a handy item resurfaces

when new, the old viking came with this handy dandy extension table.  i admit it has been hardly used.  last week i saw someone with a newer viking using her extension table and thought, hmmm, i have one of those.  today i was working on a small quilt so decided to pull it out and am glad i did.  it is useful indeed.  and, as you can see, my little quilt project is paper pieced.  i printed the pattern from the computer onto my carol doak foundation papers.  i can't show you yet, it's a swap gift, but rest assured it'll go on display as soon as possible.  and the magnetic poetry?  it reads, "my still sweet friend and apparatus always"  and "winter sings as tiny bitter diamonds,"  what can i say...i'm an English major....LOL  **** am i the only one who feels terribly rich just watching the devastation from those tornadoes?  i doubt it.  my loved ones are the real riches here, not the stuff i use or collect.  it isn't that i don't know that absolutely, but it's easy to forget sometimes.  i am humbled by those who are persevering in spite of this terrible destruction and devastation.  if you feel the same, send your donation to The Salvation Army, the tangible face of caring in any disaster.