Just like that ~ first quilt finish, a lovely lunch and a celebratory tea

Last night Mr Husband and I got talking

and I was lamenting how this week went so differently than I had hoped,

and that I had wanted to quilt towards the beginning of the week

and here I had not done one stitch on my quilt and tomorrow was

Friday and Saturday is quilt guild meeting 

and I had so wanted to have a finished quilt to show them, 

finally after almost 2 years of quilting! 

And so Mr Husband said to me that I should not make the soup

I was planning today and instead quilt as it would encourage me...

since I was feeling that I had gotten nothing done

and here I was hoping to resume my writing (on Concilar Post) soon

and try to get back into things but my quilt was not done...

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And so, after a lovely lunch, I pinned the binding and quilted!

And FINISHED!!! 

I am quite excited about this.

I called my quilting friend and she congratulated me

and said now you are a quilter

and I am so glad...

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I had a celebratory tea after :)

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So... in other news, 

Mr Husband is still weak and pale, though he is able to get some

things done that have been on our list for months

in terms of paperwork things.

He's still stuffed up with the head cold,

but it has not gone to the lungs, which is what

we are trying to keep from happening.

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We have our house blessing this Sunday night.

I am hoping to do a lot between now and then:

 quilt guild, cleaning and making a pie.

We are staying local which will help.

We will see how it goes.

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We are praying that Mr Husband will continue

making gains and that good health will come to us 

again...

meanwhile the elderberry syrup is delicious

and I hope to make that garlic and onion soup soon, though it may have to wait 

until Monday... but that's OK... pacing one's self is 

more important than getting it all done at once,

and we have really good chicken broth for Mr Husband to enjoy

meanwhile...

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Now I hope to work on my goddaughter's quilt!!

Next week of course...

I am so excited to have our house blessed,

it always feels so new, fresh and clean afterwards,

it's a really blessing.

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PS: the stir-fry cookbook is one that we found at a library

book sale late last year... I am hoping to make something 

from this sometime soon!