Jan Patek Quilts
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday
It's April and pretty soon it will be May
which means the lawn needs to be cut.
Jeff isn't with us anymore for quite a few reasons,
the biggest of which was my chickens.
Since I only get 1 social security check now instead
of two, I couldn't afford to pay him by the month
so he decided not to shut up the chickens.
He didn't shut up the bantys or my layers. A raccoon
got into both houses and now I'm back to very baby
chickens.
Before he came to work for us we bought a red
riding lawnmower from Sears. We only used it a
couple of times because he mowed the lawn but it
was sitting in a shed out behind the barn. Two weeks
ago Tammy and her significant other decided to get it out
of the shed and get it in shape to start mowing.
It will be awhile. It has no battery, no tires and the
blades are missing. My son, Max called the Sheriff
and a deputy came out. We also found out that instead
of taking care of the trash, he was just taking it over the
hill and dumping it which is against the law.
That's enough bad news for today.
My grandson Jake had a friend who has been working
for his father's home improvement company and Jeremy
came out and is awesome. Besides helping with the new
babies, he mowed the front and side lawns with the
push mower Kelly brought with her when she moved in.
He also said that he lives in Cameron and to let him know
if we have a flat tire and he'll come out and fix it.
Thank you Jeremy and Thank you God.
Now for quilting new.
The special for this week is "The Collector Series BOM"
for 20% off.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday
On Friday this week.
Sorry ladies, you may get tired of seeing this picture
but I never will. I really miss him.
Now back to why I blogged.
We had a drawing for the last kit
of the Bible Quilt and Tammy notified
the winner but we haven't heard from her.
Judith T was the winner. She needs to call
Tammy at 816-632-7632 and give us her information
so we can send it to her. If, for some reason she doesn't
get in touch with us by the end of this week, we'll
pick a different number.
Now for this week.
I have been watching those students, not only at
Columbia College, but across the nation.
demonstrate and do things like burn the flag.
And I am disgusted.
This is "America for Me."
We are out of kits for it but we can
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday 2
Years ago I read somewhere that you
need 3 things in life to be happy.
1. Someone to love
2. Something to do
and
3. Something to look forward to.
My #1
Closing prayer at the Memorial.
"God, we believe that our loved ones
are not lost to us, even in death.
They are remembered in our activities,
in our thoughts and in some decisions, we
consider what they would have said."
When I get too stressed out, I can still hear Pep
say, "Take a buspar, Jan and have a beer."
(buspar is a mild anti anxiety pill my doctor prescribed).
I do and it always helps. Remembering him always
helps. He has left an indelible imprint in my heart and memory.
As long as I live, he lives. So grant me that promised peace
that goes beyond, even my understanding in days to come."
And on that note, I will go to my #2 which is always quilting.
On special today is a kit for the Bible Quilt.
We only have one so there may be some substitutions.
Make a comment below to enter the drawing and
on Monday we will number them and have Zoie blind pick a number.
If you want to buy a pattern for the quilt the pattern is on
special too. If you win the drawing for the kit, we will refund
you the cost of the pattern.
You can go to the store to buy a pattern by clicking here
Good luck - this is one of my favorite quilts and one I will always
treasure.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday
This one will be short but I'll post another tomorrow.
Yesterday was the memorial service at
Research Hospital for Pep and a few others that
died there at about the same time.
Since people were of different denominations
and religions, they had music and readings from Islam,
Jewish/Christian and Buddhist sources.
Zoie came and so did Nina/Maxwell and Valerie
as well as Bob Smith (Smitty) and Neal Stack
who both work with Pep for years.
Pep and Smitty worked together first at Baptist
and then at Research for around 30 years and
Stack came shortly after. They were armed security so
every year they all had to qualify with the Kansas City
police department. The hospital had a trophy where
they posted the top 3 winners and every year it was
Patek, Smith & Stack. Everyone said they cheated
because they came to the farm to practice.
We all brought pictures of Pep
Here's the picture Zoie brought.
Friday, April 5, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday
On Friday this week.
This has been quite a week
and I haven't been fond of it.
When I got up this morning I found
my beloved puppy Dobby had died during
the night. Tammy and Willy came
shortly and Willy buried him in our pet
cemetery behind the barn. I miss him
already and so does Elizabeth.
On a somewhat happier note, Willy
got the baby chickens moved to their new
house and they are cozy and safe and sound.
Tammy will get here soon and help me
remember how to download the pictures so
I can show them to you.
Meanwhile our sale item this week is the
table stand kit for "April Please"
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Happy Girl Gang Wednesday
On Thursday again :)
I'm getting good at this ...
Pep worked for Health Midwest for years
First at Baptist Hospital where he was a
Security Supervisor and when it closed he
transferred to Research Hospital. Altogether,
between the 2 hospitals he worked there for around
35 years. He was on the Midnight Shift where he could either
have a very quiet night or a very active and sometimes
violent night. Dealing with people on PCP can be interesting .
For those of you who don't know Kansas
City, both hospitals are close to "the hood".
When he fell and collapsed a lung, we called 911 and they
took him to the hospital in Cameron who said he needed to
go to a larger hospital as they weren't equipped to handle it so
we life flighted him to Research. I think I have already
said that he was in intensive care for 2 weeks before he
went to join Jesus in heaven.
On April 9th at 3:00 pm, Research is having a
"Celebration of Life" memorial for him. I've notified the men
that worked with him and Zoie and I will go too. The boys have already
taken so much time off that they will wait for the memorial we will
have here. I'll tell you about that later. For right now, I any of you
want to come, just let Tammy know so I can inform Research as they're
providing munchies.
Someone once said - "In order to be happy you need 3 things -
1. Someone to love
2. Something to do and
3. Something to look forward to"
I lost my #1, I do have my quilting and eventually I will
join him in heaven. I did promise Zoie that it would be
quite awhile from now though.
For right now - we do have a kit on sale this week, one
of my spring favorites.
It's Beeskeps and Violets
and you can go to the store to get your copy
by clicking here.