What a beautiful Christmas I had. My youngest daughter had all of us to her home for Christmas dinner this year. She served up a wonderful Prime Rib dinner that was cooked to perfection. The kids had a blast opening all their presents and then spending the afternoon playing together. One of my favorite gifts was a photo book made up on Shutterfly by my daughter Christine with pictures of all my grandchildren at different times of the year. Photos of a day at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum with the kids climbing all the trees, a day at the beach, halloween pics, picking apples at the local orchard and pictures of the kids at Christine & Jim's wedding. It bought back all the moments of those days spent together. The only negative of the day was that Jim couldn't be with us as he was home with a stomach virus. We missed him.
We got hit with quite a blizzard on the 26th. 12" of snow and very high winds. The conditions during the storm were scary. That wind was howling outside my house and at times sounded like a freight train coming through. I heard things banging around outside all night. My poor husband was out in it most of the storm plowing snow. His truck broke down twice and he had to work on it out in the storm as the truck doesn't fit in the garage. He was exhausted and very cold when he came in for the night yesterday (the 27th). Fortunately he has today off so he can rest up.
I spent two days sewing while the storm raged outside. I am still working on the block of the month (Civil War Tribute Quilt) that I am doing. This months block consists of 8 blocks with lots of tiny little triangle pieces. It is taking me forever to complete these 8 blocks. I have so many bom's I am working on that I really need to catch up on. How I wish I could retire and stay home and sew!
