For the 4th of July? I suppose the biggest news is that we left for Birmingham with 5 Buttons and a Sophie. But we came back with 5 Buttons, a Sophie and a Bailey! Isn't she sweet? She's about 8 weeks old now and was a stray that my mom's next door neighbor found. Or rather, Bailey found her. The neighbor was at church and Bailey walked up to her and meowed- it had to be pitiful because she was only 5 weeks old then and when she meows now it's pitiful. Angel (neighbor) just happens to work for a vet and he checked her out and gave her shots and gave her a clean bill of health. And, of course, Amanda wanted her. So she's Amanda's cat- that lives with us. 
And, yes, she's in the clean clothes.We were also able to see my brother and his family. I've actually seen them 4 times in the last year. I think that's a record since we moved away. There was a big cookout to celebrate my parent's 40th wedding anniversary so we saw lots of family on Friday. We also visited my Grandma again. She's in hospice care now but that's a good thing for her because they let her have more medications to manage pain and that type of thing. She was very happy to see all 14 of us
(my family, my brother's family and my parents) but she tires quickly so it was a short visit.
I also came home with a partially finished quilt that my maternal grandmother started but didn't finish before she died. It is completely hand sewn and my mom has had it for quite a while but she doesn't quilt and neither do I so I'm not sure how to remedy that but I'll think of something. I'm not going to get a quilting frame for this one quilt and I surely don't have room for it but maybe 
if I get a big enough hoop I could quilt it like that? I love the aqua that grandma used and I think it's pretty cool that I could finish something of hers. It will probably take a long time for me to do it but I really do want to finish it. Just don't expect too many updates on my progress, K?
