Where did 2010 go?

I can't even keep up with a simple blog.  Sigh.  So here I am again, with a resolution in my heart that THIS TIME I will do it.  Right.  Why don't I start with 2010, seeing as how I didn't blog a thing all year.
Let me first introduce you to my granddaughter, Kilee Reese Petasek, born Dec. 29, 2009.

She is already a year old.  Here she is, getting "caked":

And I have an announcement!  Kilee has a sibling on the way.  Yes!  I have a second grandbaby due May 19.

Darling Daughter Leslie has been going to school at Blue Sky School of Massage & Therapeutic Bodywork in DePere, WI.  She graduates in just a few weeks.

Darling Son Matt, Kilee's dad, is going to Fox Valley Tech in Appleton, WI.  He's enrolled in the Culinary Arts Program.  He wants to be a private chef.

Hey!  My own private chef and masseuse.  I just need a housekeeper and personal assistant and I'll be good to go!

As for the rest of 2010...

• Mark and I are empty nesters.  It's not as easy as I thought it would be.  
• My beloved Siamese, Max, passed away at the age of 18 people years in January.  I miss him so much.

• In August, we welcomed Simon, an abandoned kitten found in our barn.  Tucker and Simon have become buddies and Tucker takes great care to keep Simon entertained, and vise versa.

• I worked at home, quilting for clients and making quilts to sell on Etsy.  
• I worked at my local quilt shop, The Quilter's Escape.  
• I got hired by Northeast Wisconsin Tech College (NWTC) to teach Electric Quilt Software and sewing/quilting classes for my local Oconto Falls District.  I don't start until June, I think, because they have already planned the spring session, but I have that to look forward to.
• I did go on two retreats.  The first in April to Fern Hill, a retreat house down by New Glarus.  And the second in October at the EAA Air Academy Lodge in Oshkosh.  If you ever get invited to go on a retreat here, you have to check it out.  Awesome!
• Darling Hubby, Mark, is still running his painting business.  2010 was pretty slow for him.  Not too many people looking to pay someone to paint for them.  He did get in as a subcontractor with a local ServPro company doing smoke and water damage jobs, which is really nice.  We're praying that it will turn into something big.

Guess that's it for now.  My life in a blog post.  :o)
Imagine this quilt with scalloped borders and 30's green binding.  I will post a picture of the finished one as soon as I get one.  It's hanging on the wall at the quilt shop.

Happy Quilting,
Terri
p.s.  The Packers are in the SUPERBOWL!!!!!!  Go Aaron Rodgers!  Go Pack Go!
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