Christmas

Christmas has come and gone. We had a great family meal yesterday. My mom's husband made prime rib and brought it to my house. My dad was with us, which hasn't happened since my parents divorced. My in-laws were here with us, as well. It was wonderful to sit down to a luscious meal and enjoy the conversation. My sister was very much missed, but she did call right in the middle of our meal. The weather was beautiful. The sun was shining bright and that helped to make a great day.

On a sad note, my mom's chocolate lab, Cody, died yesterday morning. I was on the phone with my mom when it happened. She didn't know until we hung up, so I found out when they arrived for our X-mas meal. My mom is heart broken and their young sheltie, Buddy, is just lost without his pal.

We spent Christmas eve at my aunt's house. It is our yearly tradition to spend X-mas eve with my dad's side of the family. I was able to get my work done at the office early, so I was able to get home and we rode up with my dad to his sister's house. We picked up my 91 year old grandma on the way. We had a great meal at my aunt's house and it was nice to spend time with them. We don't see each other often, so it was nice to hang out with the family. Of course, my sister called right as we were getting ready to eat. She seemed to have impeccable timing both days.

Today my mother in law and I went to the Marshall House Quilt Shop in Marshall, MI. Wow, it was spectacular. They had tons of fabric that I haven't seen at our local shop. I went crazy picking out fabrics. I bought a ton of half yard pieces. I don't have anything in mind, so I just got the minimum amount that I like to have on hand. I got several that are red and black and some grays. I just love the fabric. We spent a couple of hours there. My MIL needed to get some fabric to make the back of her quilt. She picked out a couple batiks for the borders and then four fabrics for the back. We decided that she should do a split rail on the back, so it will be a double sided quilt. Once she gets it finished it going to be about 98" x 73". She plans to use it as a couch throw, but now its big enough to be on her bed.

I got some sewing done last night while the DH was napping. I still have 5 more strip sets to sew together. I also am changing the pattern I'm using to make it bigger than what it currently is. I purchased a panel that goes with the fabric I'm using, so I'm going to add that into the quilt to enlarge it. I think with the added pieces it will be big enough to put on the bed. I plan to get some sewing done tomorrow while DH is at work. Maybe I'll get the strips done so I can start piecing it together.