This Year it’s More Than Christmas

Hello Friends,

Well… the countdown is officially on! Not just to Christmas, but Husband’s big 70th birthday. Yes, 70, and yes, he is milking it for all it’s worth. Every time I remind him to take it easy, he announces, “But I’m almost 70!” as if that magically excuses him from listening.

The house is cheery, the presents are wrapped (mostly… sort of…not many this year), and I have decided that whatever gets done is exactly what was meant to get done. Christmas perfection is overrated, but Christmas with cake, family, and a husband turning 70 and acting like the king of December? Now that’s holiday joy.

Make Time for a Quilt Block Too!

This is one of those quilt blocks that just says…WONDERFUL.
This Quilt Block is all triangles  And it’s doable with scraps or as shown, colors placed. The finished quilt block is eight inches by eight inches. I machine pieced and do the quilt pattern in units and rows as shown below. 

Cut 4 Blue – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Cut 4 Lt. Blue – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 4 White – 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Make Triangles

Sew as shown

And then comes the quiet truth we don’t always admit: we’re tired. Not just “I need a nap” tired, but the kind of tired that comes from trying to make everything magical while still juggling everyday life. The holidays ask us to be merry, creative, thoughtful, social, organized, and patient, all at once. It’s perfectly okay to love the season deeply and still feel worn to the bone by it. When the celebration noise fades and the last cookie crumb is brushed away, maybe the best gift we can give ourselves is permission to rest, and let the new year begin with a slower breath. We have 25th to ourselves and I wait for it all year. I can’t explain it, but it’s us, no to do list just Husband and I. The joy of home, quite and time.

Hoping you have a wonderful holiday,  Beth Ann

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