YOOO HOOOO It's that time again! HOUSTON IQF

Kellie - I'm with you. I'm working most every day of the show from market through the festival - but usually only from like 8-12 and some days 9-4.

With the exception of the times I am working the festival - I would also volunteer for some "sidekickness" (is that a word?!LOL) as I was born and raised here and lived here all my life. I am also extremely centrally located since I live near downtown/Med Center.

Also - we have a VAN! Not a mini-van mind you - but an industrial, school bus/church van that carries 10 passengers.

Email me off list if you like and I'll be glad to give my phone number!

Tina, in Houston, home of the IQF!

omg, now 'there is a plan in progress' a 10 seater van. sounds like a lot of group s.e.x. for houston, lol. this yr plum wore me out so i got next yr penciled it with lots of other visits while over in usa. so much to do, so little time. hugz, jeanne

yep Jeanne - even with the third bench in - there is STILL room for fabric stash in the back!

And I figure each woman can put one bag directly under her bench seat, one bag between her legs and one bag in her lap and wellllllllllll.............. DH will have to take his tool box out of the back too, that will make room for at least 4 more bags and/or boxes of stuff........... and then, well, there's always the roof! Luggage racks anyone?????? LOL

And to think I despised this van when he first bought it..........

Hi, my name is Tina and I'm a fabric-a-holic Future Member of Quilters Anonymous

you might need to also put in camping facilitys in the backyard girl, lol. i could envision some serious chocolate/fabric sessions that go way too far into the night during festival week, eh. solar showers would be handy. in tx i imagine they'd work just fine and dandy. btw, you membership is current, lol. hugz, jeanne

Waaaaaaaaaah! I wanna goooooo!!! Pleeeeze mommy can't I come tooooooo>??????

Sounds more like the Future Founder of Quilters Anonymous (or does it already exist?) ;-))

-- Carey in MA

Before anyone else tells me, I Googled it:

-- Carey

OMG Carey! That DOESN'T look like the kind of help I need! LOL

Quilters Anonymous my patooty!

Yes, I think you are right - I will one day have to start my own chapter of Quilters Anonymous - the Twelve Step Program kind........ not the kind where they give you more quilt projects to do!

Tina, thinking the fifth Thursday of December 2050 would be a good day to start that program.......

;-)))

-- Carey

you are most welcome to stay at my house to save on hotel costs, but with the cost of gas and the 35 miles each way to get there, you might not save much at all...

come on over though!!!!

Well, I'd invite everyone to stay at my house - but seeing has how the one I live in is packed and full of boxes and furniture sitting everywhere - and the one I don't live in yet is a disaster and filled with paint fumes and cleaners.......... don't know who would WANT to stay here. LOL

Can I share a hotel room with one of YOU?!?!?

Course, if it ever cools down, we could all pitch tents in the back yards!

Tina, thinking I should have invited everyone over anyway....then handed everyone a paint brush!

i'll come help you paint if you come help me :) love to paint, but would rather have someone to talk to while doing it... or no kids and dogs and a cool day so i could blast the radio...

Kellie, I've already put my info into the Yahoo database -- I'll be there again. :D I love going to Houston, and meeting up with RCTQers makes it even more special. Woohoo! :)

Call in sick?

I can just hear her now:

I'm calling in sick today. Where are you? I'm in Houston. Houston? Yes, Houston. You must REALLY be sick if you think you are in Houston---go ahead and take the rest of the week off.

(Annie, get the maps out, I didn't know we had a place called Houston around here)

Butterfly

LOL - I can just see her face!!! I'm already being evil and putting thoughts into her head that I may not renew my contract for next year. Just pray that there is another job out there for me that comes up next school term...