I gave a lecture on quilting to a lovely group of quilters this morning – it was fun! Then lunch, and then I did a little more shopping. I just could not help myself!

Georgetown is in a warmer part of Texas and I was hunting sandals with arch support. I figured this was a good place to do it. Finding arch support in a sandal is a hard but I did at Judith's! Here's the black pair I bought (so much better than my black 'dress' Reef flipflops). This sandal is kind of funky and 'rumpled' looking but they feel so good and should dress up or down.

And I found a sort of silver pair…

These are not cheap sandals but I expect to wear them for several years. I can't stand up in those cute, cheap, flat sandals and seriously, a woman needs sandals that look good with a skirt or dress. I'm tired of being embarrassed by my feet in the summer. It would have been fun to find colored sandals but surely these will suffice.

I got back to the hotel room and continued to avoid writing on the new book. I just couldn't concentrate in this hotel room. Some hotels feel like work, this one does not. So I surfed the web and found this very interesting article on garbage collectors in NYC. If you squinched up your nose and immediately thought 'why would I read that?' – this article is something you should read. It's good to have a little insight into the jobs done by those people who do hard and invisble jobs.

And then there's this happy video that my friend, Laurie, shared with me. Public School 22 is in Staten Island and while the kids change, the chorus remains. The director of the PS22 Chorus is Gregg Breinberg. The PS22 Chorus is famous – except that I'd never heard of them before and maybe you haven't either. This video will make you smile. If you want to look, there are others online.

Fun! Tomorrow I teach applique and then begin the drive north and east to El Dorado, AR. Thankfully there won't be time to shop. This is good. I'm supposed to be making, not spending.