WHERE'S YOUR BROTHER?

Quiltmarket Minneapolis 2015 is over.  All the booths are packed up and boxed and ready to be shipped back home.  All the buyers, all the vendors have either already left town or are leaving town today, like me.  The best thing that can happen at a trade show is that a customer should work with me and write an order.  I used to think that was the best thing that could happen to me.  The best thing that happened at Quiltmarket happened last evening at the Hyatt Bar.

Up until last evening, I had had exactly one drink.  I had one Gin & Tonic.  I did used to think that tonic was like club soda - calorie free.   Once I learned that I was wrong - I retired from gin & tonics. On the last night in town together with my brother and my friend (and boss) at the button company I decided NOT to call it an early night and join them at the bar for a couple of drinks.   Of course, at this bar each drink is two full shots of alcohol - so my two drinks could just as easily be calculated as four drinks.  In fact, for the purpose of my food diary - that is precisely how I recorded my 'snack.'

So getting back to my little story which amuses me greatly - even if it does not amuse you my reader quite so much.   I was sitting at the bar with my brother and my friend Harry.  I thought I had recognized a customer of mine who I am quite fond of as she has been an enthusiastic fan of my Michael Miller Fabric line.  She looked much thinner that I had remembered her.  I was not sure if it was her or not.  She got up and walked towards us and said to my brother, "Where's your brother?"  Now once she said this, I realized that this was indeed the person that I thought it was, so I raised my hand to 'wave' to her and I said to her (repeatedly) "Hello Deborah."   She was kind of ignoring me, until finally it did dawn on her that this guy trying to greet her was the brother that she was inquiring about - me.   

She was quite shocked that I was me.   She simply did not recognize me.  She told us that she had stopped by the Dill Button Booth a number of times looking for me and didn't see me - so assumed that I was not at the show.   She was embarrassed at the whole incident and apologizing for not recognizing me.  I assured her, that she had nothing to be embarrassed about and no reason to apologize.  This little incident was the ABSOLUTE MOST FUN, BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME AT THE SHOW.   It made me feel great.   I did finally get the opportunity to congratulate her on her significant weight loss - as that was the reason that I wasn't sure that she was she.  Significant weight loss can really change one's appearance - and it it ALWAYS an improvement.  I highly recommend it to everyone and anyone who can heed this advice.  That's my little story.  

Nine days from now I will be at another national tradeshow - TNNA.  The National Needlework Association tradeshow in Columbus, Ohio.  Again, I will be seeing more than a few people that might remember me looking a little bit different.  Another reason to be looking forward to that show.... just nine days away....

SUNDAY MENU

breakfast STEEL CUT OATMEAL, two eggs, fruit bowl, apples, 3 slices bacon       808 calories

lunch       two bananas, pickle, JIMMY JOHN'S BOOTLEGGER UNWICH             490 calories

dinner     AHI TUNA NICOISE SALAD, soup of the day                                           618 calories

SNACK  4 OUCNCES GLENLIVET'S SCOTCH                                                       276 calories

total calories consumed  2192 calories

calories burned

5PM elliptical machine 35 minutes 430 calories

SUNDAY NET CALORIES 1762 CALORIES