Not only did I *finally complete a quilt to send to a dear friend's baby (it's not so terribly late--the baby was born in November--but it took 5 tops and 3 finished to get the right one for her. Pics are up in the 2009 album, and the quilt's going out by Tuesday.
But also.....it's official.....an HQ16 will be here in 7 to 14 days!!! The timing depends on how much modifications need to be done for it to work perfectly with my Pfaff-by-Grace Imperial frame. What a decision, especially in these times. Lots of macaroni for dinner. But DH said I really had to do it since it's my "therapy," but I was about to drive him over the edge by obsessing over it .
The austerity program begins tomorrow. He'd had reservations at a lovely restaurant for tomorrow, but we stopped at our new DQ, rebuilt after a fire, and saw their signs for a Valentine's Day dinner by candlelight. Valentine's dinner at Dairy Queen sounded so wonderfully absurd that we just had to try it...
--Heidi