The After-Birthday Glow

Thanks so much for the birthday wishes!  It was a very nice day, full of surprises and sweet things.

Aunt Judy came over early in the day bearing a bag full of goodies that made me cry!

Judy is always thinking of others and always has a bunch of goodies stashed somewhere to throw together a very thoughtful gift.  The house we're building is for Judy's son, Jason, and future daughter-in-law, Amanda.  She's been bringing us snacks at 3:30 when we take our afternoon work break, as the jobsite is pretty much in her back yard!

My hubby got rained out on the jobsite and came home to take me out to lunch at Chili's ~ that was probably the best part of the whole day...just spending time with him and getting to eat out!  We both had mini burgers and split a chocolate chip molten cake for dessert.

Since it was a rainy day at the jobsite, I got to work on a new patchwork quillow in the afternoon.

I'm sticking to my goal of trying to make at least one patchwork quillow every two months (total of 26 for 2010) to sell in my shop.  So far, I've made 11 and I'm actually ahead of myself - perhaps I need to raise my goal!!  I sold two last week so I need to get on the ball and fill the void!  This one was done with amanda jean's zig zag quilt instructions.  I really miss her blog!

My husband made me a nice dinner. I really wish I would've taken a picture of the spread - it was very thoughtful and delicious-looking.  He made Chili Salad, which is basically just like Taco Salad only you use chili instead of taco meat and Fritos instead of tortilla chips.

After dinner, we headed to the living room and our daughter, Jennifer, had some nice gifts for me!  She, too, is a very thoughtful gift-giver and I love the things she chose for me!

I can't wait to wear the fleece vest and brown is my favorite color.  I'm pretty sure birthday celebrations will become a thing of the past once she moves out!  She's the only one keeping them alive!

So, I'm just sitting here...relaxing in the living room...don't you just love all the little hitch-hiker threads on my socks!  I can't seem to get away from them!!  :)

When, suddenly, a procession arrives...

They sang to me!!!

...and brought me this....

Ahhh.....CHOCOLATE!!!

...and coffee!  A great pairing in my book!

I have a lovely family, doncha think??  :)

I wanted to show you all my latest finish for amylouwho's Sew-n-Tell Friday....

Yep - you guessed it ~ another quillow!!!

It also happens to be my finished project for Loft Creations String Challenge - Two birds with one stone!

Well, I'm off to the jobsite - thank God it's Friday!!!!