I cut up Judi's Christmas quilt and I am taking one piece with me to finish it for Paula. Hopefully we will be able to visit some fabric stores for fabric for binding the two cut sides. It is a blue tie dye fabric that I used when I made it. We went to JoAnn's Fabric yesterday and I found something I could use but the lines at the cutting table and check out were so long it would have taken the rest of the afternoon. Their customer service is so poor at the Madison store. They don't have near enough employees. They are the only fabric store around so they really have no competition.
I received an email yesterday that the sister I was planning to visit in San Antonio is too ill for visitors. I am sad to hear that. She is 95 so it is easy to understand. Adriana and I may go to the convent anyway to see the other sisters I know there. We'll see.
Heather has booked tickets for Christmastime for them to come to Orosi. That will be so fun, to celebrate the Holidays with them and Gerardo's family.
It has been a great trip and I am working on my next one in October to California and then to Madison for 2 more suitcases. I have 3 more packed to go already with stuff I didn't have room for this time. Heather has promised me they will bring 4 at Christmas when they come. I am taking back a good assortment with me including cut up and felted cashmere sweaters to make a throw for Heather. She has more sweaters she will felt and cut up and bring down for more throws. They will be so soft and once they are felted they are easier to sew. They don't stretch as much.
I can't wait to get working on my big dreamcatcher again. I love the beads I bought to use around the outside edge and I have copper wire to go with the silver. I think it will be quite wonderful.
I did make progress on the documents needed to apply for residency in Costa Rica. I have a statement from the Hutchinson Police Dept. that I am a person of good conduct and a letter from Social Security stating the amount of my monthly income and stating it is for life. I think I already have all the other documents I need and will start working on that when I get back there. It's a long process but there would be advantages being a resident.
Heather and I have done lots of running around and made a daily trip each evening for a McDonalds cone. The employees at the one we go to are so nice and so friendly for our $2.11 purchase. No Indian food this time but that's OK. I have had Thai, Chinese twice, Italian twice and pizza and lots of great American. AND raspberries, golden and red, right off the bushes. The golden delicious apple tree has lots of little apples but nothing on the honey crisp yet. There are pears on the pear tree and Heather is busy planting mulberries, which look like blackberries. All her flowers and bushes are getting so big she may have to thin them out and do some moving. The raspberries have already spread several feet on the neighbor's side of the fence. They are very happy.
I am going home with several new pairs of jeans to cover my skinny legs - 6 in fact, 2 new pairs of sandals, lots of new tops that fit and a few other things. I am leaving some clothes that fit here so I won't have to bring them all next time. I have coffee for Adriana but I am not sure about jelly. My suitcases are so full and heavy there may not be room. I only have a couple left. Heather will give them to friends.
I think that brings you up to date on my adventures. Emilio and Jose celebrated birthdays while I was gone but I did send them greetings and spoke with Emilio. I may have more to report from San Antonio and my time with Adriana.
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