October

October has come in like a Lion..... sure hope it goes out like a lamb.. We have had major storms here in the desert southwest these past few days. Last week Kristan an I were in Tucson, AZ. with Memory Mixer at the Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival. We arrived on Weds. to set up the booth and then ran the booth Thurs., Fri. & Sat. We also traveled to Green Valley, AZ. to the AZ. Scrapbook Store for the Hero Arts trunk show. The store has moved into a much larger location and is very cute. We had a great evening with all the gals there. We were staying with our friend Terri in Tucson, so that made our trip extra special. When we were packing up the booth Saturday evening, it started to sprinkle, by the time we were leaving Tucson around 8:30 it was raining hard. Living in the desert our windshield wipers get dried out and mine were not doing a very good job with the rain. So Kristan found an auto parts store just off the freeway and we went right over to get new wipers.. It was a busy night for the store, when we were there 5 other people came in for wipers.. the man at the store installed the wipers and we were on our way home.. it poured most of the way home until we were about 20 minutes outside of Phoenix and then it stopped. It was a fun weekend, with Kris and friends.



Sunday we had rain off and on during the day and beautiful rainbows just across the golf course from me. Yesterday one of the worst storms in Phoenix history hit us; very loud thunder & lightening, strong winds, torrid rains and quarter size hail stones. The sky would be light and then a black wall of storms would hit like a vengeance.. it caused major flooding, tore trees out of the ground, knocked over power poles, cars caught in the hail had major damage; like windows knocked out and large dents in their body.. traffic was backed up on the freeways for miles and miles.. It lasted all day. This morning not a drop of moisture to be seen.. our desert was so dry it just soaked up the water like a sponge. I know we need the rain, but a little at a time would be great..
This is the time of year that activities for my grandchildren start to really swing into action. I have concerts for my grandaughters this week and next and football games and swim meets.
I am starting a new class at my home, "Cricut 101", I am really looking forward to this class.. we will learn the workings of the Cricut machine and make a fun project in the process.
I'm starting to create the samples for my November and December card classes. I have been picking up great paper and supplies the last few weeks for these fun classes. Also still working on the items for the craft fair in Utah in Nov. I've been starting to decorate my home with the Fall items I love so much. So I am keeping busy..

Love this quote by Buckminster Fuller:

"The minute you begin to do what

you really want to do,

it's really a different

kind of life. "

P.S.

The girls for my morning class just showed up and asked me about the tree that fell and is blocking my driveway.. Dah.. I hadn't wanted to go anywhere so I hadn't opened my garage to drive out and didn't know I was blocked in. So another call to property management to come and move the tree so I could get my car out.. I had 2 trees pulled out of the ground and laying down.. All fixed now . . . .