Western Washington Quilt Shop Hop

We survived! The Shop Hop comes each year, and goes in a blur. The days run together, I forget who I have told what, we see old friends, eat M&M's and do a lot of laughing. And, then there is the counting. We count passports-we gave out around 500. We count block kits-we gave out 2,495. We count completed passports-155 were turned in. Pretty amazing in 5 "short"days.

On Tuesday, the day before the Shop Hop started, I heard a scraping noise outside the shop. I went outside and found Ray, the Country Village Maintenance Man, preparing the eves for painting. Yes, they needed it, but really not the day before the shop hop. He said he would hurry, and it would look nice for the event. A while later I went outside, and he was painting the fence. He made a huge mess with the paint chips, so he said he would pressure wash the bricks. Really? So, when I arrived at the shop at 6:45 Wednesday morning, his helper was coming down the parking lot with the pressure washer. "Oh, yeah, I will have it done in no time" Really? Joyce, Noel and I were busy getting the last minute inside stuff done, really wanting to start moving the sale stuff out, set up the stamping station, try out our new canopy. We looked out the front window and it was covered with "muck". Really? He finished at about 5 after 8, we had to be open at 9. It took 6 of us to figure out the canopy, but it sure worked great!

It was smooth sailing after the initial rocky start. We had a great time, and celebrated with our annual Keepsake Kuties Wrap-up dinner. Thanks girls, I could not imagine doing this without you! J