To-Do Tuesday Linky #21 & Weekly Progress Update
Join us for the 21st linky party post and the 141st edition of the weekly to-do list. Thanks to everyone who linked up with us last week. Today is the last link up for 2019. To have some fun and make the day more notable, there is a giveaway that you can enter just by linking up!
To-Do for the week of December 24th through 30th:
- Enjoy Christmas Eve with our special peeps – √ done
- Continue on with Addison’s project – √ done
- Revisit the Quiet Book – √ done
To-Do #1
We host Christmas Eve at our home each year. I suspect that may change in the near future as we have to share our loved ones with others. And I can’t even ask why (well, I could!!) because those littles are so fabulous – and their parents aren’t bad either. Here are just a few of our favorites from the evening.
GGs with great-grandchildren Mikaela, Jaxson, and Liliana
I thought the Christmas quilt top (not quilted yet) made a nice backdrop! Similarly, Auntie Nicole (who is having a baby in mid-March) looked so cute with her Goddaughter, Addison.
Addison has her elf outfit on!
This last photo is just my absolute favorite one from Christmas Eve. Dominic was holding court, showing off all of his parlor tricks by naming letters and numbers. His Uncle Richard was holding up the letter “Y” while Uncle John was on-deck with the number “5”. Just out of the picture was cousin Jaxson and Uncle Billy. It was so nice seeing all five of them playing with the letters and numbers together. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Okay, just two more photos to share because they also just warm my heart!
Mikaela Jeanette (her middle name is for Sue’s mom!) has been writing her own book series so we thought a comic book kit/journal would encourage her. Her sister, Liliana, pictured behind her is also quite a talent. This last picture just makes me think of the song, “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing . . .” Four generations in the house is a good thing and definitely a big part of our blessings.
To-Do #2
Addison’s secret project for her upcoming birthday is nearly complete. I cannot share too many details, of course. Here is a shot of the pretty Minky fabric – isn’t that aqua/teal color just gorgeous? You can also see a shot of the random quilted stippling along with the purple binding fabric we chose.
To-Do #3
At long last, the Quiet Book has seen some much-deserved attention. Just time for the assembly as the buttonholing/appliqué is all complete. Here I’m working on the straps, top-stitching them and adding some velcro.
December OMG
Thank you to Patty’s at Elm Street Quilts and her linky party which opened on December 1st. We were finished with the monthly color block challenge for 2019 earlier this month. We needed a finish for the TGIFF linky party we hosted on December 19th and the quilt top was ready in the nick of time.
To-Do for the week of December 31st through January 6th:
- Decide on our January OMG project
- Wrap up the Quiet Book – we are SO close
- Start working on the January color block for 2020
Here is the linkup and just a few easy rules to follow:
- Share your post or Instagram photo in the linky tool (but don’t share a link to your own linky party or giveaway)
- Please point your readers back here with a text link or use the button from the right sidebar
- Please visit and comment on other participants’ messages as time allows
You will find the link-ups displayed on a separate screen. I hope you check them out and/or add your own link! One random link-up is going to win a special prize at the end of the linky party. The party closes on January 4th – our sweet Addison’s birthday. We’ll have her pick a winner somehow – or maybe Dominic will share his favorite number. All you have to do is link up a recent to-do list or finish post/photo to enter. We’ll share the winner’s name and prize next week.
If you’re going out tonight, please drink responsibility. Please make the last day of this decade and of 2019 a safe one. We look forward to starting the new year with you!
Sue and I wish you a Happy New Year!
The Linky Parties we join can be found by clicking the link above or along the sidebar on our website for more quilting fun – check out what our friends are up to. Like/follow us on our Facebook page and you can share your photos of what you’re working on. We would love to see them!
PS Love all the family shots, and especially Dominic ‘holding court’ LOLOL
Each week I have a list to to-do’s in my planner, and seeing your three items makes me remember sheesh, I need to decide on my OMG too. (and then remember to link up at the end of the month…which I forgot to do in December, and missed it by hours). I may be linking up this year from time to time! That quiet book intrigues me, especially since I just made the fidget quilt!
Family times are wonderful. So nice that you had 4 generations under one roof for Christmas!
Such a sweet family! You had a very special Christmas. Wish you and Sue a very happy new year and a fabric-filled 2020!
Looks like you had a lot of lovin’ fun on Christmas!! 🙂
I can’t wait to see the other side of that minkie!!
Happy New Year to you & Sue!
And of course, Happy Quilting! 🙂
Congrats Roseanne and Sue on such a fabulous 2019 year full of family love and happiness, plus all of your accomplishments in the quilt and gift making department!! I wish you another year filled with love, happiness and accomplishments…and all of your goals! Your blog has been very uplifting for me, also inspiring and many other benefits. Thank you for sharing and I look forward to following your blog life in this new year! Here is a “clink” of the sparkling apple cider filled champagne glasses as we toast one another a spectacular New Year!!
I love your Christmas Ripples quilt as the backdrop for some of your pics. I’m thrilled to have been a part of such a wonderful Christmas quilt. Happy New Year my friend and no worries about me being out there partying tonight. Those days are long gone!
What a wonderful post! Lots of great family time and so much fun with the littles. The quiet book is making nice progress and I look forward to seeing Addison’s surprise. Teal and purple are a favorite combo of mine!
Happy New Year! We welcomed our 2nd great grand to the world on Friday. Mattie Jean is precious. I enjoy your blog even if I don’t always have time to comment.
Looks like you had a lovely Christmas with family, the best kind of Christmas! We won’t be staying up late to see the new year in, but maybe I’ll stay up to 9:30 this year!
Your Christmas gathering looks like such fun. I miss the days of oodles of people, the chatter, the laughter and ripping of gift wrap. Here’s to a wonderful 2020 to you and yours, Roseanne! Happy New Year!
What lovely family pictures! I loved seeing the older guys playing with Dominic! Great memories. DH has to work until 9 tonight, so Chloe and I will either be watching TV or working on cleaning my studio! Well, I will – Chloe just sleeps most of the day away and waits for her favorite human to get home from work!! I’m just getting over the flu so don’t have a lot of energy, but want to start the new year in a semi-clean studio! LOL Happy New Year!!
Aww..your Christmas family pictures are lovely! What a beautiful family! Happy New Year to you and Sue, many blessings and good luck with your 2020 goals ♥♥
Love the pictures of your Christmas celebration, Roseanne! Everyone looks like they’re enjoying each other! That Quiet Book is going to be enjoyed by your little ones, I am sure. Happy New Year to you and Sue!
No going out anywhere here. You have had a very good week;)
Bonus little people sugar! Such great pics…we always shy away from the camera here and it’s a pity, these are great memories! Thanks for sharing…
Looks like you had a very Merry Christmas. The little ones always make Christmas so special, they just appreciate the magic so much. Have a very Happy New Year and good luck with your to do lists in 2020.