I’m still home alone with the girls, my husband and Solveig are in London with Bjorn, before Bjorn starts his training with Deutsche Bank over there, he’ll come home next Saturday.
We’ve seen a few pictures and chatted already and they have seen lots of stuff and had a great time! The most amazing thing happened on the way over…..
So they all left Monday, because Bjorn booked his flight 2 months ago thru his company he got a direct flight from RDU to London, then hubby applied for a new passport and JUST got it a week before Bjorn’s trip, so he quickly booked tickets for him and Solveig to go, but the direct flight was too much $, so instead they’d fly over Boston and have 1.5hr layover with JetBlue, they would all arrive in London about 15 min apart but leave here at different times on Monday, but I drove them all to the airport Monday around noon, the Boston flight would leave at 3.30 and the direct flight at 6, so Bjorn would just have to hang out longer at the airport. By the time I got back home from dropping them off Bjorn texted that the Boston flight was a hour delayed and Dan had to go out to the front of the airport to rebook because they might not make the next flight, even though if was supposedly 5 gates away (but that can always change last minute) he was super stressed! He hasn’t been out of the country since my mom got married and when we got married, so both trips to Denmark and I was the one who knew how to deal with this kind of stuff! the lady at the customer service desk said they would still make it, to go back thru TSA and talk to the gate people and see if they could get a seat near the front of the plane, so back to the gate and super stressed, meanwhile I’m getting the text updates and feel the stress too. At the gate Dan walked up and said he was super stressed thinking they’d get stuck in Boston, the lady looked on her computer and asked if they would like to fly directly to London instead? Yes… the one leaving at 6pm? yes, the one that Bjorn was on!!! so they got two seats there and they lucked out and got extra legroom too! Praise God! I was so happy for them I cried!! They arrived safely early Tuesday morning (which was more like 2am US time and they got their hotel room and still did stuff until maybe 7pm that night before they fell asleep) Dan and Solveig will come home Tuesday! then we’re going to the beach for 3 days- something that was booked months ago!! then a week home and Solveig starts online class at Meredith and she moves in mid August, plus Sonja and Bjorn has a birthday in August, Bjorn is turning 21! so lots of stuff going on this summer!!
Here’s my 2023 Quilt list
NOW the LINKS TO MY PATTERNS LINK DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT PATTERN!!
anything I worked on is in red
#1 (Jan 2021) Gnome EPP project- #3 done worked a bit
#2 (March 2022) EPP flowers- working on blocks if I’m outside
#3 (June 2022) Black patterned and grey and pink quilt Bunny Slope LARGE- top done ready to quilt pattern in my shop
#4(July 2022) rainbow nine patch quilt different- DONE Pattern here
#5 (Oct 2022) Animal tiger print quilt- DONE! Pattern here
#6 (Oct 2022) Never Ending Story super scrappy- working on blocks
#7 (Oct 2022) Star of Bethlehem runner- DONE! Pattern here
#8 (Oct 2022) Sacrifice super scrappy- working on blocks 12 blocks done
#9 (Nov 2022) Black and White scrappy log cabin Strawberry fields – DONE! Pattern available here
#10 (Nov 2022) Blue French braid quilt- DONE!
#11 (Dec 2022) The Pasture QAL quilt-DONE! Pattern here
#12 (Dec 2022) Coin toss blue yellow boy scrappy-DONE! Pattern here
#13 (Dec 2022) Beach bum Unicorn girl scrappy- DONE! Pattern available here
#14 (Dec) Shoo Bee beige burgundy scrappy- DONE! Pattern here
#15 (Dec) Reflection LG scrappy blue and yellow – DONE! Pattern available here
#16 (Dec) Honor a Veteran girly- DONE! – Pattern and kit
#17 (Dec) Shuriken white and brown- DONE! Pattern here
#18 (Dec) Sweet dreams boyish- DONE get pattern here
#19 (Dec) patriotic NC star quilt for Accuquilt- DONE and blog post DONE
#20 (Jan) Patriotic quilt for summer pattern PICNIC- DONE! Pattern here
#21 (Jan) Hunter star rainbow blocks- pink, blue and green done
#22 (Jan ) Washington puzzle rainbow blocks- 8 done
#23 (Jan) Crossed Canoe rainbow blocks- 4 done
#24 (Jan) Chinese Lantern rainbow blocks – 7 done
#25 (Jan) Butterfly rainbow blocks- 7 done
#26 (Jan) Priscilla rainbow blocks- 8 done
#27 (Jan) Arkansas Traveler rainbow blocks- pink, blue, green and purple done
#28 (Jan) Morning star rainbow blocks- 4 done
#29 (Jan) Tangled Star blocks – pink and blue and purple done
#30 (Jan) Chimney Sweep blocks- 8 done
#31 (Jan) Storm at sea blocks- 7 done
#32 (Jan) Canning Jar blocks – 6 done
#33 (Jan) Road to Fortune blocks – 6 done
#34 (Jan) Pink/grey Snow flurries baby quilt- DONE, pattern here
#35 (Jan) Blue Beige Pasture Sampler- DONE! Pattern here
#36 (Jan) Bargello quilt for book blog hop- DONE!
#37 (Jan) Green Pumpkin Vine runner for green blog hop – DONE! Pattern in my shop
#38 (Feb) Go Green in Black and White table runner – DONE pattern here
#39 (Feb) Snow bunny Blooming Onion table runner- DONE pattern here and kit here
#40 (Feb) Spring Blizzard girl quilt -DONE pattern here and kit here
#41 (Feb) Charm pack quilt with white background – DONE
#42 (Feb) Vintage Nighttime by the river – DONE pattern here
#43 (Feb) Mini Stars quilt black and grey- DONE Pattern here
#44 (Feb) Priscilla scrappy turquoise and orange- quilted needs binding
#45 (March) Butterfly quilt Red and Orange for Accuquilt blog- DONE!
#46 (March) Fruit Basket- DONE, pattern here and kit here
#47 (March) Maddie’s Cows quilt- DONE pattern here
#48 (March) 10in patches for a lady- DONE
#49 (March) Patriotic Fruitcake- top done ready to quilt
#50 (March) Unicorn small Bird Watching – DONE pattern here
#51 (April) Jelly Roll chisel squares quilt – top done ready to quilt
#52 (April) Star quilt for quilt magazine- DONE and mailed
#53 (April) It’s a compliment red and green- top done ready to quilt
#54 (April) Jelly Roll Baby dreams RWB – DONE!
#55 (April) Patriotic Elections -DONE pattern here
#56 (May) Pink Red fractured baby quilt for Accuquilt- DONE and mailed
#57 (May) Green White Red quilt for Accuquilt- DONE and mailed
#58 (May) This little piggy Light Blue and White -quilted needs binding
#59 (May) Beehive quilt- DONE pattern coming soon
#60 (May) Defenestration Bees – DONE!
#61 (May) Heart strings quilt- DONE
#62 (May) Chicken Coop I think- top done ready to quilt
#63 (June) Patriotic table runner- DONE!
#64 (June) Neighborhood blue batik mini quilt- top done ready to quilt
#65 (June) Farm Animals french braid table runner – DONE! pattern here
#66 (June) Chickens and white log cabin table runner – top done ready to quilt
#67 (June) Green Night Sky quilt – top done ready to quilt
#68 (June) Turkey Fruit for Accuquilt- DONE and mailed
#69 (June) Chips and Salsa Bees- working on blocks
#70 (July) Crazy patch quilt- working on blocks
#71 (July) Wild World Bees- working on blocks
Traveling is so stressful. I am glad everyone arrived safely and the flights worked out so nicely.
That was definitely a God miracle for your family to all get on the same flight! How wonderful! I’m thrilled they are having a great time, and then will come home to more family fun while Bjorn gets his initial introduction to the new working conditions. So many wonderful changes for all of your family with Solveig starting her journey of education, too. Life is changing, but still so good! Still loving Strawberry fields in the dark patterns.