Life Gets In the Way

What have I been doing? I read Melody's blog faithfully and she is painting like crazy. Not only have I not been posting but I am not at all sure what I have been doing. So here's the update for what it's worth. We had the memorial service for my mother-in-law. I managed to barely make it through the eulogy. talk about surprised...something I could do in my sleep...speak before a crowd of people...and I could barely get it done. Guess it went okay...everyone thanked me for what I said...and told me how lucky I was to have such a great relationship with her. Guess some of us have less than positive relationships with our mothers-in-law....ya think?
So now life goes back to normal right? Nooooooo! I have orders for DVD's that need to be sent out..working on them day and night.....want to keep the customers happy and myself on track but it is taking an incredible amount of time. Time I should be quilting or doing something..who knows what.
Like most of us I have great avoidance gambits.....I go to the local yarn shop.....purchase some incredible hand-dyed yarn and start and shawl. Yeah, that will get lots of quilting done...woo hoo! Then guilt sets in along with panic so I start to baste the challenge quilt for Paducah. I baste standing up with the quilt on the wall. Since this keeps me from having back problems, I thought I would share some pictures with you.
Now with all this guilt I want to add that I am not guilty enough to clean up my house so all hope is not lost. I still have the mind of an artist, just not the motivation yet...but I promise faithfully to quilt this week. There it is in black and white so I gotta do it right?