Spent The Day With Mom

This morning, I was out the door just before 10 am and went to the museum. I dropped off the 2 quilts for the Gala. Then I headed to Colleen's where we chatted for a good hour. I dropped some stuff off for quilts. Then I went to get the car washed and a drink. Even got a chai tea for mom. 

Arrived at moms around 11-11:30. She was showing me all the blocks she has done. We talked about the squares I had in the tub. Then we went into her bedroom to pull out all the stuff in the chest that was my dad's. Most of the stuff was already gone through. She wanted me and my brother to go through dad's stuff. I put most of it in a box for him to go through. As for me, I took a few things, but not much. Some was just screws or that kind of thing for Patrick. I did get his camera. 

He let me use this camera when I was in HS. I was taking pictures for the yearbook. I asked Katt if she wanted it and she said she did. So, this is going to her. She used it for a bit as well. Then she got her own camera. Both my kids take awesome pictures. It really brings back memories. I had a hard time today thinking about him. I did learn a lot about him. He loved his job in Security Services for the Air Force. He was considered one of the top people in his unit. We didn't know because his job was NEVER talked about. We couldn't even visit the place he worked. When we lived in Ft. Meade, he drove to the NSA building and told us what floor he worked on, but we could not go in. So, we didn't know anything about his job other than he was in the Air Force. Most of what he did was top secret. Today, not so much, but during the cold war, it was hush, hush. I found out before he passed, that he was the one who found Palmer before he went to Russia. He even talked to him before he crossed into Russia. I was shocked to hear that. He also told me, "Some secrets are meant to stay a secret." I truly believe he was right on that point. 

So, after we did all that, we wanted to go to Bill and Bee's but they were closed today. So, we went to the Firehouse Subs and then went home to eat. I finally made it home around 3:30 pm. 

It was a long day. There wasn't time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!