I Like Thursday: Boxing Day

Happy Boxing Day. 

I finished my sister's quilt!  Just in time to bring it to our family's Christmas celebration on Monday.  So I was under pressure to get good photos on Sunday before giving it away.  The photos of it took some creativity and work (thanks, Rob!).  I should be posting more about it in the next few days.  (There's always a flurry of blog posts at the end of the year.)

Needless to say, my sister is thrilled!

Christmas finally guaranteed me a few days off from work.  Huzzah!  I certainly like that.



My Christmas cactus is still blooming.  The latest blooms are darker pink that the first set of blooms.  Odd, but pretty.


Monday was a day of traveling to my parents' house, enjoying food and family.  After a fondue dinner (it's a fun tradition!), the gals went out for a walk.  I found this unusual mailbox down the street.  It's hard to see, but smiling Dad has a baby slung over his back.  Excellent!

We returned from our walk to have tea and four kinds of dessert.  Yum.  And presents - don't forget the presents.



I am so pleased to have finished this year's ornament.  Yay!

I received some wonderful homemade gifts.  My nephew made earrings; they're twisted hoops in shades of blue.  They'll go great with a bunch of dancing outfits.  They also go quite nicely with this shirt.  My sister designed the print and did the silk screening.




These rug mugs arrived on Christmas eve from our hostess of I Like Thursday.  Mabel and Wedg!  This was such a fun surprise.  Thanks Lee Anna.  I will LOVE using these.

We lay low on Christmas itself.  It was so relaxing.  I got a chance to clean up the sewing room and start working on some of my scrappy projects with the quilt leftovers.  Since the Sculpey is still out, I'm making a new name tag to replace my old one that I broke again.  I baked cookies for the cookie swap on Saturday, tried out a new recipe, and wrestled with a batch of caramel.


This last photo may not look like much, but it's one of this week's biggest likes.  There's a few two-way switches in the house; this particular one had both switches up when the lights were off (their partners, around the corner, were down).  Drove me nuts.  Rob worked some magic (I don't do electricity) and voila! lights are off with switches down.  I am so grateful (so is my OCD).

I hope you've had (or are still are having) an enjoyable holiday.  I am sure there's more holiday spirit over at Not Afraid of Color's I Like Thursday!