Yesterday my grandnephew was born! Such exciting news for our family, as he is my brother and sister-in-law’s very first grandchild.

And the first one is so very, very special. A whole new world opens up and the love pours in.

Congratulations to everyone. We can’t wait to meet him.

We have no snow, which is just the way we like our winters. Those dry roads make it easy for us to get to our gazillion medical appointments and for Banjo Man–who has recovered from his nasty virus–to go to the grocery store.

He happily ventured out for the first time in weeks last Saturday and didn’t return for four hours. Granted, he went to the dump first, but he went to four stores afterward. The man knows how to use “digital coupons” and proudly pulls out his phone at the cash register to access the sale prices.

It’s unimaginable, but I have seen the proof stuffed into brown grocery bags. Am I impressed? Absolutely. He still can’t operate the tv remote and now he can buy groceries?

Go figure.

And what was I doing while he was cruising the aisles of the grocery store? Working on this.

Yes, this is a strange quilt top, but I was inspired by a similar one in my new quilt design book by Kaffe Fassett. I was determined to use the 20+ year old striped fabrics I had stored in my closet and this was the result. There is one more border to sew. I will do that later today.

I am not sure how to quilt it. It’s going to take some time to figure that out.

In the meantime I will work on something else. And search Pinterest for a chicken stew recipe. I have a craving, but not a lot of energy for cooking. That happens in January!

Stay warm, everyone.