I hope everyone had a good holiday. If you’ve been reading long, you may remember I lost my husband last year on thanksgiving day, so it’s a difficult holiday for me. I chose to stay home by myself—I was too emotional to be around other people. I did leave around noon to pick up a hamburger from Whataburger, but I mostly spent the day on the couch watching movies. Other than that one day, I tried to stay busy.
I really wanted to work on some charity quilts, and I had these two that were very close in size.
The top one is 52” wide and the bottom one is 42” wide, so they both fit on a piece of wide backing. They are both around 60” long.
I’m happy with the way these came out—mostly. The quilting design I chose was quite a bit denser than I would have liked, but one of the quilts wasn’t laying flat, and I needed something that would hold all the poofs down.
I finished a couple of other projects—I should have pictures in time for To-Do-List Tuesday—and I caught up on some laundry and vacuuming. I need to do some mopping today after church, so I will have to vacuum again. It needs to be done every day because of the dogs. I got ready to run the dishwasher last night and discovered I am out of cascade. I will need to stop somewhere on the way home from church and pick up some.
Glad you took it easy and did not have to cook and clean. We are still recuperating from the madness of Thanksgiving prep but kind of sad it is already done.
ReplyDeleteLast year I think I had just started reading your blog a little while before you lost your husband. I understand it is particularly hard around holidays and must be even more so when it happens on the day, but I had forgotten it was on Thanksgiving. I do remember crying and telling my husband about it. :(
We actually ate a burger for Thanksgiving at a Whataburger back in the early 2000s, when both sets of kids were visiting in-law families. It was surprisingly busy.
Yes, it was busy. I went around noon, and there were quite a few cars at the drive-through window.
DeleteI do remember, it was so sudden and shocking. My thoughts are with you. And I have to say I admire your courage in dealing with your new life. My mom became a widow at 50, and handled it horribly, I'll just say. I was worried about you but you'll be fine!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Some days I do worse than others, but mostly I am fine. I have a pretty good support group, and I try to stay busy.
DeleteI was thinking of you. I started reading your blog about a year ago. My daughter died 4 years ago from breast cancer, my granddaughter was 4 at the time. Holidays are especially so hard. I enjoy your blog very much! Mary Lynn
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry! I think losing a child would be the worst.
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