Ding-Dong…….. the film crew and producer are here! Jane Moxey, Producer (Seattle, WA area) and a free-lance film crew arrived to shoot the “Jan Krentz Teaches You How to make Lone Star Quilts” DVD. It was a l-o-n-g and intensive 4 days, on the heels of many months of intermittent teaching trips.

Dear friend, Betty, was the behind-the-scenes assistant who organized and brought all of the props to the filming area, and updated the “clap” board to mark each scene. The crew were hard-working, professional and fun. It was a great experience!

What a great weekend in Seattle! I taught 3 classes for APNQ 2008 QuiltFest in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center. This was the first time the APNQ show offered workshops, and it was lovely to see the other instructors – I crossed paths with Anita Shackelford, Diane Gaudynski, Yvonne Porcella, and Jean Wells. I missed meeting other instructors Daphne Greig, Shar Jorgenson, and Rosalie Dace (from South Africa).

The convention center was a lovely facility! My dear friend Kathy Butler joined me, and we had a nice visit during the QuiltFest. I missed another friend, Charlotte Rogers but did visit with Jane Moxey, the producer of my new DVD. Here are some photos of the weekend in Seattle!

A highlight of the trip was visiting Pike Place Market! (Click on any photo to see it larger. Click the new photo once again to see it full size).  Kathy and I treated ourselves to a gigantic specialty dipped apple from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory – a Granny Smith with caramel, white chocolate, dark chocolate, peanutbutter & crushed nuts. We would cut off small slices and savor the wedges for dessert!

My friends know that I have moved regularly throughout my lifetime – our current home is my 39th! While visiting Omaha recently, I drove past our home where we lived for 6-8 years. Dad worked for the Peter Kiewitt company, and we kids were in our “formative” high school years.

Our home was a ranch style, with a large front and back yard. A couple of weeks prior to my visit, a wind storm had ravaged the Omaha area, and I believe the damaged roof on the garage was possibly due to that storm. Additionally, there is an unexpected open sunny corner in the yard, and a circular pattern of sawdust & wood chips, indicating a large tree had been removed.

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Classmate photos (please send me other photos that you’d like to post). This posting is ONLY for reunion classmate reference – and I’ll gladly remove any photo upon request.

            

This weekend my husband and I flew to Omaha, Nebraska for both a family reunion with his side of the family, and my 35th high school reunion.

Have you ever attended YOUR high school reunion? This is my 2nd time – previously, location, distance, and teaching committments have conflicted with the reunion schedule.

People attend their reunions for different reasons – most hope to meet their friends from long ago and remember the good times together. Others come to impress their old classmates, to prove their current status and worth – thus settling old “scores”.

The safety of bygone years allows classmates to confess old infatuations – and the recipient hearing the confession is both pleased and surprised at their long-ago ignorance of the potential romance!

Our reunion focused upon 4 events – two evening gatherings, a golf outing, and a tour of our old alma-mater – Westside High School.

                

The school has really changed! The original structure is still present, but the front entrance has been relocated to the east side of the building. The school is very high-tech inside! Each student is issued an Apple laptop for their use during the years at Westside. The school boasts its own television broadcasting studio which students operate!

The renovated athletic fields and Athletic Pavilion are beautiful – the pool, drained for summer maintenence, brought back fond memories.

Most of the remaining areas had been remodeled or upgraded to the point that we just wandered and marveled at the changes!