Justice

Recently a couple of off-duty cops were caught riding their motorcycles on I-70 at 150 mph and one was fined $300. I was drifting along on an empty stretch of Rte. 79 coming into Heath, Ohio, at 46 mph in a 35 mile section and my fine is $100. Also I was caught by the cameras that Heath has installed all along Rte. 79, it's main stretch of restaurants and businesses. I guess Heath is really needing money so they have created a speed trap. Apparently I didn't speed at all the month before when Heath was just sending out warnings, but waited to accelerate when the actual tickets would be issued. Since this ticket was dated July 1st, I'll bet I could get a few more when I was just going witht he flow of traffic.
I will not be driving Rte 79 anymore and maybe that's childish of me but really -$100--That's outrageous!

Sigh...

It has been almost three weeks since I have used my Gammil quilting machine --Just when I have time to get to the shop and quilt, it's in for repairs. During most of Joe's hospital stay, I worked on one custom quilt that I put on the day before he went in and took off when he was transferred to a nursing home in Newark. The next quilt never went on due to timing issues with stitching.

I have been keeping busy with other projects -- finished 30 year old blocks into a quilt for a customer, am putting the binding on another client's quilt, and have done a few things of my own.

But I am lusting to be quilting. There are times when quilting with my longarm becomes tedious, but after all, I have been doing this for 11 years. I have changed my style many times over and still enjoy many aspects of this creative job. A client sent me a note thanking me for quilting her top and saying that I put a lot of myself into every quilt. I think she's right in that those freehand quilts are my favorite. Still, even putting on an overall pantograph that complements the style of a top is satisfying.

I am hoping I will soon get a phone call saying my Gammil is ready to come home!