Pie for breakfast....

My Dad had a cousin in Missoula, Montana that my folks would visit from time to time. My Mom loved to go there because Frances would always make pie when they came. And Mom's favorite part I think, was having pie for breakfast! So....as some of you know, today my Mom was 90 years old, and I took her to the Grace Cafe for "pie for breakfast". (Thanks, Todd for the gift of the free piece of pie for the birthday girl!) We had a lovely time and enjoyed every bite.

90 years on the planet is a long time. As I told some of my friends, Mom remembers when her family was the first in the small Montana town of St. Ignatius to have an electric light bulb. All of the neighbors would come over in the evening to take a look at it to decide whether or not they might like one in their homes! From that picture to the Internet, men on the moon, ipods, cell phones....you've come a long way, baby!

Actually, this morning was pretty much the culmination of a few days of celebrating. Everyone in the Stewart clan and my Mom came for dinner on Sunday - you remember, the day it rained the entire time! Everyone in our small house, but we still had fun! This is a picture of my oldest son, Pete, who's up in the Seattle area for a few months doing some music production. (Notice the cast? He has a hairline fracture on his wrist....hoping it will heal before he heads to Nashville for some studio work with his guitar!?!) He and my youngest grandson, Benson were enjoying a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Okay, so that's the scoop on the home front. What's the scoop on the Fab-Etc front? Well....we have a Fabric-Etc Award Winning Staff Quilt Show in our class area for your enjoyment! Got the last of them up today. Please stop by and admire the workmanship of three members of our staff who won ribbons for their work at the NW Washington Fair! Hope to have them up through next week.

Any new fabric? Today we got black ants on white, cats, fairies, a "green/recycle" print, and some cookies (they look a lot like Oreos - imagine that!?!) We also received more colors of silk thread, 505 basting spray, 45mm rotary blades (we were actually out of them!), Fons and Porter "Directional Arrows" and the "Little Gripper" - like the Gypsy Gripper, but made for smaller rulers.

I know you'll be shocked and awed, but I need to go finish the laundry. Hope your week goes well. More from the home front and the Fab-Etc front soon!