ARE QUILTERS NORMAL PEOPLE?

I saw this article?, poem?, in "Quilt Almanac", 1984, pg 52.  With a few adjustments to account for the difference in country and to update to 2015, I enclose this for your enjoyment.

ARE QUILTERS NORMAL PEOPLE?  
(Changes are identified by italics.)

A look at the good life                       by J.E. Russell 

There are two kinds of people in this world; those who quilt and those who don't.  Quilters feel that they are really no different from other people, but let us compare:

Quilters have basements filled with boxes of fabric, and rolls of batting leaning against the wall.  Normal people have large screen TVs, game controllers, pictures on the walls and empty suitcases.

Quilters' children wear shoes at all times and never crawl once they have learned to walk.  Normal peoples' kids run barefoot through the house.  They have no fear of pins in their feet.

Quilters have the ironing board next to the sewing machine.  Their points and corners are perfectly pressed.  Normal people have pressed skirts and pants and they have all the buttons on their shirts.

Quilters have co-ordinated bedrooms, with matching quilts, pillows and wall hangings.  Normal people have co-ordinated wardrobes.

Quilters read quilt magazines, quilt books and pattern instructions.  Normal people read the newspaper on-line, the latest novels and Reader's Digest.

Quilters families eat chili, meals from the Crockpot and anything they can fix themselves.  Normal people eat quiche, fresh vegetables and home-made cookies.

Quilters travel across and out of country to visit quilt shows. Normal people visit [ ] Parks and historical monuments.

Quilters receive e-mail flyers from fabric stores announcing sales.  Normal people look for coupons on-line and take advantage of refund offers.

Quilters receive a discount at the local quilt shop.  Normal people have credit cards for major stores.

Quilters use their dining room for quilting.  Normal people have silk flower centerpieces and guests for dinner.

Quilters save milk cartons [ ] for storage. Normal people recycle their trash.

Quilters carry 3x5 cards covered with yardage requirements and snips of fabric to match.  Normal people carry lists with the family's sizes written on them.

Quilters carry photos of quilt shows and their finished projects.   Normal people carry pictures of their children.

Quilters have rough hands, split nails, rounded shoulders and saddle bag hips.  Normal people have manicures, straight backs and trim hips from attending fitness classes.

Quilters have [ ] glasses and purple shadows under their eyes from sewing late into the night.  Normal people get eight hours sleep and wear contact lenses, if they need glasses at all.

Quilters have needle-nose pliers, razor blades and sandpaper in their sewing boxes.  Normal people have two spools of thread -- one light, one dark -- and a few assorted buttons.

Quilters will never live long enough to finish everything they would like to do, and usually wear themselves out trying. Normal people make a will and wait for the end when they quietly fade away.

Quilters leave works of art filled with memories that will one day be of historic importance.

Normal people leave ...............?