Whoo hoo! NTI is almost here!

I am getting so excited for next week! Several of us from work are going to NTI...the annual pilgrimage to the American Association of Critical Care Nurse's conference. It is an amazingly huge conference! About 8,000 nurses converge this year in Chicago for the conference. I've never been to Chicago, so I am definitely looking forward to it! I'll be sending pictures and stories while on the road, hope you enjoy! Last year was my first year and it was simply overwhelming. I have no idea how many vendors they had, but I can tell you it had to be just about everyone in the industry and those who make things for nurses. The program for the conference itself was like a mini New York Phone Directory. I simply could not believe it. This year should be a lot of fun and re-energizing too. You come back all excited about Nursing again and all the things we can do for our patients and their families. Not too mention getting ALL the CEU's you might ever want or need. If are a critical care nurse, and have never been you simply MUST go. It's definitely worth it!!

Fabric Origami

Check out the flowers...dying to try this one!

Love this block

Love this!

Love this one...It's a beaut! Appliqué and quilting make this one
spectacular.

Ok... This is the last one...really!

Last Trapunto view

Detail view of Trapunto quilt

I hope you can see the details on this quilt. I don't think I would
have the patience for it.

This one is stunning!

This quilt up close is absolutely stunning. The detail of the quilt is
created by the quilting of it. It also uses a technique called
Trapunto which essentially creates a dimensional and lightly colored
area on the quilt top.

Best in Show

This one won best in show.

Faithful Quilters guild show

Well, I went to my first quilt show about 2 weeks ago. These quilts
were just stunning. The guild members were so nice that my aunt & I
ended up joining the guild! We went to our first meeting on Monday and
met a bunch of really nice people, not too mention got to see some
more works in progress! Also met some folks who can do quilting too!
By that, I mean people I can pay to do mine...until I can learn how to
do it myself. Anyway, here's one of the beauties we saw....

Part of the moving nightmare

This is a close up of one of the table legs of my new table. They
completely broke it! We actually found part of it in the elevator the
next evening!
They broke several things... One of my chairs, both living room
tables, my computer armoire and more!
More pictures and details to follow!
In the meantime, avoid STARVING STUDENTS MOVING INC. Naturally it was
only after this all happened, that I discovered that the BBB rates
this company as an "F"!

It's been a while since I started this...

Well, a lot has happened since it occurred to me to start this thing. I moved from VA back to MD and my Aunt moved in with me. The work to prepare to move and then the nightmare move I had was just unbelievable. I will post some pictures of the damage that the STARVING STUDENTS movers made to my furniture and regal you with the details later. Wait until you see it, you won't believe it!

Whoops!

Well...sooner or later I'm going figure this out!

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