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Quick break from quilting

I'm finally giving my sewing machine some use. One of the things I was looking forward to about having an apartment was being able to bring my sewing machine (which I couldn't do in the staff house) and have space to sew. And after making two pillows when I first moved in, the poor thing has lived in its case under my desk for months and months. But no longer. I am hard at work at a quilt top that is looking good so far.

I will do a real post soon, but I just wanted to share a funny/cute quote from one of my students. Good old Jake (prone to angry meltdowns and brutal honesty) was praying this morning during our circle time. He said, "God, I pray for Chile and Haiti and the earthquakes. And God, I don't know why you made earthquakes. I'm not trying to be mean to you. But I just don't know why you did that."

Tiring week at school so far...art class was canceled today and music is canceled Thursday. Luckily it was my week to have a lunch break today (I get one every other Tuesday). If it wasn't for that, my very first break from my class would have been Friday morning. Not cool.

Oh man, it's 9:30. Bedtime. So I guess more quilting will have to wait till tomorrow night.

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