but really it was much harder than I thought it would be. I couldn't be happier for them to be back at home and with their mom and dad but it certainly took me a little while to settle into my normal life.
Life has returned to normal and I am having a blast. Bike riding at whatever speed I want, craft time with no interruptions and getting ready to leave the house happens quite quickly. Quilting has been happening as well even though right now I haven't taken a single photo of anything. Tonight I should finish a really nice table runner with my most detailed bit of machine quilting to date. I think I might become a machine quilting addict. I do need to find a way to improve my posture while quilting. Between all the quilting this week and driving a bit longer to work a couple days a week my back is not happy with me. Oh yeah about that driving a bit longer to work. In April I also agreed to be the tech to go to the new office we opened May 1, 2012. So now 2 days a week normally quite easy 15 to if traffic is just awful 25 minute commute jumps to 40-50 minutes one way.
I did make it to the Indy modern quilt guild meeting in April and had a blast and I will be trying really hard to join in of the fun in June. I also made it to the regular Indianapolis quilt guild meeting in April and May. I do love the speakers. April was Cathy Miller , it was a fun evening and see did show some amazing quilts. May was very special to me since I am taking her machine quilting class on craftsy, Wendy Butler Berns. It was another great show and if just a few months or even weeks ago my head would have been clear I could have taken a workshop today.
I hope everyone else has been enjoying spring!
Happy Quilting
CDC
I stumbled across your blog somehow and was touched by this post. I completely understand what you are going through... we were foster parents to two small boys for nine months, and when they moved on it was so bittersweet. It was hard to say goodbye but saying hello to my life again was a good distraction. Hang in there, it gets easier!
ReplyDelete~Connie, www.apieceworklife.com