Bittersweet

Getting to the end of a quilt you've been working on for a few days is both glorious and sad at the same time. 

One more row

It's a time to reflect on what was put into the quilt and, perhaps, ponder about what could have made the process even better. 

We have big storms coming this afternoon. This means I'm going to have to really focus this morning and get this finished. Ben (and maybe the whole family) will be here this weekend and tomorrow morning is all I have left before we start on the weekends new studio work. 

Yes, the foundation is being started this weekend. So excited. Jim seems to be on the mend and should get a back-to-work clearance from his ortho doc this morning, and the blocks/mortar/boards are being delivered sometime tomorrow morning making it possible for us to start back in on the new addition.

Speaking of the new addition; our inspector came out yesterday to approve the footings, but the very first thing he did was jump out of his truck and head over to our privacy fence. You know the one there on the south side; the one between us and our cranky neighbors.

Well, the inspector said he received a complaint already about us being too close to the property line, which we knew we were not because we measured about 100 times to make sure we weren't. We knew the neighbors would complain. And the inspector said we were fine by two whole feet, he approved the footers, and said we were good to go ahead to the next step. Why is there always "that one neighbor'?