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So at 2:30 AM we are to be at the high school, board a bus, and head to Phila. airport for a whirlwind tour of the Disney complex in Florida. Weather says 90 degrees during the day and 67 at nite. This means that my pastey white cottage cheese thighs will make their first appearance of the season. Ugh. But I didn't bother to either get "cooked" or sprayed at a tanning place, so I guess that's what I get. I did get 80 half-squares completed this week. Also got my math paper completed. And....Drum Roll, Please....As long as I finish my last quiz on Tuesday, I am exempt from the Math final. Yes!

Speaking of Math. This class has been a bit of an eye opener. I've really been math-phobic for many years (except for accounting-type math, which is how I've made (and still do) my living for the past 18 years. But studying all of these math giants since January, I almost wish I knew more about higher levels of math. Take my last paper on Andrew Wiles. Now this is a fellow who made "geek" chic! Anyway, he was smitten with Fermat's Last Theorem since he was 10 years old. He ended up working away at it his entire life, finally getting proof of the theorem in 1993, by using several other "maths" to solve the problem. Kind of an If-Then situation...If he could prove one theorem, then he could prove Fermat. I announced this to my husband over lunch yesterday. He looked as though I had lost my mind. I guess I've spent so much time obsessing over Newton, Leibniz, Wiles, Fermat, Euclid and many others, that it is with a bit of sadness that I let go of my math class. But with an A, baby! So I will let it go.

Reality check, I got my bill for summer from college. Please fork over $1417 by May 15. I am taking American History Post-1877 and Geology & Lab. This will meet half of my Science requirement and half of my History requirement. I'm taking a third class this summer: Contemporary Moral Problems, which should be insightful, and finish off the History requirement.

Last Saturday at Boyd's Bears was lots of fun with Dawn the Appraiser. We saw lots of quilts in the morning and it sort of tapered off in the PM. Dawn is very gracious and I learned much from observing her in action.

A quick post...I'm heading to Gettysburg with Dawn Heefner tomorrow. There is going to be a quilt event at Boyd's Bears (never have been there). Dawn was asked to appraise quilts and invited me to help. A wonderful opportunity to work with an appraiser with a huge amount of talent! I'm really looking forward to this.

Anyway, got all of the fabric cut for the split nine. I need to sew about 80 squares together to cut up into half-square triangles, then all of the pieces will be ready to finish the last 74 blocks.

Went to QHC last Saturday. Went back to the Quilt National exhibit 3 times. It's always so inspiring. There was this one quilt with beets on it that kept calling me back. I didn't buy much: thread, fabric marker, and some ink.

We're leaving for Epcot on Friday, as my son is playing with the high school orchestra and we all decided to tag along. It's not one of those places I've been dying to go to, but the price was right, the boys are getting older, so we figured why not. Lucky the cat gets to vacation at Country Pet Hideaway. They always say he is a model cat (an act he puts on to make me look like a liar).

Oh and I took my last test for Art History, so that class is over. Two more quizzes and one paper for Math...If I keep up the good work I won't have to take the final. I hope, I hope.

I'm taking a bunch of hand-dyes to Brubakers this morning. They will be selling them for me at the Lancaster show next week. Amy and the folks at Brubakers are so nice...I will probably buy my next machine from them. I have a Bernina now, but I'm not totally brand-loyal. And I really like the Janome 6500 I messed with. Now Janome has a new one. Lord knows I need another machine. I currently have 4.

Back to the fabric....If you are at Lancaster, check it out. It was a particularly good batch. I experimented with a new dye formula with spectacular results.

(Shameless Plug: Anyone booking a fabric dyeing workshop will benefit from the new recipe!!!)

I cut the last of the fabric for the split-nine patch and finally can get to sewing blocks again. I start getting a little loopy when I haven't sewn in a long time. Just ain't right.

Believe me...there is quilting content here.....

I am taking a math class that is hazardous to my health. I have a quiz once a week. This week it covered over 50 pages of reading and 78 power point slides. Out of this, the quiz is only 10 questions. After I'm through, all I want to do is either have a big ol' glass of wine or go head first into a bag of Double Stuff Oreos. Be proud dear readers....I didn't do either today...yet.

Anyway, Quilt Content.....I went to Winterthur on Saturday for their Quilts in A Material World conference. What a terrific day. Linda Eaton (the curator at Winterthur) organized a wonderful event and also currated the show of some of Winterthur's collection. I got to hook up with friends from American Quilt Study Group. They served us a terrific lunch and reception. The quilts were wonderful...real old stuff that as an appraiser I never see. The speakers were dynamite. Just a really nice day. Hope they make it an annual event.

I am going to cut fabric tonight. Goal...finish the rest of the cutting for the half-square quilt.